Africa needs effective industrial policy to boost manufacturing exports: Economists
KIGALI. — Economists on Tuesday urged African countries to make their industrial policies more effective in order to boost manufacturing exports, as the region focuses on continental integration to promote trade.
Africa slow in converting natural resources to tangible dvp outcomes: report
KIGALI. — Africa has been slow to convert its natural resources endowments to tangible development outcomes, because of weaknesses in governance and capacities, a report released on Tuesday showed.
May accused of misleading MPs over Brexit deal
LONDON. – British Prime Minister Theresa May was accused on Wednesday of misleading MPs over her Brexit deal as her government published legal advice likely to increase opposition to the agreement ahead of a crucial vote next week.
INSPIRE project empowers 80k villagers
Sydney Kawadza Senior Features Writer A buzz cuts across a group of women sitting underneath a Musasa tree overlooking a cattle kraal that a few weeks before housed close to…
French court approves extradition of Blaise Compaore’s brother
PARIS. – A Paris court of appeal on Wednesday approved an extradition request by Burkina Faso’s government for the brother of ex-Burkinabe president Blaise Compaore, a court spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
Questions that must be answered before poor countries import or export food
In the absence of evidence-based agricultural policy formulation and implementation, most developing countries always rush to import food without sufficiently understanding their national contexts.
Africa hardest hit by overlapping forms of malnutrition- 2018 global report
Tracy Ncube is the deputy sister in charge of the maternity wing at Maphisa District Hospital in Zimbabwe’s Matabeleland South Province.
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Pacific Cigarette partners Chinese firm
Michael Magoronga Local cigarette producing company, Pacific Cigarette Company (PCC) formerly Savannah Tobacco Company, has partnered a top Chinese government owned tobacco company in a move that will see local…
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How Nigeria can attract and keep the right kind of foreign direct investment
Tolu Olarewaju Two of the largest banking and financial services institutions in the world, HSBC and UBS, have recently closed their local representative offices in Nigeria.
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Oil prices fall on global growth concerns, U.S. supply glut
SINGAPORE – Oil prices fell on Wednesday, pulled down by a U.S. supply glut and a drop in stock markets as China’s government warned of increasing economic headwinds and as…