South African mobile telecommunications giant MTN has stepped up its awareness campaign in South East Asia today by detailing its unparalleled track record in emerging markets to the Myanmar media.
The initiative is in support of …

(Business Wire) – Newark, N.J – Prudential Financial, Inc. today revealed the results of its 2013-2014 “African American Financial Experience” study, which found that competing priorities and fewer investment products constrict African Americans’ ability to …

A major international credit rating agency is warning of more Caribbean sovereign debt restructurings ahead of the Caribbean Development Bank annual meetings in St Lucia this week.
The Wall Street-based Moody’s Investor Service said on Monday …

Nigerian serial entrepreneur Jason Njoku and a business partner recently launched a company to fund tech companies in Nigeria – and in the longer term the West African region.
The company, SPARK, is a US$ 1 …

A company that monitors global Internet traffic says that the undersea fiber-optic cable connecting Jamaica to Cuba has come online.
Internet analysis firm Renesys says it detected the new traffic between Cable & Wireless Jamaica and …

The Namibian government on Tuesday announced the first discovery of oil off it’s coast around the Walvis Basin.
Namibia has commissioned a Rio de Janeiro-based energy and exploration firm HRT to assist in looking for the …

Less than 72 hours after he announced that Caribbean Airlines had accumulated massive losses in 2012, Trinidad & Tobago Finance Minister Larry Howai has announced that the current board of directors of the beleaguered carrier …

Latest statistics released by the Bank of Jamaica
indicate that the island-nation’s economy remained in recession during the first quarter of 2013, however, the economy was predicted to stabilize during the second quarter of the year.
The …

Rachel Tladi – Founder and CEO Uvuko Civils
Rachel Tladi is the founder and CEO of South African maintenance and construction company Uvuko Civils.
She founded the company in 2002 – at the urging of a …

The Trinidad & Tobago based and state-owned Caribbean Airlines recorded losses estimated at US$70 million last year, the twin island-nation’s Finance Minister Larry Howai has revealed.
He told the Senate on Tuesday that the figure does …