The leader of Gambia's main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), Ousainou Darboe, on Thursday launched scathing attack on the ruling government's economic policies, saying they are "misguided and continue to wreak havoc on the population".
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has proposed a new salary structure for the president, the vice presid e nt, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, ministers and other top government officials i n Nigeria.
The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) will lead two other firms to construct sub-Saharan Africa's first deep sea container port at Olokola, a town located between Ondo and Ogun states in the country's South-west
Ghana has given out much mor e to the European Commission t han it can gain in the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement the two sides have signed, Third World Network, a trade advocacy group, has said.
A Zimbabwean bank said it had secured a US$ 30 million offshore loan to finance exporters, and another US$ 1.2 million specific ally for small-scale horticulture farmers
Seventy-nine Mozambican companies have received the "Made in Mozambique" stamp since the Ministry of Industry and Trade launched the campaign to "produce Mozambican, consume Mozambican, export Mozambican" in 2005
The Moroccan House of Representatives Saturday night enacted the 2008 finance act, which essentially provides for structural reforms in the strategic sectors of education, health and employment.
Some 3.5 billion shares valued at 47.32 billion naira were traded in 59,639 deals this past week at the Nigerian Stock Exchange, down from the 4.45 billion shares worth 54.3 billion naira realised from 62,781 deals the previous week.
Officials of the Internationa l Monetary Fund, World Bank and African Development Bank (AfDB) have arrived in Togo to discuss economic reforms with the authorities