Thousands of miners and investors are flocking to Toronto this week for the world’s largest annual prospectors’ convention, amid a severe downturn in all things metallic. The frigid temperatures that Toronto has struggled with lately are nothing compared to the deep freeze the mining industry has endured over the last
Locals wait to cast their votes during Lesotho’s national elections in Magkhoakhoeng village, outside the capital Maseru, February 28, 2015.Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko The southern African mountain kingdom of Lesotho held elections on Saturday in an effort to restore stability, after a failed coup attempt caused the government to collapse. Twenty-four parties
CEO of Diageo Global delighted over investment in Ethiopia Following the coming of giant international breweries to the country, the beverage industry in Ethiopia has been showing growth in the past couple of years which in turn is attracting international business figures like Ivan Menezes, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of
Top officials of National Automotive Council (NAC) and WesBank of South Africa met in Abuja recently on the proposed roll-out of made-in-Nigeria Vehicle Finance Scheme scheduled for later this year. WesBank, a division of FirstRand Bank, is South Africa’s market leader in automotive asset finance. The bank is represented in
The officials of the National Automotive Council (NAC) and WesBank of South Africa on Wednesday met in Abuja on the proposed roll-out of made-in-Nigeria vehicle finance scheme later in the year. A statement by the NAC, its Director-General, Mr Aminu Jalal, led the Director, Policy and Planning, Mr Luqman Mamudu
Chief Tony Okoroji, chairman, Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) is back to Lagos after a weeklong working visit to South Africa which he says was “very productive and very revealing” According to Chief Okoroji, he was in South Africa “to connect the pipes between the Nigerian and South African music
Deforestation is haunting the African continent as industrial growth paves over public commons and puts more hectares into private hands. According to the Environmental News Network, a web-based resource, Africa loses forest cover equal to the size of Switzerland every year, or approximately 41 000 square kilometres. The United Nations
