Although food security in Zimbabwe improved significantly following government efforts and a US$70 mn international assistance programme providing farmers with subsidized inputs, the country still needs agricultural and food assistance next year for some 1.68 mn people.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has received the “Highly Commended” prize for the Best Development Finance Institution (DFI) in Africa at the Trade Finance Magazine 2010 Awards for Excellence.

Over 50 years since its humble beginnings, Business Council for Africa West and Southern is becoming a pan-African force to reckon with...Can you afford not to be a member? BCA Vice Chairman Clive Carpenter reports.

European Conference on Information Systems hosts its first conference outside Europe in Pretoria as it reaches out to institutions to spread the benefits of technology.

The World Bank assisted Commercial Agriculture Project has taken off in the five participating states of Nigeria. The states are Kaduna, Kano, Lagos, Cross River and Kano.