Kenya: une usine de panneaux solaires

La première usine de fabrication de panneaux solaires d’Afrique centrale et de l’Est a ouvert ses portes au Kenya.

Liquidity: the scourge of African stock pickers

For an hour each morning, Malawi’s sleepy stock exchange shows signs of life,

Zimbabwe secures $300 mln Brazil farm loan: paper

Zimbabwe has secured a $300 million loan from Brazil to finance agriculture and boost crop production after successive years of food deficits,

S.Africa’s Gordhan: no immediate budget risk from NHI

The implementation of South Africa’s proposed National Health Insurance was a long term project and there was no need to worry about

Nigerians seek $1 bln from Shell over oil spills

Mauritius trade deficit widens 20.5 pct in August yr/yr

Mauritius’ trade deficit widened 20.5 percent to 6.2 billion rupees in August from a year earlier, due to higher imports of mineral fuels,

Namibia to spend $90 mln on Airbus planes

Air Namibia will pay $90 million for two new Airbus A319-100 planes to be delivered in 2014, the Namibian daily newspaper New Era said on Wednesday, citing an Airbus executive.

China-Tanzania: 1 bn $ loan for pipeline

China and Tanzania are expected to sign a $1.06 billion loan deal to build a natural gas pipeline from the southern part of the east African country to its commercial capital, a Tanzanian newspaper quoted its energy minister as saying.

The ghanian trader who loss 2,3 bn $ for Ubs

Ubs, the giant swiss bank, has raised its estimated losses due to alleged unauthorised trading to $2.3bn (£1.5bn) from an initial $2bn.

Garbage strike in South Africa

South African garbage workers may have gone out on strike but Johannesburg’s rats are still hard at work, giving the rodents a leg up in a battle with city officials.

Torture camp revealed in Zimbabwe for diamond

Western media have revealed torture camp run by the Zimbabwean military located in a diamond mining area near the border with Mozambique. Victims are apparently forced to labour in the mines.

Tchad: grève illimitée des salariés d’une société chinoise

RFI La grève se poursuit chez les employés tchadiens de la Compagnie nationale chinoise de pétrole, la CNPCI (qui exploite le pétrole du bassin de Bongor dans le sud-ouest du pays).

Anglo American sees strong end to 2011 after H1 miss

S.Africa c.bank sentiment indicator falls further in May

The South African Reserve Bank’s leading business cycle indicator fell by 1.6 percent in May compared with April, the central bank said on Tuesday.

S.Sudan says North wages economic war with oil fee