[New Times] Government is to increase investment under the Economic and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS) by Rwf1.8 billion in the next financial year that begins on July 1 as it steps up efforts to end poverty. … [Read more...]

[Capital FM] Nairobi, Kenya - Kenya ranks third in the East African Community in attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDIs) after Tanzania and Uganda. … [Read more...]

[Vanguard] Tianjin - China is not planning to colonise Africa economically and industrially through its investments, Chinese officials said. … [Read more...]

[Ghanaian Chronicle] Foreign Direct Investment (FDIs) inflows to Ghana for the first quarter of 2012 have recorded a significant growth of $979.85 million, representing 178.56%, as compared with $351.75 million in the first quarter of 2011. … [Read more...]

[Citizen] Juba - Sudan South Minister of Commerce Industry and Investment, Garang Diing Akuong launched one stop shop Investment Centre (OSSIC) yesterday in Juba. … [Read more...]

[Financial Gazette] THE Australian ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mathew Neuhaus has expressed misgivings with Zimbabwe's empowerment laws saying they are retrogressive and only serve to scare away would-be investors, costing the country the much needed income and employment creation opportunities. … [Read more...]

[ANGOP] Ondjiva - Angolan minister of Oil José Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos urged Thursday the entrepreneurs in southern Cunene province to invest in fuel distribution in inland regions of the province with a view to expanding the services into rural areas. … [Read more...]

[State Department] U.S. Department of State, Remarks by Jeffrey D. Feltman, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, Washington, DC: … [Read more...]

[State Department] Washington - A project of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Land O'Lakes International Development has helped revive Mozambique's dairy industry and raised incomes of small-scale farmers. … [Read more...]

[UNEP] Yeosu / Nairobi - The United Nations Pavilion at Expo 2012 in Yeosu, Republic of Korea, will open its doors on 12 May 2012 to the estimated 11 million visitors who are expected to visit the event over the next three months. … [Read more...]

[TradeInvest] Investment groups in Kenya are becoming powerful investment vehicles that the government is now looking to tap into for some of the big projects under Vision 2030. There are currently an estimated 300,000 groups, which collectively hold a combined asset base of at least Ksh300-billion. … [Read more...]

[Biz-Community] The Best Research Practices Conference, which will be held from 7-8 June 2012 at Crowne Plaza Hotel & Resorts, The Rosebank Johannesburg, attracts interest and participation from market research experts and professionals, who view this event as an ideal networking platform that facilitates the exchange of ideas. … [Read more...]