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Namibia: Cement Becomes Gold As Uranium Mines Take Shape

19.07.2008 01:07    allafrica.com
The government is trying to attract cement companies into the country, as it responds to a growing demand from uranium mines and to a backlog in housing, Steve Motinga, Director of Industrial Development in the Ministry of Trade and Industry,


Botswana: Standard Charter Discusses Risk Management

19.07.2008 01:07    allafrica.com
Standard Chartered Bank recently hosted a seminar to discuss Risk Management to its Wholesale Banking clients at Gaborone Sun.

Southern Africa: Impact Partners With Impala to Conquer Region

19.07.2008 01:07    allafrica.com
Australian explorer Impact Minerals has struck a strategic alliance to explore for and develop nickel-platinum deposits in southern Africa with World No. 2 global platinum producer, Impala Platinum.

Botswana: New Boss At Morupule

19.07.2008 01:07    allafrica.com
Albert Milton has been appointed the General Manager of Morupule Colliery Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Debswana Diamond Company, with effect from 1st of August 2008.

Namibia: Stop Treating the Symptoms; Remove the Cause

19.07.2008 01:07    allafrica.com
After this week's round of data releases, it is noticeable that inflation in all the major economies is becoming a headache that needs to be watched. Across the globe, annual price indices are hovering around the 5% mark.

Angola: Trade Fair - Friday Reserved for Oil Companies

19.07.2008 01:07    allafrica.com
The Luanda International Trade Fair (FIL 2008) enters its fourth day of activities this Friday, with attention turned to the firms in the oil field, such as Sonangol, BP-Angola, Chevron, Angola-LMG, Galp, AgrinSul, among others.

Namibia: Afrodite Beach on Course

19.07.2008 01:07    allafrica.com
Construction work on the multi-billion-dollar Afrodite Beach is on schedule. The project is expected to be launched before the end of the year.

Namibia: IT Gurus Share Wisdom

19.07.2008 01:07    allafrica.com
The second Telecom's Information, Communication and Technology Summit opened yesterday in the capital with much fanfare and anticipation over the future of global communication.

South Africa: Who is the Country's No.1 Taxi Driver?

19.07.2008 01:07    allafrica.com
Minibus taxi drivers got the chance to show off their driving skills when they underwent special testing in the third Western Cape leg of a national Number 1 Taxi Driver campaign.

Mozambique: Diamond Prospection

19.07.2008 01:07    allafrica.com
Seven companies and one individual have been selected in a tender to prospect for diamonds in the basin of the Save river, which marks the conventional boundary between southern and central Mozambique.

Mozambique: Bus Company Reactivates Old Routes

19.07.2008 01:07    allafrica.com
Maputo's publicly owned bus company, TPM, is gradually reopening old routes within the Maputo-Matola connurbation that had been temporarily suspended because of a shortage of buses, reports Friday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".

East Africa: SACU Signs Trade, Investment Agreement With US

19.07.2008 01:07    allafrica.com
The United States trade representative, Ambassador Susan Schwab, and her counterparts from east and southern Africa signed two important trade and investment agreements that will further deepen and expand US trade ties with those regions.

Southern Africa: China Cleared For Ivory Purchase

19.07.2008 01:07    allafrica.com
Namibia is happy that the UN body charged with monitoring trade in endangered species has approved China's plea to buy more than 100 tons of elephant ivory from four Southern African countries, the Director of Scientific Services in the Ministry

South Africa: Financial Shares Dazzle On Historic Day for JSE

19.07.2008 01:07    allafrica.com
FINANCIAL shares, the whipping boy of the markets for the past two years, continued their unprecedented two-day rally yesterday, their dramatic rebound coinciding with the second-highest volume of shares traded in a single day on the JSE.

Zambia: Local Councils Need Operating Budgets

19.07.2008 01:07    allafrica.com
WE note the observations made by Zambia United Local Authorities Workers Union (Zulawu) general secretary, Oast Choongo, about some difficulties faced by councils, whose budgets were turned down by the ministry of Local Government and Housing.

Botswana: Property Booms Amidst Activox Suspension

19.07.2008 01:07    allafrica.com
It was announced last May that the Activox Refinery project being built near Francistown by Tati Nickel, a subsidiary of Russia's Norilsk Nickel, was to be postponed indefinitely.

Botswana: 'Debswana 461' Future Bleak

19.07.2008 01:07    allafrica.com
The future of the 461 ex-employees of Debswana, who were fired in 2004 gets bleaker every day, as the resolution to their case continually shifts into the distant future.

Botswana: CIC Energy Makes a Loss

19.07.2008 01:07    allafrica.com
CIC Energy (TSX: ELC, BSE: CIC Energy) reported a loss for the three month period ended May 31, 2008 of US$2,6 million (P16.7m) or $0.05 per share (basic and diluted), and a loss for the six month period of $4,089,000

Botswana: Apple + Orange = 3G IPhone

19.07.2008 01:07    allafrica.com
Orange is set to bring the new 3G iPhone to Botswana, according to information from the manufacturer, Apple.

South Africa: Officials, Unionists Review Inflation

19.07.2008 01:07    allafrica.com
SPECULATION that an official revamp of consumer price data will lead to lower inflation next year was good, because it would reduce inflation expectations, treasury director-general Lesetja Kganyago said yesterday.

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