Africa Business Source Beta

Rwanda is the World’s Top Business Reformer

Rwanda is the first sub-Saharan African economy to lead the world in business reforms, according to a recent report by The Doing Business Project.  The annual report is published by the International Finance Corporation (IFC).
The country has seen steady improvement in its commercial laws and institutions over the last 8 years.  In 2008 it introduced [...]

• Countries:
• Pan African

• Tags:
• Angola,
• Botswana and Namibia,
• Business reforms,
• Cameroon,
• credit,
• Doing Business Project,
• Egypt,
• Ethiopia and South Africa,
• IFC,
• Liberia,
• Mauritius,
• Rwanda,
• Rwanda Reforms,
• South Africa

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Privatization of Nigeria’s State Telecoms Company NITEL Underway

According to Reuters, there are now 13 investors interested in the purchase of at least 75% of Nitel, the state telecoms company which has been undergoing this privatization process for several years.
The Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE) is evaluating both local and international bids from as far away as Spain and India.
Nigeria is a [...]

• Industries:
• Infrastructure

• Countries:
• Nigeria

• Tags:
• BPE,
• Bureau for Public Enterprises,
• Egypt,
• Etisalat,
• Globacom,
• ICT,
• Information and Communication Technologies,
• M-Tel,
• MTN,
• MTNL,
• Nigeria,
• NITEL,
• Orascom Telecom,
• SAT-3,
• South Africa,
• Spain,
• Telecommunications,
• Telecoms,
• Telefonica,
• Transcorp Nigeria,
• Umaru Yar'Adua

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