Obama’s Top Africa Man to Lead US Energy Companies on Trade Mission to Africa
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson will lead an Energy Trade Mission to Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria, and Ghana February 6-17.
The delegation of U.S. government and private-sector executives will meet host country senior government officials to discuss challenges for U.S. private-sector investment in energy infrastructure projects.
Delegates from the American business community will [...]
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5 East African Economies Merge to Create One of Africa’s Largest Trading Blocks
It’s Official! East Africa officially opens its borders to become one of Africa’s largest trading blocs, today.
The East African Community (EAC) trading bloc will create a market of close to 130 million people and a combined GDP of 80 billion dollars, making it one of the largest trading blocs in Africa.
However , even though July [...]
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African Businesses Hope to see Boost from Internet Advances
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has decided to expand their offering of domain space name options. Currently, the primary endings for web addresses include “.com”, “.net”, “.org”, and “.biz”. The number of offerings will soon increase, however, affording customers the opportunity to choose from more than 20 different types of domain [...]
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African Travel Expo
The purpose of this educational show is to provide information to the Canadian consumer and tourist on travel, tourism, business, and real estate in Africa by bringing together African-based organizations, businesses and government officials with Canadian tourists, buyers, travel & real estate industry professionals, and the media.
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IBM Expands Corporate Service Corps in Africa
IBM’s corporate citizenship initiative, the Corporate Service Corps, is entering into new countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America to provide small businesses, educational institutions and non profits with sophisticated pro bono business consulting and skills development to improve local conditions and foster job creation.
IBM today announced an expansion of its program, a corporate version [...]
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Dos and Don’ts of Business Start-up
Entrepreneurship is an art, not a science. That is why different experts on the topic give conflicting advice. That’s why it is important for an entrepreneur to know his or her business style. Some people are very comfortable with risk, even if that means they might lose their business. Some business owners prefer to play [...]
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Nairobi Stock Exchange Broker Introduces Stock Trading on Mobile Devices
Standard Investment Bank on Thursday introduced a new value added short message service (SMS) to its clients, which provides for mobile trading on the Nairobi Stock Exchange.
“Clients are increasingly getting busy and do not find time to physically come to the offices. The product, therefore, aims at offering that convenience of time as well as [...]
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