ABUJA, Nigeria,April 29, 2014/ *– *On Thursday, May 8th 2014, the Africa Progress Panel (http://www.africaprogresspanel.org) will release its annual Africa Progress Report – Grain, Fish, Money – Financing Africa’s Green and Blue revolutions, at the World Economic Forum on Africa held in Abuja, Nigeria. Chaired by former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, last year’s report Equity in Extractives – Stewarding…
WASHINGTON, April 29, 2014 – The International Comparison Program (ICP) released new data today showing that the world economy produced goods and services worth over $90 trillion in 2011, and that almost half of the world’s total output came from low and middle income countries. Under the authority of the United Nations Statistical Commission, the 2011 round of ICP…
By Josephine Koigi: She is the mother of all humans. Woman. Somehow she is always on the opposite side. The unwanted side. She carries the heaviest burden. And like a magnet, problems get attracted to her side. A study by Population Services International Tanzania (PSI) revealed that women are at a more risk of contracting HIV/AIDS more than their…
· *The Bank has recorded Profit before income tax of TZS 14.3 billion (2012: 3.9 billion) TZS 10.4 billion higher compared to the last year representing an increase of 267%.* *Dar es Salaam, April 15th 2014* The National Bank of Commerce, on Monday announced it’s financial results for the year 2013 whereby its Net Interest margin on average Interest…
SADC Secretariat, in collaboration with the Southern Africa Trust and the National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi (NASFAM) convened a SADC Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) Strategy Stakeholders Forum, hosted by the Government of the Republic of Malawi, in Lilongwe from 9-10 April, 2014. Held under the theme, “*Empowering Youth and Women for Food and Nutrition Security”**,* the main…
Dr Reginald Mengi has a very simple formula for success. His mantra is: “I must, I can, I will.” He says there must be no room for doubt in your mind if you want to succeed. “Evict all doubts from your mind. Don’t say if I can or I hope I will. Once you have a vision, commit to…