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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03:44 GMT 12th April 2011
The cost of petrol at pumps in the Kenyan capital is set to rise by more than 4 per cent after a routine monthly price review mid- March, a move that may accelerate inflation in east Africa's largest economy.
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03:40 GMT 12th April 2011
Malaysia's Sime Darby is considering a $2.5bn plantation expansion deal in Cameroon, London's Financial Times reported in March, signalling the global grab for land is well underway as food prices soar.
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03:35 GMT 12th April 2011
Nationalisation of South Africa's mines and other economic assets is not government policy, finance minister Pravin Gordhan said in the latest government comment aimed at reassuring investors.
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03:15 GMT 12th April 2011
Canadian gold mining firm Kilo said in March it had found estimated reserves of 2.03 million ounces at its Adumbi Deposit in Democratic Republic of Congo.
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02:42 GMT 12th April 2011
Nsineno May Anthony looks at how Nigeria's mobile phone operators are vying to improve their market share by enticing customers with lower prices
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02:07 GMT 12th April 2011
Zambia has partially privatised its fixed line operator and liberalised the international gateway, writes Nawa Mutumweno.
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02:04 GMT 12th April 2011
With 18 banks and a burgeoning ICT sector, Zambia is determined not to be left behind in the e-banking stakes. Nawa Mutumweno, Lusaka
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01:55 GMT 12th April 2011
East Africa is on the threshold of technological revolution driven by mobile telephony. Zachary Ochieng, Nairobi
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12:47 GMT 12th April 2011
One of the levers of Africa's impressive growth rate of recent years has been its expanding telecom sector, writes Jon Offei-Ansah
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11:24 GMT 11th April 2011
It is a sad commentary on the state of affairs in Africa that we are still talking about food security five decades after most African countries became independent.
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11:17 GMT 11th April 2011
'Africans south of the Sahara neither have the stomach nor the organisation for revolution'
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