Copper and cobalt production accounted for 64 per cent of Zambian exports in 2008. (Image source: BlueSalo)
Zambia’s new presidential regime has continued to seek to address social and industrial issues by implementing radical fiscal measures and industrial initiatives
AfDB President Donald Kaberuka. (Image caption: OECD Development Centre)
The president of the African Development Bank has called on African countries to move away from subsistence economics and focus on industrialisation
The IFC and The MasterCard Foundation’s new partnership will look to provide people in Sub-Saharan Africa with access to financial services. (Image source: World Bank Photo Collection)
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has teamed up with The MasterCard Foundation to launch a project to provide 5.3 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa access to financial services
Standard Chartered Bank’s Ebenezer Essoka has called on African nations to pay for vital infrastructure upgrades through the issuance of Eurobonds. (Image source: Standard Chartered Bank)
Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) has said the continent needs to bridge the gap of infrastructure finance deficit through the issuance of a Eurobond
The low-budget easyHotel brand will be make its African debut in Johannesburg. (Image source: givingnot@rocketmail.com)
Johannesburg’s Central Business District (CBD) has been named as the location of Africa’s first easyHotel
