04:38 GMT 9th March 2012
Business leaders are concerned that banks are refusing to lower their interest rates despite key macro-economic indicators stabilising. By Mustapha Samed, Accra
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04:01 GMT 30th January 2012
Intra-Africa trade has expanded significantly in the last decade, with regional heavyweights leading the charge. By Jeremy Stevens
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03:56 GMT 30th January 2012
The latest seizure of illegal ivory in Kenya signals a resurgence in elephant poaching and other endangered animals. By Zachary Ochieng, Nairobi
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01:16 GMT 26th January 2012
Angola's signing of several deals with major firms to explore for oil in ultra-deepwater or '(I) 'subsalt' offshore blocks means the country has entered a new era in the business, state oil company Sonangol's CEO was quoted as saying in December.
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01:11 GMT 26th January 2012
China's sovereign wealth fund has taken a 25 per cent in South Africa's unlisted but prominent Shanduka Group, the latest investment by the Asian giant keen to gain greater access to Africa's resources.
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12:56 GMT 25th January 2012
Zambia's President Michael Sata has appointed as the country's chief prosecutor a renowned , corruption-busting lawyer, in a move seen as signalling his new government is serious about its fight against graft.
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12:48 GMT 25th January 2012
Kenya seized 727 pieces of ivory in a container destined for Asia, a customs official said, the latest in a wave of ivory hauls in the east African country.
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12:41 GMT 25th January 2012
Cote d'Ivoire will from this month start the forward selling of future cocoa crops, according to, a document outlining government plans to reverse a decade of liberalisation in the world's largest grower
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12:39 GMT 25th January 2012
Morocco's economy is feeling the impact of a slowdown in its main export markets in Europe but should still manage growth of 4-5 per cent this year, matching a downwardly revised growth estimate for 2011, its central bank said mid-December.
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12:33 GMT 25th January 2012
Egypt and Kenya are emerging as Africa's ICT powerhouses, says a new UN report. By Tago Odher
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12:24 GMT 25th January 2012
The Nigerian president's first budget has been praised and condemned in equal measure. By Nsineno May Anthony, Lagos
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12:13 GMT 25th January 2012
Africa's booming economy continues to defy expectations in a changing global order. By Joan Nimarkoh
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01:08 GMT 25th January 2012
Business confidence in Namibia edged up for the sixth consecutive month in November, lifted by improved metal and meat prices, and looks set to stay in positive territory for some time, a survey showed.
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01:06 GMT 25th January 2012
French nuclear group Areva has suspended its uranium mining project in the Central African Republic for two years, following a fall in uranium prices following the Fukushima disaster, an Areva official said last month.
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04:45 GMT 21st December 2011
Zambia's new government has delivered a pro-poor budget funded by a hike in mines royalties. By Nawa Mutumweno, Lusaka
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