http://en.redtram.com/ News on "Economics & Finance"  in "Africa" Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:35:18 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 143577 | Nigeria: FG Awards Nkalagu-Nsukka Road Contract http://en.redtram.com/go/233024675/top100/ 233024675 THE long awaited award of contract for reconstruction of Nkalagu-Ikem-Nsukka F117 Road, has been approved for award by the Federal Executive Council in Abuja. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:21:06 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/233024675/top100/ 143577 | Nigeria: NARTO, Ptd Chide Works Minister http://en.redtram.com/go/233024650/top100/ 233024650 The National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), and the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Unit of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) have described the frequent outbursts by the Minister of Works and Urban Development, Dr Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:20:59 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/233024650/top100/ 143577 | Kenya: Refinery Stand-Off Poses Supply Shortage Risk in Petroleum Market http://en.redtram.com/go/233024625/top100/ 233024625 According to oil marketers, the Kenyan refinery is holding some 300, 000 tonnes of crude belonging to marketers. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:20:54 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/233024625/top100/ 143577 | Gambia: UN Africa Industrialisation Day Observed http://en.redtram.com/go/233024592/top100/ 233024592 The Gambia on Friday joined the rest of Africa to observe the 20th anniversary of UN Africa Industrialisation Day, at a ceremony held at the conference hall of the Independence Stadium in Bakau. This yearÂ's theme is: Industrialisation for integration. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:20:44 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/233024592/top100/ 143577 | Ghana: Vodafone First Internet Café Opens http://en.redtram.com/go/233024569/top100/ 233024569 Vodafone Ghana has officially opened its first Internet Café at Cantonment in Accra. The Internet Cafe, together with a Wifi area has Wifi hotspot and a seating capacity for 100 customers. The facility provides a world class high speed internet Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:20:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/233024569/top100/ 143577 | Ghana: Obuasi Police Cry for Accommodation http://en.redtram.com/go/233024554/top100/ 233024554 THE Obuasi Divisional Police commander, Superintendent Emmanuel Amissah has expressed concern over the lack of accommodation for police personnel within the Division. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:20:29 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/233024554/top100/ 143577 | Ghana: Gushegu Hospital Needs Urgent Attention http://en.redtram.com/go/233024539/top100/ 233024539 The Gushegu District Director of Health Services, Mr. Mark Bugri Ayaba, has called on the Ministry of Health to post at least 103 additional health personnel to facilitate quality healthcare delivery at the ultra-modern Gushegu Government Hospital, and also to Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:20:25 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/233024539/top100/ 143577 | Nigeria: Residents Want 4th Mainland Bridge http://en.redtram.com/go/233024523/top100/ 233024523 Lagos State Government has been called upon to find a lasting solution to the prevailing traffic jam that has ravaged the Ikorodu Town on a daily basis by constructing the fourth Mainland Bridge that will link the town to other Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:20:15 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/233024523/top100/ 143577 | Nigeria: Work Commences On Yenagoa-Brass Road http://en.redtram.com/go/233024508/top100/ 233024508 Work has commenced on the multibillion naira Yenagoa-Brass road project which was awarded two weeks ago by the Federal Government in line with its promise to open up the hinterland of Bayelsa State in the wake of the presiden-tial amnesty Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:20:07 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/233024508/top100/ 143577 | Nigeria: Petrol Prices to Increase Even With More Refineries - NUPENG http://en.redtram.com/go/233024483/top100/ 233024483 The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) Wednesday said prices of petroleum products would increase even if more refineries were established. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:19:59 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/233024483/top100/ 143577 | Nigeria: 2010 Budget - Lagos And Politics of Mega City http://en.redtram.com/go/233024459/top100/ 233024459 After the Lagos State House of Assembly postponed the date of its original presentation, Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) finally presented an appropriation bill of N429.596 billion recently. Designed principally to complete the existing projects, the 2010 budget thus raises Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:19:51 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/233024459/top100/ 143577 | Nigeria: '6,000mw Not Realisable' http://en.redtram.com/go/233024437/top100/ 233024437 NIGERIANS have been told to brace up for the unexpected as the much orchestrated generation of 6,000MW of electricity by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) at the end of the year is no longer realisable. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:19:44 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/233024437/top100/ 143577 | Nigeria: Experts Want More Ports Facilities Outside Lagos http://en.redtram.com/go/233024419/top100/ 233024419 EXPERTS in global distributive trade, yesterday, urged President Umaru Yar'Adua to open up more port facilities around the country to rapidly boost the national economy. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:19:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/233024419/top100/ 143577 | Nigeria: Nitel/Mtel Workers Threaten BPE Over Salaries http://en.redtram.com/go/233024403/top100/ 233024403 Workers of the troubled Nigerian Telecommunications Limited and the Nigerian Mobile Telecommunications Limited (Mtel) have threatened the Bureau of Public Enterprises over their unpaid 16 months salary arrears. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:19:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/233024403/top100/ 143577 | Nigeria: FG Signs LRIT Agreement With IMSO http://en.redtram.com/go/233024384/top100/ 233024384 Nigeria has signed an LRIT Services Agreement with the International Mobile Satelite Organisation (IMSO), in London, United Kingdom. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:19:15 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/233024384/top100/ 143577 | Uganda: Nation Must Use Powerful Information Tools http://en.redtram.com/go/233024359/top100/ 233024359 Koala Bears are to Eastern Australia what Pandas are to China. The same can be said of Gorillas and Uganda. Uganda is home to a little over half of the world's population of these amazing creatures which stands at about Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:19:01 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/233024359/top100/ 143577 | Uganda: Raise Salaries to Spur Industrial Growth http://en.redtram.com/go/233024339/top100/ 233024339 The statistics of our country's economy still rate Uganda as predominantly peasant.Peasant life basically entails trying to obtain livelihood from toiling for oneself on one's piece of land. This is usually based on the use of rudimentary implements to work Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:18:53 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/233024339/top100/ 143577 | Uganda: Orange Brings Iphone 3GS http://en.redtram.com/go/233024317/top100/ 233024317 Orange Uganda and Apple will launch the iPhone 3GS in the country next month after the phone turned heads in the USA and UK. Orange is hoping to target the elite clientele, seeking more value for their money from their Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:18:44 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/233024317/top100/ 143577 | South Africa: Industrial Plan Aims to Get the Wheels Turning http://en.redtram.com/go/233024304/top100/ 233024304 ECONOMIC Development Minister Ebrahim Patel has identified deindustrialisation as a major threat to the South African economy and says the government is going to come up with a plan to fix it. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:18:37 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/233024304/top100/ 143577 | Nigeria: The Courage to Challenge http://en.redtram.com/go/233024292/top100/ 233024292 Nigeria has become the black sheep of the world oil producing community for her lack of accountability and unproductive use of the oil revenue. Among the OPEC countries, Nigeria is the least enterprising in the management of oil revenue. In Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:18:24 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/233024292/top100/