Earvin “Magic” Johnson. PHOTO/File “We are the communities we serve.” That motto, asserted in the opening chapter of his 2008 book “32 Ways to Be a...
Six of the world’s fastest growing economies are in sub-Saharan Africa, among them Uganda and Ethiopia, according to UK-based economic experts Ernst & Young. According to...
We profile a broad array of public, private and non-profit sector digital guardians of our increasingly electronically connected and interdependent world. These men and women include...
China’s economic might has rolled up to America’s doorstep in the Caribbean, with a flurry of loans from state banks, investments by companies and outright gifts...
Barbados’ cabinet has approved the US$188.5 million Mangrove Pond Green Energy complex at the Mangrove Pond landfill. The approval of the project, which will include solar...
Andrew Rugasira., founder and CEO Good African Coffee. PHOTO/File Andrew Rugasira is the Founder and CEO of Good African Coffee, an African-based social enterprise that brings...
The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has signed off on Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB)’s acquisition of Capital and Credit Financial Group (CCFG), virtually guaranteeing approval of...
U.S. President Barack Obama President Barack Obama is warning that the U.S. job market will still face “ups and downs” despite news Friday that the economy...
Jason Njoku. Founder of Iroko Partners It’s small by Western standards, but probably the largest fundraising round recorded in West African tech circles. Jason Njoku, the...
Zimbabwe has taken majority ownership of all foreign-owned mining companies, Zimbabwe’s black empowerment minister said Thursday, a move the prime minister told companies to ignore, saying...
The dispute between LIME and the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) is over. General secretary of the BWU, Sir Roy Trotman, says LIME agreed to a 12 percent...
(PRNewswire via COMTEX) – The last decade has shown that in the race to claim the 21st century, Africa will give Asia and a rising Latin...
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala PHOTO/Ramin Talaie/EPA A group of former World Bank officials today endorsed Africa’s candidate to lead the Bank, Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. In an...
Cameroon’s national airline (Camair-Co) incurred losses of up to US$42 million during its first nine months of operations from March 2011 to December 2011, some US$28...
Oil rig in Uganda. PHOTO/Tullow Oil (Reuters) – A worldwide rig shortage is delaying oil drilling in East Africa, which is slowing growth and pushing up...
U.S.President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama is ready to sign legislation prohibiting members of Congress, the president and thousands of other federal workers from engaging...
Zimbabwe has set sights on the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) group of emerging world economic powerhouses as a source of trade and...
Earvin “Magic” Johnson. PHOTO/File Magic Johnson Enterprises is investing in a Miami-based insurer, Simply Healthcare Plans, to create a major Medicaid program for HIV patients to...
App developers at work in Nairobi, Kenya. PHOTO/File Kenya’s quest to become the global hub for mobile phone applications has been bolstered by a grant of...
Professor Trevor Munroe. PHOTO/Jamaica Gleaner (Jamaica Observer) – National Integrity Action Limited’s executive director, Professor Trevor Munroe, has been appointed an individual member of Transparency International...
Aliko Dangote. PHOTO/File (Reuters) – Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote plans to list his US$11 billion cement business, Dangote Cement, on the London Stock Exchange next...
Ulysses L. Bridgeman, Jr. PHOTO/File Ulysses L. Bridgeman, Jr. is founder and CEO of Bridgeman Foods Inc. Bridgeman Foods Inc., operates as a franchisee for Wendy’s...
(PRNewswire) – Digicel Group, the best value mobile operator in the Caribbean, Central America and Pacific, has acquired Haitian mobile operator, Voila, from its parent company,...
Erica Wynter – CEO of C&E Innovational Services. PHOTO/Erica Wynter Erica Wynter remains unfazed by the daunting statistics for start-up companies such as hers – that...
South Africa’s membership of the bloc of leading emerging economies and its unique position in Africa heralded the country’s role as a gateway into the African...
Marjorie Perry – CEO MZM Construction. PHOTO/blogtalkradio Marjorie Perry is the founder and CEO of MZM Construction & Management Co., based in Newark, N.J. Perry built...
REDjet grounded The government of Trinidad and Tobago has revoked the license of the Caribbean’s first discount airline (REDjet) as it struggles to survive. Transport Minister...
These 20 black female business leaders have all shared the same title: chief executive officer. But they’re also known as mentors, philanthropists and role models with...
The government of St Lucia will introduce a Value Added Tax (VAT) in September, fulfilling what it called “undertakings given to international institutions by the former...
The people of this Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) can expect better times ahead as state-owned company PetroTrin has struck “black gold” with the discovery of 48...
BET Networks is entering the exploding business of prepaid cards, partnering with an industry leader in hopes of reaching millions of African Americans who don’t use...
Small business owner The engine of small business, which according to government statistics provides half of the nation’s private-sector jobs, was the focus of an Obama...
The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) as met with its African member states, as part of its continental fundraising efforts. The consultations on the fringes of...
(Reuters) – Jamaica is planning a dollar bond targeted at its diaspora community, the country’s investment minister said on Thursday. “We think a diaspora bond is...
When Roy James needed money to buy equipment and dig an irrigation well for his father’s Mississippi farm, he applied for a loan from the U.S....
Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT) says it is not changing its fares following the suspension of REDjet’s flights. This was confirmed today by Corporate Communications Manager...
Dr Worta McCaskills-Stevens She is an African American woman and she is a medical doctor, a researcher for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at the National...
Barbados Prime Minister., Freundel Stuart A number of important social and environmental issues, among other matters, will be up for discussion today, when the Caribbean Green...
Basketball legend turned entrepreneur Earvin “Magic” Johnson. PHOTO/File A group that includes former Lakers star Magic Johnson and longtime baseball executive Stan Kasten agreed Tuesday night...
Telecommunications provider Digicel said it will entirely fund a US$16 million project to run a 200 kilometre-long undersea, fiber-optic cable linking Haiti to the rest of...
There are possibilities that Barbados-based air carrier REDjet could lose its operating licence to Trinidad. As airline officials remain locked in what is being described as...
Already Africa’s single biggest trading partner, China is set to become the continent’s largest export destination in 2012 according to South African based Standard Bank. The...
Nigeria’s Aviation Minister., Stella Oduah Nigeria has given airlines British Airways (BA) and Virgin Atlantic 30 days to lower fares or face a ban from flying...
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. PHOTO/John MacDougall/AFP (Reuters) – African Union finance leaders on Monday unanimously endorsed Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s candidacy to lead the World Bank and...
Kenya President Mwai Kibaki on Monday announced the discovery of oil in Turkana county, located in the country’s arid north-western region. The President said successful drilling...
Grounded – REDJet Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart stays clear of guaranteeing any financial assistance to low-cost carrier REDjet, even as he prepares to hold talks...
China and Europe remain the biggest threats to the Caribbean’s economy, that is, Chinese deceleration and European debt. But how vulnerable is the Caribbean to those...
Christopher Smith, a doctoral student in biomedical engineering, looks at stem cell samples through an inverted microscope in a lab at the Johns Hopkins University. PHOTO/Patrick...
Traders on the floor of the Nigerian Stock exchange. PHOTO/File A new partnership has been formed that seeks to highlight the rise and fall of Africa’s...
While Jamaica saw positive gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2011, following three consecutive years of decline, its recovery remains “fragile,” according to the International Monetary...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama will nominate Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to head the World Bank, a surprise pick for the...
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. PHOTO/Eric Feferberg/Getty Images Nigeria Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is not pursuing the World Bank’s top job, her spokesman said Wednesday, amid reports that her...
Lisa Price – Founder of Carol’s Daughter Lisa Price’s started the beauty brand Carol’s Daughter by making mixtures in her own kitchen sink. Price named the...
When a group of young, enterprising Jamaican university students, all past 25 but none older than 30, ran out of party ideas one night, they came...
(Reuters) – Kenya Airways will spend US$3.6 billion over the next five years on new planes and routes, mainly to connect travellers between Africa and Asia,...
Nigerian billionaire., Aliko Dangote. PHOTO/File Construction work on the Dangote cement factory in Cameroon’s economic capital Douala that was stopped two weeks ago is to resume...
Don Thompson McDonald’s Corp. said Wednesday that Chief Executive Officer Jim Skinner will retire later this year, handing over the responsibility of running the world’s largest...
Haiti’s economy has as a favourble outlook, and continues to recover, though economic and political risks remain, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF’s...
Major international companies are in South Sudan for a summit aimed at showcasing the new country’s potential to investors. Investors received presentations from different ministers across...
Grounded – REDJet St. Lucia’s tourism Minister Lorne Theophilius says it is unlikely that Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments will consider subsidizing the financial troubled Barbados-based low...
Registration for M-Pesa, Kenya’s dominant mobile phone money transfer service, increases the likelihood of having some savings by 20 percent, according to a new World Bank...
U.S. President Barack Obama facing rising gas prices. PHOTO/AP U.S. President Barack Obama is reportedly set to announce in Oklahoma this week that he’s expediting the...
(Reuters) – A South African lawyer said on Tuesday he was preparing a class action lawsuit against leading gold mining firms on behalf of thousands of...
Oprah Winfrey’s struggling television network, OWN, said Monday it is laying off one-fifth of its workers and restructuring its operations in New York and Los Angeles....
Nigerian billionaire., Aliko Dangote. PHOTO/File Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has signed a 20 year agreement with the Liberian government enabling him to open a branch of...
Grounded – REDJet (Barbados Nation) – Grounded low-cost carrier REDjet yesterday reported that negotiations to get it flying again were at a “sensitive stage”, as Trinidad...
Former British Prime Minister., Tony Blair has hailed a “new sense of hope and confidence” about Africa as he claims the continent can end its dependence...
Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT) has offered passengers affected by the shutdown of REDjet the chance to fly at discounted rates. The move by LIAT comes...
Zimbabwe’s forcing of foreign firms to hand over a 51 percent stake will scare away much-needed investment, with no clarity on how the cash-strapped state will...
Christopher Gardner. PHOTO/File Christopher (Chris) Gardner is the founder and CEO of Christopher Gardner International Holdings a financial services and brokerage company, with offices in New...
(Barbados Nation) – A Day after low-cost carrier REDjet announced the immediate suspension of its flights, one of its primary regional competitors moved hastily to pick...
Telecoms operators are slowing their price wars and rolling out new products as the mobile market becomes more saturated. With approximately 650 million connections, Africa is...
U.S. President Barack Obama With oil and gas prices at the pump on his mind, President Barack Obama says Congress should kill tax breaks for the...
Barbados-based low cost carrier, REDJet, has suspended all of its flights until further notice. The airline, which started business last May, issued a statement shortly before...
Galeota block off Trinidad & Tobago. Source: Bayfield Energy Bayfield Energy CEO, Hywel John, yesterday described the discovery of oil and natural gas in the Galeota...
(Reuters) – Mozambique’s economic growth accelerated to 8.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011 from 6.5 percent in the third quarter, data from the National...
James R. Nowlin James Nowlin is the founder and CEO of Excel Global Partners LLC, a Dallas, Texas based firm specializing in corporate financial and management...
It is not yet clear when the Jamaica Cooperative Credit Union League (JCCUL) will be able to roll out its new e-payment system to the public,...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File Barack Obama likes to say that as President of the United States, he doesn’t “bluff” when it comes to foreign policy....
St Kitts has been included in the US$1 billion expansion plans of Range Hospitality, a Dubai-based developer that specializes in hotel and residential development. According to...
The Cahora Bassa hydroelectric plant in Mozambique, provides electricity to Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Mozambique’s power utility has cut off electricity supplies to Zimbabwe over...
Emma Chappell is the Founder of United Bank of Philadelphia where she served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) from its...
The private sector working group has suggested that all registered companies in Jamaica be mandated to file annual income-tax returns. The suggestion, which is contained in...
Juliana Rotich, co-founder Ushahidi.com. PHOTO/Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Many people’s view of Africa is outdated, and, quite frankly, inaccurate. The Western main stream media continues to project...
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has launched an online system which allows consumers in 14 Member States to alert authorities on dangerous products which they detect in...
(Reuters) – Pan-African Ecobank Transnational is near the end of its geographic expansion across Africa and now plans to focus on organic growth to be among...
The Savoy Top 100 is the definitive list of African American achievers, influencers and executives facilitating global change through their leadership. In 2012, the Savoy Top...
A new coffee company heading to the United States is looking to do its part to help Haitian famers. Par Haiti/Pour Haiti (“From Haiti for Haiti”),...
Phase 15 and 16 of South Pars gas field development in the Iranian port town of Asaluyeh. PHOTO/Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images South Africa hopes to have a...
Dr Bird Power Station, Jamaica., owned by Jamaica Energy Partners – an independent power provider. PHOTO/File (CMC) – The Jamaica government says it will begin talks...
Liberia is still years away from tapping what African Petroleum calls a significant oil deposit off the country’s coast. But as the company assesses deposits for...
Andrew Augustin. PHOTO/Notion Games Andrew Augustin, also known in the gaming community as DatBoiDrew, always had a knack for creating characters. In high school, he crafted...
(Barbados Nation) – The government of Barbados is reporting a significant drop in unemployment. In leading off debate in the House of Assembly on the 2012-2013...
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote. PHOTO/File Ethiopian tycoon, Sheikh Mohammed Ali Al-Amoudi, who is worth an estimated US$12.5 billion, tops the Forbes 2012 Black Billionaires List announced...
MTN Group head quarters in Johannesburg. PHOTO/File (Reuters) – South African mobile phone operator MTN Group on Monday accused rival Turkcell of using the threat of...
RedJet today announced the launch of ticket sales for its newest route between Barbados and Antigua. A statement from the airline said that the inaugural flight...
National rivalries between Cameroon and Gabon could sink a plan to unite their independent stock exchanges which have so far proved to be not viable on...
Barbados is now the 10th Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member state to sign a visa waiver agreement with Haiti, allowing business people from that country and diplomats...
Trinidad and Tobago Point Fortin LNG terminal. PHOTO/File A natural gas from Trinidad and Tobago could be flowing into Barbados within 18 months. This was announced...
(CMC) – The Jamaica government has issued a licence to the Iceland based CreditInfo Limited to operate the first credit bureau in the country. “I signed...
The launch of ticket sales for REDjet’s newest route, St Maarten, in Barbados last week gave an airline official a chance to once again voice his...
A South African court approved on Friday Walmart‘s US$2.2 billion takeover of local chain Massmart, giving the world’s biggest retailer its first foothold in Africa. The...
U.S. employers added 227,000 jobs in February to complete three of the best months of hiring since the recession began. The unemployment rate was unchanged, largely...
The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) – which happens to be the the third largest capital market in sub-saharan Africa, after South Africa and Nigeria, is preparing...
Electronic toll gate structure on Gauteng highway. PHOTO/Yuri Madonsela South Africa’s government insisted Thursday it would go ahead with plans to set road tolls, despite threats...
Many Black communities in the United States are suffering from unemployment, underemployment and many other negative economic indicators that impact the quality of life for individuals...
Nollywood shoot. PHOTO/Aimee Corrigan “Nollywood films allow Black people to shine” Nollywood is the third largest film industry in the world behind Hollywood and Bollywood. Nollywood...
The Eurozone crisis presents some critical lessons for developing countries, particularly in Africa. As the European financial and economic crisis continues to dominate global news headlines,...
Official unemployment for African-Americans exceeded 17 percent in January 2010, nearly twice that of whites and 6 points higher than the nation as a whole. As...
Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of flexible and efficient power plant solutions, has been awarded the contract to supply the generating sets for an extension to...
(Reuters) – Tanzania’s central bank said on Wednesday that economic growth could beat its 6.0 percent forecast for fiscal year 2011/12, with inflation falling to single...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama will outline incentives to promote development of more fuel-efficient cars and to make it easier for people to...
(Jamaica Observer) – Telecommunications provider Landline Internet Mobile and Entertainment (LIME) on Friday said the industry is “beginning to see some results” from the company’s fight...
Rising business confidence and consumer demand have lifted private equity (PE) fund executives’ appetite in East African economies to an all-time high, shrugging off rising concern...
Electronic toll gate structure on Gauteng highway. PHOTO/Yuri Madonsela South Africa’s powerful Cosatu labor federation vowed Tuesday to rally more than 100,000 protesters against new toll...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama is aiming mortgage relief at members of the military as well as homeowners with government-insured loans, the administration’s...
(Reuters) – Namibia’s trade and industry minister is giving Walmart’s takeover of Massmart Holdings approval, provided it does not lead to job losses within the first...
(Reuters) – Zambia has closed a copper treatment plant belonging to Glencore International’s Mopani Copper Mines for pollution violations, the state environmental agency said on Monday....
There’s an under-representation of African-Americans in the tech sector. And it is all because of self-segregation, says Maya Beasley (pictured). Beasley, who is bi-racial says: There’s...
Industrial action by security personnel at the V.C. Bird International Airport in Antigua, has resulted in Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT) flight delays today. LIAT Corporate...
Jamaica: Net Remittances. Source: Bank of Jamaica (Jamaica Gleaner) On the back of record remittances in 2011 that narrowly edged out pre-recession highs, companies in the...
Kieron-Scott Woodhouse Kieron-Scott Woodhouse is a final year Product & Design student at the Middlesex University in London. He’s just turned 24 and is already running...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File World stock markets fell Monday as tough talk by President Barack Obama over Iran’s nuclear program and uncertainty over Greece’s ability...
(Bloomberg) — Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller said the Caribbean island would benefit from a Greek-style bailout as it negotiates a new loan agreement with the...
Erika Dotson – Co-Founder and Creative Director of Indique Hair. PHOTO/Madame Noire Meet Erika Dotson, the Co-Founder and Creative Director of Indiqué. The company, Indiqué has...
Nigeria’s Arik Air said it will resume daily flights to Johannesburg Saturday, 24 hours after suspending them in protest over South Africa’s refusal to let in...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama says higher auto mileage standards set under his administration and better cars built by a resurgent U.S. auto...
Presidents Mwai Kibaki, South Sudan’s Salva Kiir Mayardit and Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi lay foundation for the new port. PHOTO/Daily Nation Kenya, Ethiopia and South...
Net growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Souce/World Development Indicators 2011 Africa still receives less than 5 percent of foreign investment inflows and it seems that the African...
A team from the New York University in the US is in Ghana to undertake a study on the effectiveness of the esoko platform in aiding...
Jamaica Prime Minister, Portia Simpson-Miller. PHOTO/File (Jamaica Gleaner) – Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller has expressed concern about Jamaica’s drop in the ranking of countries in which...
East Africa undersea cables. MAP/The Guardian Most of East Africa lost access to the internet last week after a ship docked at an illegal spot, damaging...
Scores of Jamaicans will be left holding expensive cellular phones fit only for the scrap dump this morning after Digicel shuts down the Claro network at...
(Reuters) – U.S. car giant General Motors (GM) has agreed to pay a symbolic sum of up to US$1.5 million to victims of South Africa’s apartheid-era...
(Caribbean Journal) – Jamaica could lift the ban on the trade of scrap metal enacted by the previous government in July 2011. Industry Minister Anthony Hylton,...
In the next five years, there are likely to be as many mobile cellular subscriptions as there are people on this planet. By 2020, pundits predict...
Angela Benton. PHOTO/File In a tech world where just 1 percent of startup founders are African American, it’s easy for young minority entrepreneurs to feel discouraged...
Barbados health minister Donville Inniss calls for specialized health care facilities to be established across the Caribbean. Mr. Inniss’ suggestion is for an ultra-modern cancer center...
Ghana’s Vice President John Dramani Mahama has urged leaders of the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) sub-region to demonstrate more commitment towards the integration...
(Jamaica Observer)- Proposed tax reforms will add $JMD7.14 billion (US$ 80 million) to government coffers despite a reduction in the corporate income tax (CIT) rate from...
As a region, the Caribbean is inextricably linked to the United States. Economically, the biggest industry by any measure is tourism and the biggest source market...
Stelios Haji-Ioannou. PHOTO/ThisisMONEY.co.uk Africa becoming a more attractive investment destination. Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of discount carrier EasyJet Plc, plans to invest US$500 million in a...
Barbados minister of Finance, Chris Sinckler has revealed that Barbados has been placed on a watch list by the Financial Stability Board, an offshoot of the...
Radio and television talk show host Mario Armstrong. PHOTO/Business Wire “Smash it!” Three hundred Howard University students and members of the community shouted those words inside...
A worker at Federated Pharmaceutical, Kingston, Jamaica. PHOTO/File Small businesses in Barbados, Belize, Jamaica, Dominica and St. Lucia, are poised to receive assistance to improve their...
(Bloomberg) — Inflation in East Africa may slow this year as food prices ease, while rising oil costs will probably boost imports and widen trade deficits,...
Jamaica is poised for major development in the tourism and energy sectors, with plans advanced for several projects to be undertaken over the short-term. Addressing a...
The U.S. Postal Service unveiled a stamp honoring the late John H. Johnson, founder of Ebony and Jet magazines. Previous honorees include civil rights leader Dr....
Femi Oguns. PHOTO/Femi Oguns In 2003, with just a few hundred pounds, actor Femi Oguns set up Britain’s first ‘black’ drama school. It is now a...
African American donors give away higher percentages of their incomes than white donors, according to a new study. But they don’t see themselves as big players...
(Jamaica Gleaner) – Jamaica’s economy recorded growth of 1.5 percent in 2011 – the first annual expansion in real gross domestic product (GDP) recorded since 2007....
(Reuters) – Angolan state oil company Sonangol has pulled out of a US$7.5 billion natural gas project in Iran and informed the Iranian government it can...
Ethiopia will soon launch an information and communication technology (ICT) park, becoming the second East African nation, after Kenya, to do so. The ambitious project, known...
Mathias Pierre. PHOTO/File For a millionaire, Mathias Pierre’s, origins were humble. The son of an illiterate mother and carpenter father, Pierre grew up in poverty in...
Arunma Oteh. PHOTO/File Arunma Oteh who became CEO of the Security and Exchange Commission of Nigeria (SEC), in December 2009/January 2010 is on a mission to...
More and more Black Americans are realizing that the success of Black businesses relies on them. In a time of financial anguish for many, some African-Americans...
RedJet’s Chief Executive Officer Ian Burns has dismissed speculation that the company has any short-term plans to extend its low-fare air travel plans to Brazil. While...
Despite the fact that the Caribbean has small markets with limited potential for growth, telecommunications is set to continue being one of the region’s major growth...
Bino and Fino A Nigerian animator has produced an educational cartoon to teach youngsters about African culture. Tired of African children watching only imported cartoons that...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File (Reuters) – As Republican presidential candidates toss barbs at Barack Obama over expensive gasoline, the U.S. president and his team are...
(Reuters) – Zambia’s inflation slowed to its lowest rate in at least 10 years this month, to 6.0 percent year-on-year from 6.4 percent in January mainly...
Electricity pylons in Zambia’s Copperbelt Province. PHOTO/Elias Mbao/Africa Review U.S. companies are looking to invest in projects to boost electricity in Africa, which has long been...
Rev. O’Neal Dozier. PHOTO/File Rev. O’Neal Dozier of the Worldwide Christian Center in Pompano Beach, Florida, has been selected by Thabo Makgoba, the successor to Desmond...
(Reuters) – South Africa-based Econet Wireless is seeking at least US$3.1 billion in damages from Bharti Airtel in a dispute over ownership of Airtel Nigeria, according...
Bermuda Premier., Paula Cox More than 3,400 people in Bermuda have signed a petition against a rise in import duty on personal items and presented it...
South Africa has moved one step closer to a National Health Insurance scheme (universal health care), with Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan announcing a R121 billion (US$15.6...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama is proposing to cut the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 28 percent and wants an even...
Tropical beaches. Grilled prawns. Fine coffee. And an economy growing by almost 8 percent a year. Who wouldn’t be tempted by Mozambique? “Here we can have...
William S. Parrish (pictured), started his construction management firm NobleStrategy in 2002 while working full-time and hasn’t looked back since. For 20 years, he has ridden...
Jamaica’s minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Anthony Hylton has revealed that Jamaica is teeming with investment opportunities in such areas as business process outsourcing (BPO),...
Oil rig in Uganda. PHOTO/Tullow Oil (Reuters) – British oil firm Tullow Oil said a long-awaited US$2.9 billion deal to bring in French oil major Total...
(Jamaica Gleaner) – Low-cost carrier REDjet, which offered airfares for as little as US$9.99 at start-up 10 months ago, has bumped up tariffs for the period...
Earvin “Magic” Johnson. PHOTO/File The cable channel, Aspire, will focus on what Magic Johnson called positive, uplifting images of African Americans and will offer opportunities for...
Guinea’s entrepreneur Moustapha Naite opened a small cyber cafe in Conakry, the capital, 10 years ago. Now his company, Mouna Internet Technologies, has grown into the...
The National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) welcomes the announcement by African Petroleum that their Narina-1 exploratory well drilled in Block LB-09 off the coast of...
Irrigated farming in Tanzania. PHOTO/Peter Arnold, Inc./Ron Giling Good technologies generated from agricultural research in Africa have been beneficial in improving crop yield and economic growth...
(PRNewswire) – A cruise ship may soon call at Port-Au-Prince, the first such visit in Haiti after a quarter of a century, a milestone that Minister...
Maria Beckett. PHOTO/Greater Baltimore Committee Maria Beckett grew an information technology business from her basement up. Fifteen years later she sold it for more than US$40...
Clive Orville Callender. PHOTO/National MOTTEP Dr. Clive Orville Callender who was born in 1936 is one of the foremost specialists in organ transplant medicine in the...
Sir Dwight Venner, Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank. PHOTO/File (Jamaica Observer) – Deeper economic union is at the centre of the Eastern Caribbean’s attempts...
Oil prospecting in Uganda. PHOTO/File The recent signing of new oil agreements between Uganda and Tullow has paved the way for the farm-down to partners Total...
(Jamaica Gleaner) – Mobile phone company Digicel Jamaica has accused LIME Jamaica of grossly understating its customer base by close to half in order to influence...
Ethiopia has finalized the installation of power interconnection lines to Sudan, as the country builds on its resolve to become a major regional electric power exporter....
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama says the painful restructuring of America’s manufacturing base means a lot of jobs are gone forever, but not...
Namibia says it will not sign a preferential trade deal with the European Union (EU) unless its interests are “adequately considered” and conditions met. The EU...
Tyler Perry. PHOTO/FilmClique.com Tyler Perry’s inspirational journey from the hard streets of New Orleans to the heights of Hollywood’s A-list is the stuff of American legend....
The Portia Simpson-Miller administration is looking to implement a number of projects that have the potential to sustain economic growth and development. To accomplish this, the...
(Reuters) – Vodacom Tanzania, part of South Africa’s Vodacom Group, said on Friday it had boosted total users by a third last year and will spend...
Jamaica’s famous Blue Mountain Coffee is being decimated by the most harmful pest known to coffee crops worldwide – the Coffee Berry Borer Beetle. The Coffee...
(Barbados Nation) REDjet has had a significant impact on Barbados’ visitor arrivals from the Caribbean and Tourism Minister Richard Sealy has affirmed government’s commitment to supporting...
The recent performance of the Caribbean stock markets has been dragged down by weak performances in financials and conglomerates. This is according to an analysis carried...
The latest data from the Barbados Statistical service indicate that the rate of unemployment in Barbados is 12.5 percent – there has been an increase in...
South Africa’s Koeberg Nuclear Power Station. PHOTO/AFP/Getty Images Kenya has been advised to shelve its intended development of nuclear power to meet its growing energy needs,...
HBCU Network CEO Curtis Symonds For longtime cable television executive Curtis Symonds, launching the HBCU Network as a cable television channel represents the pinnacle of a...
Forbes Africa magazine (a licensed affiliate of FORBES Magazine) published its list of Africa’s top 20 tech startups. Each of the startups included in the list...
David L Steward. PHOTO/Black Millionaire Media World Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT) a market-leading systems integrator that provides innovative technology and supply chain solutions, announced today that...
The Portia Simpson-Miller administration says it will continue with the Liquefied National Gas (LNG) project started under the previous administration. Under the project, LNG will be...
(Reuters) – Nigeria’s Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) will privatise three nationalized lenders in 12-18 months time, chief executive Mustapha Chike-Obi told Reuters on Wednesday....
African Expatriates. PHOTO/File Nigeria has set aside US$5 million for diaspora activities and prescribed a stipend of US$2,500 to be paid to any member of its...
The government is using its oil revenues to build new cities and hire more teachers, but hundreds of people are taking to the streets calling for...