EIN News
sign up now for free trial
FORMATS: RSS | EMAIL | MOBILE

Latest Lesotho Economy News

  • Former coal center Wales looks toward green future 13 May 2008 22:58 GMT
    ... Assembly. Mining, once a mainstay of the economy, is no longer a major source of ... so-called Celtic tiger -- has seen its GDP go from 60 percent of the UK ... has a contract with Vodacom in Tanzania, Lesotho and Kenya. When a new production line ...

  • World Bank and IMF Policies Caused Food Crisis 13 May 2008 21:46 GMT
    ... South Africa financed by the World Bank (Lesotho Highlands Water Project with the mega-dams Katse ... open their markets more strongly for the economy of the EU and in a countermove obtain ...

  • SOUTHERN AFRICA - The Next Niger? 13 May 2008 04:50 GMT
    ... 2005: Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia and Lesotho," Mike Huggins, a spokesman for the agency, ... colonial power Britain of undermining his country's economy in retaliation for the fact that land has ...

  • Partnership between World Bank and Kingdom of Swaziland Receives Boost 13 May 2008 04:48 GMT
    ... Swaziland is part of the global knowledge economy and needs to know and keep abreast of ... South Africa has established similar centers in Lesotho, with the University of Lesotho in Roma, ...

  • World Bank Presents Findings on Investment Climate in Southern Africa 13 May 2008 04:48 GMT
    ... but it faces the challenges of high unemployment, large capital outflows and exchange rate face="Verdana, ... the fact that Botswana is a small economy and the impact of the mining economy ... as well as in South Africa and Lesotho. ...

  • Book series puts the spotlight on SA innovation 13 May 2008 04:33 GMT
    ... in building the foundation of a strong economy. The Hidden Edge tells the story of Nando’s, ... the Rooivalk helicopter, TV decoders, and the Lesotho Highlands Water Scheme, to mention but a ...

  • Part of the Solution 13 May 2008 00:46 GMT
    ... to do to the Iraqi army." In Lesotho, a mountainous African country, garment factories produce ... they are replaced. Lesotho has a 50% unemployment rate, and one-third of the population has ...

  • Africa Incorporated 13 May 2008 00:16 GMT
    ... penalties for being excluded from the world economy, they argue. Thus, the development of telecommunications infrastructure ... Certain countries, such as Uganda (13-plus +%), Lesotho and Libya (10%) and Ethiopia and Mauritius ...

  • Diagnosis and treatment of CMV retinitis in resource-limited settings achievable and a must, say MSF 13 May 2008 00:06 GMT
    ... their HIV projects in Cambodia, South Africa, Lesotho, Myanmar, Thailand and China. Between 2% and ... considerable, causing blindness, resulting in loss of employment, and ultimately death. Expanding HIV treatment programmes ...

  • Africans: No Longer at Ease 12 May 2008 23:16 GMT
    ... Countries: Benin, Botswana, Cape Verde, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia; Nigeria, Senegal, ... majority said their government should address are unemployment, food shortage/famine and education. On political freedom ...

  • Who Is To Save Africa? 12 May 2008 22:46 GMT
    ... the country’s Prime Minister says that the economy is in such bad shape that the French ... implode in a year or so. Guinea, Lesotho and Uganda are currently such imploding stars. ...

  • Spreading and sustaining growth in Africa 12 May 2008 22:37 GMT
    ... than 4%. “Greater integration with the global economy especially through export trade, are characteristics common ... to the reforms of the last decade, inflation, budget deficits, exchange rates and foreign debt ... of non-traditional exports (such as clothing from Lesotho, Madagascar and Mauritius); the successful connection between ...

  • HIV/AIDS: A Setback on Small Micro Enterprises 12 May 2008 22:29 GMT
    ... and Large (34%). Their share of the GDP in 2000 was 24%, 32% and 44% ... 2002. A sample of countries quoted were: Lesotho from 48 to 39 years; Swaziland: from ... the national level the impacts on the economy have been identified as the additional costs ...

  • Gem Diamonds plans new mine in Botswana 12 May 2008 22:18 GMT
    ... worth $151,9m from its Letseng mine in Lesotho with a further $14,2m in sales from ... occurring in the US, a weakening US economy represents a significant risk to the overall industry. ...

  • The Africa You Never See 12 May 2008 21:58 GMT
    ... any chance of fully joining the global economy. Africa's media image comes at a high cost, ... and his work with AIDS children in Lesotho. The segment, titled "The Forgotten Kingdom: Prince ...

  • Blue subsidiary to buy Zambian lender Nedfin  12 May 2008 06:34 GMT
    ... van Niekerk said Blue’s Botswana-based unit, Blue Employment Benefits (BEB), planned to acquire the entire ... base SA, Botswana, Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Lesotho, Kenya and Namibia. The company, which will ...


1 - 16 / 16

NOT SATISFIED WITH THIS ECONOMY NEWS SECTION? MAKE YOUR OWN WITH THE INBOX ROBOT OR TRY OUR OTHER MEDIA MONITORING SERVICES.

Lesotho News Feeds

Come and Visit

Come And Visit

These stories are not published by IPD Group, Inc. and these links will take you to other websites. Some of these websites require their own registration to read their stories.
<<< Please read the disclaimer for more details.>>>
 
get a free trial membership
REACH 1,000,000 READERS A MONTH! ADVERTISE HERE
 

Take This Poll

Should aid organizations and foreign governments attempt to supply Myanmar with as much aid as possible even if there's a great risk that the Myanmar junta is misusing it? (May. 13, 2008)



 

Quote of the Day

Country Info About Lesotho

Visit the World Factbook for detailed information about Lesotho.
 

Site Navigation

world
North America Latin America Africa Middle East Europe Asia/Pacific CIS

Build Favorites List


EIN News Copyright © 2005-2008 IPD Group, Inc. All Rights Reseved. | User Agreement | Privacy Policy | Contact