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"Franchising" Instead of Privatization
President Marc Ravalomanana has resumed the privatization process that had stalled under the previous regime
President Marc Ravalomanana has resumed the privatization process that had stalled under the previous regime
Max Sisulu, one of the big names of the fight against apartheid and the oldest son of Albertina and Walter [...]
Competing against the Americans and the Germans, France was obligated to double its contributions to maintain its military presence.
As the 2004 presidential elections approach, the Portuguese government is choosing not to neglect either of the two candidates in contention.
Assoumani Azali is in Paris, preparing for OIF's mediation with his rivals from the autonomous islands.
The anti-corruption commission suffered new setbacks and was publicly accused by the president of the Federal High Court.
The national Mauritian company Air Mauritius asked all its agents to stop selling tickets for its bi-weekly service between Mahé [...]
Mauritius intends to develop the activities of call center operators, and will participate for the second time in the fair consecrated to this field in Paris.
Before being sued for bad management, the former general manager of the Construction and Business Bank had conducted an audit on possible embezzlement in his establishment.
The Comorian authorities are pressuring COMACO (Mer Austral Group) to newly equip the Moroni port, which it manages.
NAIL's financial difficulties put an end to the South African company's plan to invest in Standard Group.
The International Finance Corporation, a branch of the World Bank, is getting ready to loan $10 million to and eventually invest in the State Nouvobanq.
While the biannual Consultative Group Meeting is taking place with donors in Kampala, the International Monetary Fund is making a severe assessment of the Ugandan banking system.
The national electricity company, which has been managed for a year by South African firm Net-Group Solutions, is preparing to reduce its workforce and multiply its subcontractors.
All advertising agencies have their eyes glued to the South African bank Absa. Its relations with the agency Young & [...]
Saudi magnate Mohamed Hussein Al Amoudi's group Midroc Ethiopia is striving to launch new plans for building-material manufacturing plants worth [...]
The South African petrochemical group Sasol announced this week that it would resume construction operations at its gas plant in [...]
Zimbabwean businessman Mutumba Mawere, a close associate of Emmerson Mnangagwa, the president of the national assembly, has just clinched a [...]
President Marc Ravalomanana's daughter, Sarah, is preparing for her wedding, which is planned for the end of the year. The [...]
Valerie Amos, who was named Secretary of State for International Development in Tony Blair's government after Clare Short's resignation early [...]
Makua Mutua, a 48 year-old law professor at New York University's Buffalo College, where he also directs the center for [...]
A marketing specialist who made his name with the launch of the cellular phone brand Cell C in November 2001, [...]
The Brazilian chief of State, Lula da Silva, is set to visit several Southern African countries in August. Included on [...]
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Following a visit to Paris in late April, Malagasy president Marc Ravalomanana is expected to visit Washington and New York [...]
After visiting Sweden, Finland and Paris during the month of April, Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano spent this entire week in [...]
The Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF, ruling party) will set [...]
Raharinaivo Andrianantoandro, TIM (Tiako I Madagasikara) president and an MP [...]
Following a report on violence committed by members of the [...]
Long in the hands of the South African group Sun, [...]
The company Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB), which manages the [...]
The Australian oil company Woodside Energy Ltd has just joined [...]
The company Telair Communications, whose capital is 30% held by [...]
The secretary general of the Kenyan COTU (Central Organization of [...]
The former president of the regional State of Oromia Kuma [...]
Brigadier general Mastin M. Robeson will take the helm of [...]
Last week, the World Bank approved a loan of $6 [...]
Led by the director of the league's Africa department, Samir [...]
A report published by the Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation (MNF) and [...]