The FirstRand group has been pursuing an aggressive investment policy in more and more new African markets. (Image source: sxc.hu)
South Africa-based Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) has secured a merchant banking licence from Nigeria which permits it to establish a corporate and investment company in the country
IMF claims Somalia and Sudan have accumulated obligations dating back to the mid-1980s, while Zimbabwe has been in arrears since 2001. (Image source: sxc.hu)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed concern over the failure of Sudan, Somalia and Zimbabwe to honour their commitments to pay their financial debts
The step was taken by Côte d’Ivoire because gold price has shown a steady increase in recent time without any benefit reaching the country. (Image source: Getty Images)
Côte d’Ivoire will impose a tax of 19 per cent on gold mine profits in an attempt to benefit from soaring world prices
Chinese ambassador to Uganda, Zhao Yali, has said that Chinese investment in the country was currently worth US$596mn
PALWECO aims to deliver reductions in poverty, and improvements in livelihoods, by strengthening agricultural value chains with a holistic approach to the development of local and regional infrastructure. (Image source: thisisexcellent)
Maarit Hirvonen, chief technical adviser to the Programme for Agriculture and Livelihoods in Western Communities (PALWECO), spoke of the ways in which PALWECO has worked, and continues to work, towards delivering Finnish support for civil society in Kenya
