National Oil Ethiopia (NOC) to Open Branch in Djibouti
National Oil Ethiopia (NOC) announced that it would soon begin the distribution of petroleum products in Djibouti. NOC Chief Executive Officer Tadesse Tilahun said, the company has purchased petroleum stations and the petroleum depot in Djibouti Airport along with oil tankers with over 450 million Birr. Distribution of fuel, oil and other petroleum products would […]
British Airways Suspends Flights to Entebbe
As of 3rd October 2015, British Airways halted all flights between London Heathrow and Entebbe. According to Edward Frost, this decision is being taken due to activities to Entebbe not being commercially viable for the flight services provider. Frost further noted that the final service will depart London Heathrow for Entebbe on 2nd October and […]
SADC Faces Cereal Deficit
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is facing a cereal deficit of over six million tonnes emanating from the poor rainfall and floods that befell the region in the 2014/2015 season. Briefing the media ahead of the 35th Ordinary Summit of Heads of States and Government in Gaborone, the director of food, agriculture and natural […]
Angola Huila – Government Mitigates Effects of Drought
The Provincial Government of Huila, through the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, has been developing since January this year, a number of strategies aimed at mitigating the effects of drought affecting the population in the municipalities of Gambos and Chibia. This was said on Thursday by the head of department of the sector, Moisés […]
Nigeria’s Lagos Is A Booming City And Is Now Africa’s Largest metropolis
Lagos is a booming city. Nigeria’s economic and cultural capital is now Africa’s largest metropolis with a population of more than 21 million, but its streets are chaotic and its slums expansive. Lagos sees itself as the next African metropolis, but can it do so sustainably? The answer, some say, lies along the coast. One […]
Budget, Industrialisation Dominate SADC Region Experts Meeting
The meeting of the Permanent Committee of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) continued on Thursday in Gaborone with discussions of the regional organisation’s budget, development and industrialisation roadmap. According to the SADC national secretary, Beatriz Morais, the meeting focused on the strategic plan approved at the Heads of State and Government’s Summit held in […]
Algeria Must Consolidate The Results Of Its Negotiations For Accession To The World Trade Organization
Algeria must consolidate the results of its negotiations for accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), said on Tuesday Minister of Trade, Bakhti Belaïb in an interview with APS. “It is important for the Algerian party in charge of this WTO accession negotiations file to consolidate the results reached at each stage of this process,” […]
Improve Agriculture to Ensure Food Security
TANZANIANS were late last week reassured of food security as President Jakaya Kikwete emphatically declared that no one will die of hunger because the country has enough food to last the next three years. The president was addressing a rally in Lindi Region at the climax of Agricultural Show commonly known as Nane Nane, where […]
Zimbabwe Govt Approves Plans to Revive Cold Storage Company
Government has approved plans to revive the Cold Storage Company, a move that will open new beef export markets for the country and create employment, a Cabinet minister has said. Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Dr Joseph Made said this last Friday during the National Young Farmers Awards presentation ceremony in Harare. He said […]
President Sirleaf Dedicates Cassava Processing Center – Lauds Welthungerhilfe, EU
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has congratulated Welthungerhilfe and the European Union for the significant effort made to construct Cassava Processing Center for the people of Kormah Town, Bomi County. Speaking at the turning over ceremony of the Cassava Processing Center to the people of Kormah over the weekend, President Sirleaf said, “I thank our partners and […]
