Dangote to build 18 cement plants in Africa including Asia

Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has said the firm would build cement plants in 18 African countries, including Nepal in Asia. Read more >>>

Kenya's MKU & Germany LU to host Business summit

Mount Kenya University in conjunction with Germany, Leipzig University to host annual International Conference for the Advancement of Business and Management Practice in Africa (ICABUMPA) between October 27 and 29 in KICC, Nairobi. Read more >>>

Zambia Expenditure to increase to $4.5 billion next 2016

Zambia Expenditure is set to increase to 53.1 billion kwacha ($4.5 billion) next year, up from 46.7 billion kwacha projected in 2015, the country plans to narrow the budget deficit to 3.8% of gross domestic product 2016 from 6.9 % in 2015. Read more >>>

Give local authorities power to set their own business rates

Giving the power to local authorities to set their own business rates should prove a catalyst for entrepreneurship. Read more >>>

South Africa focuses on Teaching Entrepreneurship to curb unemployment

Following graduate joblessness rising, South Africa focuses on teaching entrepreneurship,to curb unemployment. Read more >>>

U.S SBA launched a free “train the trainer” for entrepreneurship

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the National Association for Government Guaranteed Lenders (NAGGL) developed the Business Smart Toolkit and recently, launched a free “train the trainer” resource for community-based organizations to teach entrepreneurship. Read more >>>