Business Eye

Thursday, 13 October 2011 | Administrator

ECOWAS Trains 71 Youths On Agric Enterpreneurship

Seventy-one youths have completed a month-long training on various aspects of agricultural production at the Songhai Centre in Porto Novo, the political capital of Benin, as part of an ECOWAS capacity building programme to encourage and empower Community youth for self employment.

The training was organized by the Ouagadougou-based ECOWAS Youth and Sports Development Centre in collaboration with the Songhai Centre, one of the regional centres of excellence recognized by ECOWAS for youth developme...

Battle For Nigeria's Beer Market

Sunday, 07 August 2011 | Chris Eze

The beer market is growing by around 7 percent in volume terms a year yet consumption per capital remains low in comparison to many international markets.

The battle for share of Nigeria's robust beer market kick-started by the entry of SABMiller of South Africa, is raging. A report from Imara, a pan-African financial services group, revealed reasons why the struggle for the beer by giants in the industry, local and international are at war over who controls this African important liquor market....

Ghana : Taking Stocks of Achievements

Saturday, 06 August 2011 | Administrator

Lawmakers are considering sunshine laws to boost transparency and citizen voice . Now that Ghana has become a middle-income country, the west African nation is taking stock of the many challenges it faces, including uneven development. Authorities are consulting with experts at home and abroad on how to ensure that oil revenues benefit all Ghanaians in a sustainable manner. The World Bank is reinforcing state action in areas such as oil and gas management, decentralization, and agricultural commerci...