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
The IFC funds will be spent across sub-Saharan Africa’s energy and transport sectors. (Image sources: sxc.hu)
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced that it will offer US$4.3bn to Africas energy and transport sectors
Standard Chartered wants to double its income from the African continent in the next five years. (Image source: Standard Chartered)
Standard Chartered will attempt to consolidate its position in Africa by investing US$100mn into its operations across the continent by 2015
