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   AFRICA Africa: Helping small farmers feed a continentDAKAR: As an African Union summit on agricultural investments opens in Libya, donors and non-profits are calling participants' attention to the role smallholder farmers - mostly women - can have in feeding their communities. 3 Jul 2009 11:31 AFRICA Economy-Uganda: Traders go down as prices go up[Wambi Michael] KAMPALA: With the world economy in the grip of a credit crunch, traders and consumers in Uganda are struggling with price inflation and the depreciation of the country's currency, the Ugandan shilling, against the dollar. Especially importers have not been able to bring goods in which were ordered when prices were lower. 2 Jul 2009 15:50 AFRICA Mozambique: IMF approves US$176 million for exogenous shocks
AFRICA Inclusive economies for women needed in development[Alison Walkley] One of the last discussions to occur at the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development, which took place on 26 June 2009, saw leaders from the UN Development Program (UNDP), the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), and representatives from Australia, Finland, and Nicaragua convene to discuss gender equality and its role in economic recovery and sustainable development. 2 Jul 2009 10:09 AFRICA Zimbabwe: No winds of change at the Grain Marketing BoardHARARE: The Zimbabwean government has announced new measures to boost local cereal purchases through its crisis-ridden Grain Marketing Board (GMB), but farmers are not convinced the plan will work. 2 Jul 2009 09:50 AFRICA Mozambique: WB reports improved business but low productivity[Arao Valoi] MAPUTO: The business environment in Mozambique registered significant improvements last year but productivity levels, which could allow the country to compete in global markets are still a big concern, according to a World Bank report released on Monday, 29 June 2009. 1 Jul 2009 11:10 AFRICA New international organisation for AfricaTUNIS: A new international organisation established to level the field in litigation of debt claims by "vulture funds" against African countries and in the negotiation of complex commercial transactions, especially on extractive resources, has been created. 29 Jun 2009 12:39 AFRICA Zimbabwe still facing food shortage - UNHARARE: Zimbabweans continue to face serious food shortages despite a significant improvement in the maize harvest this year and the filling up of shop shelves since the formation of a unity government, the United Nations (UN) said. 29 Jun 2009 10:24 AFRICA Africa deserves secure banks - Oracle VPAs African banks layer more security into their banking procedures, software manufacturer Oracle has unveiled solutions which it says makes transactions easier and more secure. 29 Jun 2009 09:58 AFRICA Ethiopia: Erratic rainfall threatens crop yieldsADDIS ABABA: The late start of Ethiopia's wet season and the unreliability of the rains could affect crop production this year and increase the number of those in need of aid, officials said. 29 Jun 2009 09:52 AFRICA Zimbabwe: The bad news of a relatively good maize harvest
AFRICA Mutharika likens Malawi economy to ‘Asian Tigers'[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika likened the run-away Malawi economy to that of the ‘Asian Tigers' of Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Korea, Singapore and Malaysia in his state of the nation address when he opened the 41st parliament session on Tuesday, 23 June 2009. 25 Jun 2009 10:43 Latest jobs | Ad showcase Momentum   3 of 9  |
JOHANNESBURG: A more than two fold increase in Zimbabwe's production of its staple, maize, in 2009 will not be enough to rid the country of food insecurity. 
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