President Obama recently gave a statement regarding the referendum in Southern Sudan, promising a greater prosperity and a future of dignity for the people.

Profiling Taj Onigbanjo - the driving force behind new African business development and client relations at Cable & Wireless.

Following 13 years of diplomatic ties, it is becoming more evident that trade between China and South Africa is gaining momentum and for those companies who may have ignored this growing trade relationship in the past, are now forced to recognize the potential for doing business with China.

Growth for African businesses means overcoming infrastructure challenges – and focusing on sustainability issues.

Satellite imagery from a UN refugee agency assessment on forcibly displaced civilians from Mogadishu shows that a virtual new city is growing up to the west of the Somali capital in the so-called Afgooye corridor.