http://en.redtram.com/ News on "Economics & Finance"  in "Central Africa" Copyright (c) 2008 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:20:38 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 4993 | Cameroon: Retrenched Workers Promise Unrest for Unpaid Dues http://en.redtram.com/go/159423402/top100/ 159423402 Retrenched workers of some defunct or restructured public enterprises in the East Province have promised the government hail and brimstone should their retrenchment dues not be paid within a fixed deadline. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:25:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159423402/top100/ 4993 | Central Africa: Central African States Stricken By Poverty http://en.redtram.com/go/159423401/top100/ 159423401 Despite its rich natural and human potentials, the 11 countries of the Economic Community of Central Africa States, ECCAS, are still stricken by poverty, conflicts, poor management of resources, governance and underdevelopment. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:25:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159423401/top100/ 4993 | Rwanda: Vangold Conducts Aerial Oil Survey http://en.redtram.com/go/159423400/top100/ 159423400 A South African aeromagnetic survey team is conducting an airborne survey over a Rwandan oil concession. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:25:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159423400/top100/ 4993 | Cameroon: Sonara Celebrates Ranking As One of World's Safest, Quality Places http://en.redtram.com/go/159423403/top100/ 159423403 With the exception of the Petroleum Company of Port Arthur in Texas, USA, and two others in Europe that are on level 9 in the world, the National Refining Company of Cameroon, SONARA, has entered the 'Honours List' as one Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:25:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159423403/top100/ 4993 | South Africa: Let Zuma Champion the Poor - It Willl Help Make East Africa Rich http://en.redtram.com/go/159423404/top100/ 159423404 When Thabo Mbeki announced he would resign as South African president, after he lost the political battle against ruling African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma, the country was not really rattled at first. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:25:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159423404/top100/ 4993 | Angola: New Pavements Improve Pedestrians Circulation http://en.redtram.com/go/159423407/top100/ 159423407 The head of the Angola Engineers Association José Dias, said Monday in Luanda that the requalification of the pavements in the capital will both improve the beauty of the city and pedestrians circulation. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:25:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159423407/top100/ 4993 | Angola: Airliners Already Landing in Luanda http://en.redtram.com/go/159423406/top100/ 159423406 Aeroplanes of the Angolan Airlines "TAAG", coming from from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and those of the Portuguese Airlines "TAP", from Lisbon, which were hindered from landing at "4 de Fevereiro" International Airport, are already in Luanda, following the restoring Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:25:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159423406/top100/ 4993 | Rwanda: Creating Wealth - Fund Viable Business Proposals http://en.redtram.com/go/159423405/top100/ 159423405 After studying the performance of the economy, we came up with a target of Frw. 264.8 billion this year which is higher than that of last year," said Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) Commissioner General, Mary Baine, last January. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:25:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159423405/top100/ 4993 | Rwanda: MTN Negotiates Renewal of Kigali Telecom Licence http://en.redtram.com/go/159423399/top100/ 159423399 Despite having infrastructural challenges MTN Rwanda is due to renew its licence to operate as a communication service provider in Rwanda, according to the MTN Group Integrated Report of the year 2007. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:25:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159423399/top100/ 4993 | Rwanda: Thirty Trained On Capital Markets http://en.redtram.com/go/159423398/top100/ 159423398 Thirty Rwandans have received training from the Rwanda Capital Market Advisory Council (CMAC) in a bid to increase capacity building in Capital Markets. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:25:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159423398/top100/ 4993 | Cameroon: Country's Lack of Transparency Discourages Investors - Japanese Businessmen http://en.redtram.com/go/159423395/top100/ 159423395 Hideki Uyama, the head of a 13-man Japanese business delegation that visited Cameroon recently, has disclosed that lack of transparency by the Cameroon administration discourages foreign investors. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:25:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159423395/top100/ 4993 | Rwanda: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Extends Lab to Country http://en.redtram.com/go/159423396/top100/ 159423396 Students and educators in Rwanda can now access course materials from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States (US) through its OpenCourseWare hosted online by the National University of Rwanda (NUR), The New Times has learnt. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:25:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159423396/top100/ 4993 | Rwanda: Chinese Firm Opens Mobile Phone Plant http://en.redtram.com/go/159423394/top100/ 159423394 A-Link Technologies from China has set up a $500,000 phone assembling plant in Rwanda that is producing 200 mobile phones a day. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:25:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159423394/top100/ 4993 | Rwanda: Business Proposal Competition Good for Young Entrepreneurs http://en.redtram.com/go/159423397/top100/ 159423397 Last week Imbuto Foundation, an initiative conceived and supervised by the Office of the First Lady to recognize and develop initiatives of young Rwandans in the sectors of health, education, and economic empowerment, held a business proposal competition for university Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:25:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159423397/top100/ 4993 | Angola: Entrepreneurs Exhorted to Invest in Tourism http://en.redtram.com/go/159315616/top100/ 159315616 Namibe Province director for commerce and hotels, Maria Pombal, on Saturday here called on local businesspeople to make major investments in this region's tourism, as well as improve the exploration of the areas made available by the government. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:05:36 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159315616/top100/ 4993 | Rwanda: Kist Wins Business Award http://en.redtram.com/go/159315617/top100/ 159315617 Recently, Kigali Institute of Science and Technology's (KIST's) Technology and Business Incubation facility (TBIF) won the infoDev award from World Bank amounting to $50,000 for promoting Business Incubation in Rwanda. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:05:36 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159315617/top100/ 4993 | Rwanda: Mulindi Tea Factory Excites Lawmakers http://en.redtram.com/go/159315619/top100/ 159315619 A delegation of the East African Legislative Assembly visited Mulindi Tea Factory and was excited by its history and quality production. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:05:36 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159315619/top100/ 4993 | Rwanda: Kerosene Price, Scarcity Nagging Citizens http://en.redtram.com/go/159315615/top100/ 159315615 After getting complaints from a number of citizens on the high price of kerosene and its scarcity in Kigali City, The New Times set out to find out the cause of it all. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:05:36 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159315615/top100/ 4993 | Rwanda: Foundation Holds Business Competition for Students http://en.redtram.com/go/159315618/top100/ 159315618 Imbuto Foundation, an initiative under the Office of the First Lady, Friday held a business proposal competition which brought together students from different universities across the country. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:05:36 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159315618/top100/