Research and associated business development programme to support on entrepreneurial aspirations in Africa

The Middle East and North Africa (MENAP) region is experiencing a robust recovery, aided by rising oil prices and higher oil production levels, a new IMF report says.

The Small Enterprises Development Agency (Seda) has launched a new trade initiative, Trade Point South Africa (TPSA), which aims to increase the participation of South Africa’s small enterprises in international trade and provide the support they need to realise efficient global trade.

The highly successful CFC-financed sorghum project in Sierra Leone, which has been a showcase as an innovative public-private partnership (PPP) initiative, received the 2010 World Business & Development Award at a ceremony during the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Summit hosted by the United Nations in New York, USA.

The South African custodian division of Nedbank has committed to the new StatPro Seven analytics platform. Nedbank, the fourth largest bank in South Africa, has signed for StatPro Seven Performance, Attribution, Fixed Income, Compliance and Analytics Reporting modules plus Index Data services.