02:19 GMT 20th May 2011
Tanzania has ordered its army to escort ships searching for oil and gas off its coast to protect them from Somali pirates.
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02:17 GMT 20th May 2011
Kenya's parliament has asked the government to revise a formula used to determine fuel price caps after the energy regulator raised prices in April, the head of a committee on energy said.
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02:15 GMT 20th May 2011
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has signed agreements worth around $10bn over the next three years for investment in gas processing, petrochemicals and fertiliser plants.
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02:13 GMT 20th May 2011
Ethiopia did not inform Egypt it planned to build a huge dam on the Nile and the two countries have not discussed the issue despite fears a dispute over the river could spark war, Ethiopia's water minister said.
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02:10 GMT 20th May 2011
Italy's leading sugar producer, Eridania Sad am, and Kenana Sugar Company, Sudan's sector major, have agreed to jointly build a major sugar refinery in Sudan to sell its output in Europe and Africa, Eridania said.
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02:08 GMT 20th May 2011
Zimbabwe has banned the export of chrome as it looks to build internal refinery capacity, the ministry of mines and mining development said in April.
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02:02 GMT 20th May 2011
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is cutting its 2011 growth forecast for the continent mainly due to political unrest in North Africa, AfDB chief economist MthuJj Ncube said in April.
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01:58 GMT 20th May 2011
South Africa expects 115bn rand ($16.7bn) worth of investments flowing into Africa's biggest economy over the next three years, the trade and industry minister said.
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12:39 GMT 20th May 2011
Agriculture remains one of the main engines of Zambia's recent economic growth. By Nawa Mutumweno, Lusaka
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12:10 GMT 20th May 2011
An international summit demonstrated Africa's determination to revitalise its agriculture sector. By Zachary Ochieng, Yaounde
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04:25 GMT 12th April 2011
The shared dependency on oil between north and south Sudan requires new forms of cooperation to ensure lasting peace, says a new report. By Zachary Ochieng, Nairobi
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04:23 GMT 12th April 2011
The need for multinational and domestic operators to collaborate more fully in light of the proposed reform of Nigeria's oil and gas sector was highlighted at a recent conference. By Rosemary Udoh, Abuja
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04:19 GMT 12th April 2011
Japan has one of the most active overseas development agencies in the world. Jon Offei-Ansah saw some of its work first hand during a trip to Zambia and Malawi
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04:04 GMT 12th April 2011
Tanzania's economy will grow at a slower rate than previously expected this year, weighed down by a power crisis and rising prices, and accelerating inflation is a concern, the IMF said in March.
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04:01 GMT 12th April 2011
Ethiopia's currency devaluation boosted exports in the past six months and helped narrow the burgeoning trade gap, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said.
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