[Daily Trust] Experts from ECOWAS Member States have recommended that proper harmonization of national laws and gradual adoption of relevant instruments should precede the development of a Common Regional Investment Code and Investment Policy. … [Read more...]

[World Bank] Communiqué de presse … [Read more...]

[ANGOP] Luanda - The Angolan Trade minister Maria Idalina Valente Thursday in Luanda inaugurated a commercial infrastructure of the "Nosso Centro" network in Samba district, Luanda. … [Read more...]

[ANGOP] Luanda - A credit line of about USD100 million aimed at boosting cooperation between Angolan and Argentinean entrepreneurs will bring about several benefits regarding cooperation between the two States. … [Read more...]

[Global Witness] South Sudan must exercise caution and total transparency in pursuing oil-backed financing, said Global Witness today. The detailed publication of any loan agreement will be critical in preventing exploitative terms, corruption, and mismanagement from undermining immediate benefits. … [Read more...]

[Independent] Uganda recorded US$806.6 million in planned investments for the first quarter of 2012, compared to $223.3million in the last quarter of 2011 according to the country's investment authority. … [Read more...]

[Office of the President of Gabon] London, 16th of March 2012 - The President of the Gabonese Republic, Ali Bongo Ondimba, will visit the United Kingdom from May 17 to 19. … [Read more...]

[State Department] Fact Sheet: MCC Investments Contribute to Long-Term Food Security … [Read more...]

[iMaverick] Loan sharks and micro-finance offices have mushroomed in South Africa's inner-city centres. The lure is attractive - borrow R10,000 and create your dream life by growing your business. But in a country where half the population lives in poverty and much more live in debt, a greater understanding of how they use money could lead to more appropriate … [Read more...]

[Biz-Community] Retainer has become an ugly word... say the word "retainer" in a client meeting and you feel the temperature drop, eyes are averted and you know you just said something wrong. Once retainers were the only ways that agencies operated; now it seems that fewer and fewer clients are willing to commit themselves to one agency for an extended period of … [Read more...]

[Daily Trust] About 27 Japanese firms met the Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Dr Samuel Ortom on Tuesday to discuss the possibility of investing in the Nigerian economy. … [Read more...]

[SciDev.Net] Nairobi - The number of African countries delivering on the Maputo Declaration to boost investment into agricultural and rural development to ten per cent of their national budgets is growing, a conference in Kenya has heard. … [Read more...]