BUSINESS

17/5/2013

Energy subsidy reform 'key to Africa growth'

Policy choices to determine growth levels in the region, IMF says

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Fibre optic: Burundi prepares for internet boom By PHOCAS KANUNI in Bujumbura | Friday, May 17   2013 at  11:29

Engineers pull in a fibre-optic cable from a ship that docked at the Fort Jesus, Kenya on March 22, 2010. Burundi is preparing for a communications boom with its first fibre optic cable set to be live in June or July. FILE |

Country set to switch on first fibre optic cable in June

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Big payday for British owners of Kenyan listed firmsBy GEOFFREY IRUNGU for Business Daily | Thursday, May 16   2013 at  15:23

The trading floor at the Nairobi Securities Exchange. Kenyan firms have become money minting machines for British interests. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP |

Hundreds of millions of dollars to be repatriated to former colonial master

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Ghana team to clamp down on illegal miningBy FRANCIS KOKUTSE in Accra | Thursday, May 16   2013 at  12:47

A boy sits beside the pit of an illegal gold mine collapsed at Dunkwa on-Offin in central region, Ghana, on June 27, 2010. Illegal mining in the resource-rich country is blamed for increasing crime and the loss of revenue, forcing President John Mahama to set up a team to tackle it. FILE | AFP |

President Mahama sets up high-powered taskforce to fight loss of revenue

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Botswana to kill 30,000 diseased livestockBy XINHUA | Thursday, May 16   2013 at  15:10

Botswana has been dependent on its exports to the EU and they remain the bulwark of the nation’s international trade policy. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP |

Gaborone dependent on its beef exports to the EU

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