Smart solutions can help cities across the region manage the next stage of growth. July 6, 2018//-Cities are the engines of economic growth in Southeast Asia. But the breakneck pace of urbanization has left many cities struggling to provide adequate housing, infrastructure, and services to meet the needs of a surging population.
Johannesburg, South Africa, July 6, 2018//-Entrenched as the must attend and largest property gathering for senior African property investors, developers and decision makers, the 9th API Summit & Expo will be held on the 20th & 21st September 2018, Johannesburg, South Africa.
July 6, 2018//-Megacities and well-known country capitals have been perennial favourites for FDI. However, astute investors are increasingly looking beyond the obvious, as Sebastian Shehadi discovers.
Nouakchott, Mauritania, July 4, 2018/ –The Executive Secretary of Economic Commission for (ECA), Vera Songwe announced that plans are underway to set up the African Women Leadership Fund to help speed up the growth of women-led businesses around the continent.
Respondents’ views on economic conditions and growth prospects have tempered. Meanwhile, trade-related changes have become ever more pressing risks to domestic, global, and company growth. July 2, 2018//-Midway through 2018, respondents around the world express more cautious views than they did in March about the state of the economy and its prospects for the rest of […]
June 30, 2018//-Tanzania has met Nairobi’s deadline to visit Kenya confectionery, juice, ice cream and chewing gum factories to verify their source of sugar in the products after it restricted the entry of the goods to its market.
June 28, 2018//-A 900-tonne cargo ship docked for the first time in more than ten years at Port Bell in Kampala on Tuesday, signalling efforts are in earnest to revamp the Central Corridor trade and transport route.
June 27, 2018//-How much leeway national policymakers have for increasing spending or cutting taxes has been hard to assess. It is a critical question during periods of economic downturn when the government is asked to stimulate the economy.
Washington D.C., United States of America, June 27, 2018/ — More than three million Tanzanians in rural areas will be connected to safe water supply, while another four million people will gain access to improved sanitation through a new IDA credit for a Rural Water and Sanitation Program-For-Results approved yesterday by the World Bank Board of […]
Lagos, Nigeria, June 26, 2018// – Research conducted by SWIFT indicates that intra-Africa payments clearing and trade is on the rise.
