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Spain earmarks 500m euros for investment in Angola

Spain has earmarked 500 million euros for its business people who are interested in investing in Angola, the economic and commercial adviser at the Spanish

ECOWAS member states tasked on mineral resources

Togolese Mines and Energy Minister Dammipi Noupokou has called on West African countries to step-up the implementation of the 2009 ECOWAS Directive 

‘Economic diversification is development requirement for Africa’

 Economic diversification is a requirement for Africa's development, according to the 2012 Economic report on Africa launched on Tuesday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's

‘Information deficit, a hindrance to Africa’s development’

Africa must reduce the information deficit which constitutes a hindrance to development, the 2012 Economic report on Africa launched on Tuesday in Addis 

Africa urged to invest in science and technology to improve agriculture

African countries must invest in science and technology if they want to improve the agriculture sector, according to the 2012 Economic report on Africa, launched

Euro crisis might cause drop in funds from African migrants

The Euro crisis might cause a drop in funds sent by migrants to Africa, experts from African Union (AU) and the United Nations Commission for Africa said at the fifth

Jonathan meets top S/Korean investors, pledges good investment environment

Determined to attract international investments to Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday met with major South Korean company chiefs, telling them that

UK firm hits major oil well in Kenya

Kenya has discovered commercial quantities of oil after decades of exploratory drilling in the vast Rift Valley region, putting the East African nation on

AU backs Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala for topmost World Bank job

The African Union on Monday threw its weight behind Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, in her bid for the presidency of the World Bank.

EU grants Sahel 164.5 million euros to fight hunger

The European Union (EU) has granted 164.5 million euros to countries in the Sahel region 

Egyptian national awarded 2012 Innovation Prize for Africa

An Egyptian professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Mohamed Sanad, has been awarded the US$100,000 Innovation Prize for Africa 2012.

Britain vows retaliation if Nigeria bans airlines

The British Government has vowed to retaliate in kind if Nigeria makes good its threat to ban British Airways (BA) and Virgin Atlantic (VA), among others, over
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