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Africa should raise the profile of the manufacturing sector by investing in local value addition of its mineral industry to hedge against the falling prices of copper on the world market.   Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) president Bright Chunga said decisive choices must be made su . . .

 The total investment  in 2014 has hit a staggering amount of more than D4M, according to its officials.   Most of the investment was focused on water supply, education, health, environment and conflict resolution, the Siffoe based youth-led organisation chairperson, Kalifa Kanteh, . . .

 The ECOWAS Commission in Abuja, ECOWAS, West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) and the European Union, together with implementing partners has launched two major programmes representing an integrated initiative, which aims at promoting intra- and inter-regional trade, improving the b . . .

 “We as a country have worked hard over the years to ensure that our future is stable by ensuring peace and security,” he said. Bitature, who is the chairman Simba Group of Companies made the remarks before the Belgium business community in Uganda at the second gathering of the Bel . . .

 “We expect to start operations in various countries from next year. Our approach will involve acquiring existing companies as well as starting new ones,” said the Company‘s Chairman Nizar Juma.   In an interview with Business Beat, Mr Juma explained that the company ha . . .