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Ghana sees rise in mineral revenue

Ghana saw a 17 per cent rise in mineral revenue in the first quarter of this year as it earned US$577.9 million, compared with US$493 million for the same period in 2007

US airlines quits Nigerian route

After almost two years of plying the lucrative Lagos-New York route, US airline North American has quit the route due to high fuel costs .

Gambian cotton coy’s faith shaky

The future of the Gambia Cotton Company (Gamcot), the on ly cotton processing plant in The Gambia, remains unclear and the company staff h ave expressed

Cape Verde moves to check high rice prices

The General Inspectorate for Economic Activities (IGA E) in Cape Verde has announced measures to check artificial rice shortage and higher prices for the commodity

Ghanaian women discover hidden treasure in soap making industry

Ghana's northern region may pass off to a visitor as a collection of savanna shrubs with nothing to offer to hunters of industrial raw materials

Africa-wide fund attracts US$250m

Africa is becoming an increasingly 'sticky' in vestment destination for international investors, who no longer cut and run due to local difficulties or when the Western media focus on bad news.

Call for South-South cooperation reignited at UNCTAD discussion

Panellists at a forum on trade and development in Africa have again stressed South-South cooperation to break the continuing North-South dependency development paradigm.

Cameroon’s 2nd investment forum opens

Cameroon's second Investment Forum, with the theme "Ensuring Sustainable and Long-Term Investment", opened here Tuesday with about 100 donors

Hundreds of African operators in conclave in New Delhi

Nearly one thousand African economic operators started this Thursday in New Delhi, India, discussions with their Indian counterparts

Mauritius to host Islamic finance week 15-18 April

An Islamic finance week will hold 15-18 April in Port Louis, the Mauritian capital, the International Islamic Financial Services Ltd (IIFS)

‘Cameroon pay rise effective April’

The 15 per cent salary increase announced by the Cameroonian government after last February's riots will come into force in April 2008, according to an official statement issued here.

Brussels to host forum on investment promotion in North Africa

The European Commission and other countries of the Ag adir agreement will on 8 April organise a forum on investments in Brussels for c o untries of the south bank
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