Africa to spend $72bn a year on infrastructure, but shortfall persists Creamer Media's Engineering News - 11 April 2012 Africa is able to spend about $72-billion a year on infrastructure, but …

East Africa eases business regulations to spur investments Business Daily - 11 April 2012 Five east African countries have improved business environment for entrepreneurs in their respective…

Out of Africa (and Elsewhere): More Fossil Fuels New York Times - April 10, 2012 THE world’s largest energy companies have big plans for Mozambique. Until recently, the East African…

Africa, Asia & Elsewhere: Alternative Energy - Farmers Foil Utilities Using Cell Phones to Access Solar Bloomberg - April 12, 2012 On a January evening, Anand is shelling betel nuts by the light of…

Namibia’s transport network Informante - 11 April 2012 Editorial One could assume that the firing of Titus Haimbili as TransNamib CEO came too late for tears as he has not only run the transport…

Durban, South Africa: Toilet water can be purified Daily News - 10 April 2012 Yuck! This is the response in most instances to the proposal to recycle water from sewage effluent. But experts warn…

Zimbabwe: Ensure Harare Gets Proper, Efficient Public Transport System allAfrica.com - 10 April 2012 editorial Harare needs a proper urban transport system based on buses and, in time,…

Coming back to bite... This is Africa - March 5, 2012 African governments once rushed into signing bilateral investment treaties to encourage FDI. Lawyers are now calling for new models With much…

Vast majority of UK businesses see growing opportunity in Africa but potential not being realised; new report Barclays - 2 April 2012 Africa is a region of opportunity for UK businesses and British…

'UK must take Africa opportunity' says Barclays report Manchester Evening News - 11 April 2012 UK companies need to do more to take advantages of opportunities to win customers among the growing…