Latest West Africa Economy News
- Kate Mortimer 24 Jul 2008 02:16 GMT
... public servants. She became involved in the economics of development in the first, optimistic period ... worked for the World Bank (1969-72) in west Africa and in south-east Asia at a time ...
- Sudan: The 'Problem' With Bashir is That He's a Better Suspect Than Taylor 23 Jul 2008 22:17 GMT
... very different and significant developments in Eastern Africa in the last few days. The International Criminal Court ... a "better" war crimes suspect than former Liberian president Charles Taylor. Taylor became the first incumbent ... and to send a UN mission to Somalia does not help its cause when it ...
- Morocco takes fight against extremism to Europe 23 Jul 2008 21:31 GMT
... a government official has said. The north African kingdom plans to send 176 prayer leaders and ... religious practice." Most Moroccans follow a moderate Malikite branch of Islamic thought that preaches respect ... skills acquired abroad to boost the Moroccan economy. "The other element is to incite people ...
- AFC: Soludo, Ometoruwa to help FG recover $11m 23 Jul 2008 21:20 GMT
... Soludo, and Managing Director (MD) of the African Finance Corporation (AFC), Mr. Austine Ometoruwa, are ... Matters Act (Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004) nor as an international institution pursuant ... Until this current appointment, Mr. Asamoah, a Ghanaian national, was Executive Director and Executive Vice ...
- Gates, Bloomberg In $500M Anti-Smoking Campaign 23 Jul 2008 20:33 GMT
... Solutions to averting the tobacco epidemic in Africa and stemming it in places like India ... free—Ireland, Uruguay, Panama, and Bhutan among them. Nigeria has implemented smoke-free laws and taken on ... funds also will be used to build economic evidence to support tobacco control and to ...
- Covina native helps save elephants 23 Jul 2008 20:33 GMT
... fact, Milliken is director of the network's Africa program. The 1969 graduate of Northview High ... Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon and Nigeria) are major conduits for trafficking illicit ivory ... of its former glory. The country's failing economy is marked by high inflation and unemployment. ...
- Michael Bloomberg and Bill Gates Join to Combat Global Tobacco Epidemic 23 Jul 2008 19:00 GMT
... the tobacco epidemic from taking root in Africa. The Bloomberg Initiative supports projects that increase ... of proven tobacco control strategies and build economic evidence to support tobacco control over the ... Cities such as Mexico City, Mexico; Abuja, Nigeria; Beijing, China; and other Olympic cities are ...
- Increasing Associated Gas Utilization in Russia Requires Comprehensive Measures, GGFR Study Shows 23 Jul 2008 18:56 GMT
... utilization in Russia can translate into substantial economic and environmental benefits," says Klaus Rohland, World ... followed by the Middle East and North Africa region (about 45 bcm). Sub-Saharan Africa (about ... flaring countries in the world include: Russia, Nigeria, Iran, Iraq, Angola, Venezuela, Qatar, Algeria, the ...
- Nigeria cenbank tightens banking sector monitoring 23 Jul 2008 18:33 GMT
... ABUJA, July 23 (Reuters) - Nigeria's central bank said on Wednesday it would ... has seen the number of banks in Africa's most populous nation slashed from 89 to ... in the world last year, as the economy of the world's eighth largest exporter grows ...
- Right to Protection (R2P) from the World's Rich 23 Jul 2008 18:27 GMT
... isn’t the whole world rich? Why is Africa stuck in eternal poverty? Why is it ... According to the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations 1% of ... made it impossible to sell tomatoes from Ghana…even in India thousands of farmers have committed ...
- Africa's Mining Industry Digs Deeper to Meet Demands of Commodities 'Super Cycle' 23 Jul 2008 18:23 GMT
... Africa's Mining Industry Digs Deeper to Meet Demands ... Africa -- including in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Sierra Leone -- but none are in South ... mining will continue to play a major economic role throughout Africa, as emerging markets like ...
- Increasing Investors Confidence, UBA Says; Economic Nightmare Fizzling Out? 23 Jul 2008 17:18 GMT
... Director of the newly-dedicated United Bank for Africa (UBA)-Liberia, Ebele Edwin Ogbue, thinks it is. The ... to him UBA currently has branches in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Uganda, Cayman Island, New ... and setting up pioneer branches in key West African countries, he said, UBA has received several ...
- IFC Investment in Salala Rubber to Help Boost Liberia's Agribusiness, Increase Rural Employment 23 Jul 2008 16:17 GMT
... Investment in Salala Rubber to Help Boost Liberia’s Agribusiness, Increase Rural Employment Washington, D.C./Monrovia, July ... said Imoni Akpofure, Acting IFC Director for Africa. “IFC is keen on developing the agribusiness sector ... Rubber Corporation demonstrates our confidence in Liberia’s economy and the future of the sector.” ...
- CPP outdoors manifesto 23 Jul 2008 15:28 GMT
... original vision of the party’s founders through economic, social and political transformation. The 96-page manifesto ... are based on self-determination, social justice and pan-Africanism, the document also prescribes three short-term priority ... intends to create an environment, where all Ghanaians have decent jobs to enable them to ...
- Egypt shares preservation, e-gov't experience 23 Jul 2008 15:28 GMT
... to be among the first Arab and African countries in this respect. At the moment, ... and Egyptologist who proved that inhabitants of west Africa are originally inhabitants of ancient Egypt. The second ... Salah, who was betrayed and assassinated in Somalia in the early sixties, due to his ...
- » 'SA in relegation zone' 23 Jul 2008 15:28 GMT
... Clem Sunter, said on Wednesday that South Africa is in the "relegation zone" of the world's premier ... he noted. He also pointed out that Nigeria desperately wants to take over South Africa's ... turns its back and you become a Somalia or Iraq. "Zimbabwe has been in this ...
- Gazprom and Russia's Energy Imperialism 23 Jul 2008 15:27 GMT
... Michael J. Economides and Nate Evans | 23 Jul 2008 ... according to Transparency International puts Russia between Nigeria and Indonesia, does not seem to bother ... export. The company just opened its first African office in Libya. While it will take ...
- One Percent of Population Own PCs 23 Jul 2008 15:27 GMT
... May 2007 but released recently by Statistics Sierra Leone, which co-ordinates the national statistical system, 1.1% ... College (FBC), the oldest tertiary institution in West Africa, one student said an Internet room of ...
- Sierra Leone: One Percent of Population Own PCs 23 Jul 2008 15:26 GMT
... May 2007 but released recently by Statistics Sierra Leone, which co-ordinates the national statistical system, 1.1% ... College (FBC), the oldest tertiary institution in West Africa, one student said an Internet room of ...
- Togo electricity production to double 23 Jul 2008 14:16 GMT
... to Tony van Velzen, Regional Director for Africa of Wärtsilä. The projected plant plans to ... until natural gas becomes available via the West Africa Gas Pipeline in construction. The project is ... 780 GWh of electricity and help the West African nation and the broader region overcome an ...
- Zimbabwe: Isn't Africa Facing a New Cold War With Tsvangirai As Savimbi? 23 Jul 2008 13:32 GMT
... Cold War in to be in fought Africa, with Morgan Tsvangirai as Jonas Savimbi, reincarnated. The ... (Zaire), Ivory Cost, Chad, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Sudan and Uganda are fighting self-destruct wars, ... and Uganda are fighting self-destruct wars, while Somalia ceased to be a state in 1992, ...
- Nearly half of immigrants remit cash: Statscan 23 Jul 2008 13:31 GMT
... one of the first to measure such economic activity in Canada, comes as remittances are ... landing. Roughly half of newcomers from Jamaica, Nigeria, Romania, Guyana and Ukraine sent money. Less ... 40 per cent of those from sub-Saharan Africa and Eastern Europe. Immigrants from East Asia ...
- Obasanjo - Leave Electricity Problem to God 23 Jul 2008 13:16 GMT
... Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Nigerians should take their electricity problem to God, ... sector were already being implemented by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Angered by ... where he spent one week attending the Africa Parliamentary Union Congress, however, referred the issue ...
- Study: Remittances by recent immigrants, 2001 to 2005 23 Jul 2008 12:53 GMT
... with about 40% of those from sub-Saharan Africa and Eastern Europe. About one-quarter of the ... 40% to 50% of immigrants from Jamaica, Nigeria, Romania, Guyana and Ukraine sent money. However, ... of 157,600 new immigrants: 104,400 in the economic class, 42,600 in the family class and ...
- Therapeutic vaccines: a new hope for chronic diseases? 23 Jul 2008 12:52 GMT
... — in over 800 civil servants in Ghana, and found disturbing trends. Over a third ... ten per cent in rural parts of West Africa. Two-thirds of the estimated 177 million people ...
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