[Nicky Smith] Almost all of SA's large airlines are formally objecting to the threat posed by UK-based Fastjet's attempts to enter the local market by taking over the operations of 1time Airline‚ which is in provisional liquidation‚
Business Day reports.
23 Jan 2013 10:32[Ntsakisi Maswanganyi] Continued global uncertainty‚ coupled with internal factors such as drought and associated food shortages‚ threaten Africa's economic growth prospects‚ warns International Monetary Fund's (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde.
8 Jan 2013 10:48 FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE: Sierra Leone's President Ernest Koroma vowed to transform the fortunes of the war-scarred nation with more jobs and development after his convincing re-election victory.
26 Nov 2012 07:46According to the
Ghana News Agency (GNA), the maiden Africa Construction and Development Conference opened in Accra yesterday (Thursday) with a call on contractors to improve technical capacity and eliminate shoddy work so as to earn the trust of the public. Ghanaian Deputy Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing Nii Nortey Dua, said delayed projects and wrong classification were hurting the industry.
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1 Nov 2012 08:22 The Media Complaints Committee (MCC) has successfully arbitrated the apparent stand-off between the Government of Liberia and
The Analyst newspaper, relative to the publication of a damning criticism of the government by former TRC chairman, Jerome Verdier, without a response from the government.
23 Oct 2012 12:00
Alcatel-Lucent and the National Information Technology Agency (NITA), the information and communications technology (ICT) policy arm of Ghana's Ministry of Communications, are expected to expand communication links between central and regional administration offices in support of 'e-Ghana', a national initiative to develop local IT services and improve the transparency and efficiency of government functions.
1 Oct 2012 10:31The Executive Mansion Reporters Association (EMRA) has with immediate effect placed an indefinite blackout on the office of president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. The EMRA took the decision on Tuesday, 18 September 2012, at a news conference held on the ground floor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Monrovia.
19 Sep 2012 12:13Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, Hu said in the next three years, his government will take measures in five priority areas to support the cause of peace and development in Africa and boost a new type of China-Africa strategic partnership.
19 Jul 2012 12:26Oliver Empowerment Awards[Issued by Oliver Empowerment Awards] Ten of South Africa's top captains of industry are currently scrutinising those organisations that are best integrating empowering business practice and delivering positive impacts in the marketplace, in the workplace and in the community. This is under the auspices of the prestigious Oliver Empowerment Awards which is hosted by Topco Media's annual empowerment publication,
Impumelelo, which documents BEE success stories. From an impressive list of 60 finalists, winners in 16 categories will be selected and announced at a black tie event on Thursday, 3 May 2012, at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg.
25 Apr 2012 15:30 
NIAMEY, NIGER: The president of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou, has become the first African head of state to endorse the Declaration of Table Mountain, which calls for repeal of criminal defamation and 'insult' laws and for putting press freedom higher on the agenda in Africa.
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3 Oct 2011 14:57 
South Africa and other developing countries are in hot debate about how best to grow their economies through innovation and the development of intellectual property.
7 Sep 2011 11:17