For the second consecutive year, MTN has been ranked as Africa’s most valuable brand in the BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands 2013 survey. “The Millward-Brown BrandZ Top 100 Global Brands Listing, which has moved MTN nine places up to number 79, with an overall increase in brand value of 23%, is particularly exciting [...]

This facility will help address critical market demand for trade finance in Africa TUNIS, Tunisia, May 23, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org) approved on Tuesday, May 22, a USD 100 million unfunded Risk Participation Agreement (RPA) between the AfDB and Commerzbank AG under which [...]

  TUNIS, Tunisia, May 23, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org) approved on Tuesday, May 22 a USD 20 million Trade Finance Line of Credit for UT Bank Ghana (UT Bank) to support the trade finance activities of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and local [...]

“The Department of Public Enterprises’ budget vote, unveiled by Minister Malusi Gigaba in Parliament, requires extensive private sector participation to realise its goals of driving industrialization and deepen skills development.” These words belong to Shamal Sivasanker, Industry Leader for Infrastructure and Power at professional services firm Deloitte. Speaking from the sidelines of the budget vote, [...]

Say No to GMO. That’s the message from the Group called, No GMO South Africa (NGSA). The International Protest against MONSANTO is expected to include 41 countries, 330 Cities and over 200 00 people on Saturday, May 25, 2013. According to NGSA, MONSANTO is a giant United States corporation who make Genetically Modified Organisms(GMOs), as [...]

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 23, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – “Just as our forefathers and foremothers laid the foundation for our dignity and freedom from oppression, we have the collective responsibility to lay a sound basis for the prosperity of present and future generations.” The statement was made by Carlos Lopes, the Executive Secretary of [...]

By Joost Beuving Social Anthropology Volume 21, Issue 1, pages 2–22, February 2013 Abstract This paper discusses démarcheurs, intermediaries in the second-hand car markets in Cotonou, Bénin. An ethnographic case study shows how démarcheurs make a profit by creating barriers between car buyers and sellers. In this way the paper presents an alternative interpretation of [...]

MTN Uganda, the number one sponsor of Uganda’s National Football team, the Uganda Cranes, has launched a new campaign to drive love, affection and passion for the Uganda Cranes. The new campaign inflames passion and with the focus aimed at “We believe in our Team and our Nation” it creates a link between this passion [...]

Cloud Computing & Information Security Conference, CCISC, 2013, brings together African enterprises, telecommunications, and innovative & agile service providers/vendors from the IT world, all under one roof. CCISC 2013 provides attendees with a unique arial view of the Cloud & ICT Security industry, offering the chance to learn from and network with the attending key [...]

LAGOS, Nigeria /African Press Organization (APO)/ – Vital Voices Global Partnership and Women in Management, Business, and Public Service (WIMBIZ)  announced the hosting of the Supporting Public Advocacy for Regional Competitiveness (SPARC) Program and Forum in Lagos, Nigeria. The one-day forum for women is scheduled for Thursday 23, May 2013, and will highlight businesswomen’s advocacy [...]

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – On the first day of an historic joint United Nations/World Bank Group mission to the Great Lakes region, the World Bank Group announced $1 billion in proposed new funding to help countries in the region provide better health and education services, generate more cross-border trade, and fund [...]