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Uganda: Mobile Money Transforms Business
September 7, 2010 | Source: AllAfrica News: Economy, Business and FinanceThe days when you had to spend USh10,000 on bus fare just to deliver USh20,000 to a relative in the village or join a long queues in banking halls to pay bills are soon coming an end.
News in Business & Investment |Gambia: Fish Mongers Lament Poor State of Fishing Trade
September 7, 2010 | Source: AllAfrica News: Economy, Business and FinanceFish mongers, locally called ‘Banabana’, and smoked fish vendors in the coastal fishing village of Sanyang have shared their concerns regarding the present state of their trade. Speaking to this reporter at the beach, on Saturday 4th September, Bakary …
News in Business & Investment |South Africa: Public Workers Suspend Strike
September 6, 2010 | Source: AllAfrica News: Economy, Business and FinanceSouth Africa’s three-week-old public sector strike has been suspended, but the main teachers’ union says this does not mean they have accepted the government’s latest wage offer. Workers will go back to work on Tuesday and will be given 21 days to cons…
News in Business & Investment |South Africa: Govt Criticised for Public Sector Strike
September 6, 2010 | Source: AllAfrica News: Economy, Business and FinanceThe current strike by government employees which has left some patients dead and others without access to medication could have been avoided had government had a Minimum Level Service Agreement with unions to ensure that health care services do not shu…
News in Business & Investment |Rwanda: New Market Boosts Bugesera Revenues
September 6, 2010 | Source: AllAfrica News: Economy, Business and FinanceThe recently constructed market in Nyamata town, Bugesera District is making a huge positive impact on the district’s revenue and the people’s livelihoods.
News in Business & Investment |Nigeria: As We Enter the Ember Months
September 6, 2010 | Source: AllAfrica News: Economy, Business and FinanceIt has been established in Nigeria that the so-called ember months comprising September, October, November and December are the most accident prone months of the year, each year. Statistics and records prove this. And even our collective memory support…
News in Business & Investment |Nigeria: NDDC plans N1.8 Trillion Calabar-Lagos coastal road
September 6, 2010 | Source: AllAfrica News: Economy, Business and FinanceTHE proposed 650-kilometre East-West coastal road from Calabar to Lagos would cost about N1.8 trillion. The design for the project is 70 per cent completed.
News in Business & Investment |Zimbabwe: Controversy Surrounds Gaddafi’s Son’s Visit
September 6, 2010 | Source: AllAfrica News: Economy, Business and FinanceSon of long time Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi, Al-Saadi, nearly caused diplomatic fallout between Harare and Tripoli recently when he turned up at the airport with a delegation of “businesspeople” who had no visas.
News in Business & Investment |Zimbabwe: No Joy for Govt Workers
September 6, 2010 | Source: AllAfrica News: Economy, Business and FinanceFinance minister Tendai Biti on Tuesday said critical sectors such as electricity supply need to be addressed before substantial increases can be made on civil servants salaries.
News in Business & Investment |South Africa: Tyre Manufacturers Finally Brought to Book
September 6, 2010 | Source: AllAfrica News: Economy, Business and FinanceThe complaint against tyre industry players for contravening competition law will now be adjudicated by the Competition Tribunal, following an investigation launched over two years ago, said the Competition Commission yesterday.
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