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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - An increase in global demand for red meat is positioning Eastern Cape farmers at an economic advantage as the provincial government continues to support them to gain access into the Middle East market through livestock exports and other livestock opportunities available through the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement

©- - 06 april 2024 - 15:18:45 - thread (334 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohamed al-Haweij, has urged major Chinese companies to invest in strategic projects in Libya and build communication bridges with the African market by designing and implementing international routes to the African market and establishing free trade and special economic zones

©- - 30 november 2023 - 13:13:11 - thread (175 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) on Friday welcomed the announcement that South Africa will host the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) summit in November

©- - 22 september 2023 - 10:48:36 - thread (364 words)


Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - In Burundi, the most important economic news of the week was the analysis and adoption of a draft decree determining the priority sectors reserved for investments, with a minimum of US$500,000 for foreigners and the equivalent in local currency for nationals

©- - 21 august 2022 - 16:31:18 - thread (348 words)


Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin will proceed in the coming days to reforms in the management of its markets, official sources said here Friday

©- - 12 august 2022 - 19:07:09 - thread (314 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Cape Town Stock Exchange, which aims to become the Nasdaq of Africa, opened for business on Thursday

It plans to lure companies seeking to raise capital in Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana and elsewhere with listing costs that are a third of those charged by the Johannesburg Stock Exchange

©- - 30 september 2021 - 16:21:11 - thread (181 words)


Dakar, Senegal, (PANA) - The Cairo-based Egyptian-African Businessmen Association (EABA) has held a "Senegalese Business Day" that brought together leading business personalities in Egypt and Senegal to discuss trade, investment opportunities and other business activities in Senegal

©- - 10 september 2021 - 10:42:38 - thread (245 words)


Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of Foreign Trade, Jean-Lucien Bussa, has unveiled economic plans to enable DR Congo reduce its dependence on imports, reduce import bill and protect local industry

©- - 12 june 2021 - 14:06:04 - thread (293 words)


Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The African Development Bank Group and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Ghana on Thursday launched a $400,000 project to strengthen the development of Ghanaian capital markets, following the signing of a grant agreement to develop a risk-based supervisory solution for the local capital market

©- - 03 june 2021 - 15:12:18 - thread (431 words)


Paris, France (PANA) - A delegation of  several French business leaders from the Movement of French enterprises (MEDEF-international) is due in South Africa on Tuesday for a three-day visit aimed at maintaining dialogue with the private sector, PANA learned PANA in Paris

©- - 02 november 2020 - 15:55:19 - thread (390 words)


Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 8

©- - 11 october 2020 - 10:48:25 - thread (261 words)


Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The price in cereal markets this week in Niger is marked by a slight increase in the prices of most agricultural commodities, reveals the Agricultural Market Information System (SIMA) newsletter

©- - 20 july 2020 - 18:34:19 - thread (641 words)


Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's producer price index (PPI), which measures the average change over time in prices received by domestic producers for the production of their goods and services, increased 1

©- - 02 july 2020 - 16:40:37 - thread (148 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) -Mauritania has enough stock of goods for a normal supply of basic necessities for six months, according to the Minister of Trade and Tourism, Sid'Ahmed Mohamed, who spoke in an interview published Wednesday by  the government press

©- - 25 march 2020 - 18:37:59 - thread (158 words)


Gaborone, Botswana (PANA)  -  Minister of Investment Trade and Industry Peggy Serame has reiterated Botswana's commitment to increased local content in the mining sector

©- - 08 december 2019 - 22:22:19 - thread (143 words)


Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) announced on Monday that it has recorded the highest turnover in a single day of trading during 2019 at almost US$149 million

©- - 25 november 2019 - 18:12:57 - thread (134 words)


Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Due to its economic success, relatively high levels of consumer spending against a backdrop of good governance and good regulatory environment, Botswana remains attractive to both homegrown and multinational traders

©- - 05 november 2019 - 18:49:43 - thread (580 words)


Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana will for the first time showcase its products at a six months exhibition platform, the Expo 2020 Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates

©- - 04 november 2019 - 15:00:51 - thread (318 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA)  -  Grain markets in Mali were characterized last week by relatively stable prices, marked by rare and slight fluctuations in parts, the Malian Press Agency (AMAP) reported here Thursday

©- - 26 september 2019 - 21:00:33 - thread (334 words)


Niamey, Niger (PANA)   -   The price situation in Niger's grain markets is marked this week by a downward trend, the newsletter of the agricultural market information system (SIMA) said here Friday

©- - 20 september 2019 - 22:39:14 - thread (692 words)


Paris, France (PANA) - Comoran President, Azali Assoumani, who is on an official visit to France since Monday, will Wednesday meet with the French members of the Medef-International Africa Committee to discuss the Comorian government's economic development priorities

©- - 23 july 2019 - 15:07:33 - thread (277 words)


Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The decline in cereal prices that began a few months ago continues to gain momentum during this period of the beginning of the lean season in Niger's markets, according to the Agricultural Market Information System (SIMA) newsletter

©- - 13 july 2019 - 15:51:34 - thread (738 words)


Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The fourth edition of the Africa Meetings, aimed at promoting inclusive co-development strategies between France and Africa, will be held, respectively, in Skhirat, Morocco, on 21 and 22 October and in Dakar, Senegal, on 24 and 25 October, a communiqué sent to PANA on Thursday said

©- - 20 june 2019 - 12:41:10 - thread (216 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) has announced the entry into force on Thursday of the African continental free-trade area (AfCFTA), describing it as ‘historic stage’ as a key project for the continent’s economic development and a decisive step towards the integration and complementarity which should guarantee Africa a new position on the world economic stage

©- - 30 may 2019 - 19:17:31 - thread (265 words)


Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Rwanda's stock market on Monday remained constant with large outstanding shares but without bids at the end of the formal trading hours

©- - 15 april 2019 - 13:52:45 - thread (118 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) –  Cameroon's Autonomous Depreciation Fund (CAA) and the Central African Stock Exchange (BVMAC) will merge no later than 30 June 2019, a statement from the Bank of Central African States (BEAC) said

©- - 28 march 2019 - 10:34:22 - thread (313 words)


Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - The Douala-based Financial Markets Commission (CMF) will be absorbed by the Central African Financial Market Monitoring Commission (COSUMAF), headquartered in Libreville, Gabon, at the end of February, in response to a decision to merge sub-regional stock markets of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC)

©- - 28 february 2019 - 11:11:07 - thread (257 words)


Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved the Bank’s 2018 borrowing programme for US$ 8 billion to be raised from capital markets
©- - 21 december 2017 - 15:40:29 - thread (310 words)


New York, USA (PANA) – African countries individually represent relatively small markets, but collectively, they represent enormous market potential, the United Nations deputy chief told an Africa Week event in New York on Wednesday
©- - 19 october 2017 - 05:54:55 - thread (435 words)


Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Hundreds of migrants along North African migrant routes are being bought and sold openly in modern day ‘slave markets’ in Libya, survivors have told the United Nations migration agency, which warned that these reports “can be added to a long list of outrages” in the country
©- - 11 april 2017 - 17:09:19 - thread (587 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - With the Nigerian economy in recession, support for small and medium businesses could be one of the key ingredients to carrying the country through the tough times, Magnus Nmonwu, Regional Director for Sage in West Africa, declared on Thursday
©- - 22 september 2016 - 16:26:26 - thread (727 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - In line with global trends, 2015 was a challenging year for African capital markets in the wake of market volatility and the emergence of renewed global economic uncertainty in the latter part of the year, international accounting firm Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) said in its 2015 African Capital Markets Watch report released Monday
©- - 01 february 2016 - 13:41:45 - thread (314 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade Minister Arvin Boolell has said the government is doing its best to create the enabling environment to encourage cross-border investments, PANA reported from the capital, Port-Louis, Wednesday
©- - 16 april 2014 - 12:44:07 - thread (296 words)


Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The ECOWAS Commission has called on market operators and other stakeholders to step up citizenship awareness of the roles of capital markets in wealth creation and management and overall economic development, to maximise the benefits of the upcoming integrated regional capital markets
©- - 03 april 2014 - 13:53:34 - thread (430 words)