This week, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono issued a $10 000 limit on instant cash withdrawals. Customers are required to first notify their banks 24 hours before a transaction. Gono on (January 31) announced the move during his Monetary Policy Statement. This has caused anxiety among the banking public with speculation that the [...]

[02-February-2012] NEW YORK, Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Sub-Saharan Africa Infrastructure Chemicals and Materials Market http://www.reportlinker.com/p0766607/Sub-Saharan-Africa-Infrastructure-Chemicals-and-Materials-Market.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Chemical_and_Material Infrastructure Chemicals and Materials Market research service focuses on the sub-Saharan African regions to review opportunities available for suppliers of infrastructure chemicals and materials. The countries [...]

NAIROBI, Kenya, February 2, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ – MasterCard Worldwide (http://www.mastercard.com), a global payments and technology company, today launched its official East African regional headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. This development brings the number of MasterCard offices across the African continent to five, with other offices operational in Cairo, Casablanca, Lagos, Johannesburg and now Nairobi. [...]

MBABANE, Swaziland, February 1, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — At the request of the authorities, a mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Mr. Joannes Mongardini, visited Swaziland during January 26-February 1, 2012, to (i) review the draft budget for the fiscal year 2012/13 starting April 1, 2012, (ii) assist the authorities in [...]