Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian traders, and indeed traders from other West African countries, have been given till Tuesday, 16 Octber, 2012, to vacate Ghanaian markets or face forceful eviction following the escalating trade disputes between Accra and ECOWAS Traders in Ghana. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro on Wednesday in Seoul, South Korea, called on the international community to grant African countries fairer access to markets for its exports and invest in its lucrative resources by funding the necessary infrastructure. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Tanzanian shilling, Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the private sec tor to build markets that are "more sustainable and inclusive". Full text...

Cairo- Egypt (PANA) – China's Vice--Premier Li Keqiang has called on his nation a nd Egypt to work together to explore global markets. Full text...

Ijebu-Ode-Nigeria (PANA) -- All the stakeholders in the Nigerian capital market have a critical role to play in promoting transparency and accountability as a way of attracting international investors into the country, the Director-General of Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Nigeria, Musa Al-faki, said on Saturday "For us to deepen the market and place it on the same pedestal like what obtains in developed economies, all the operators must be ready to give timely and accurate information to promote accountability in the capital market," Al-Faki said. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Benin is devising a price list of goods for purchases by the public agencies to end the mismanagement noted procurement in the public sector, official sources said here Monday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Turnover at the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) Tuesday rose to 2. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The rapid expansion of credit to the private sector last year spurred on Kenya's economic growth rate to 2. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South African producer of blue agave tequila has undertaken an export and investment mission to Canada and the United States to conclude trade agreements and seek partnerships ahead of launching into the North American market. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The world's poor can not afford to lose the benefits of an agriculture trade deal in 2005, says a statement circulated at the 2005 Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Full text...

Munyonyo- Uganda (PANA) -- US Under Secretary of the Treasury, John Taylor has called on African countries to include the capital market into their development plan to spur economic activities. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Though well poised to benefit from the increased flows of capital from globalisation, North Africa's emerging capital markets face a special set of challenges as they compete with similar markets in Asia and Latin America for new issues and investors. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe's financial markets have become edgy ahead of the announcement of a national budget next week, and the appointment of a new central bank chief, analysts said Friday. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- A senior economist with the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has called for regional integration of financial markets as a logical way for expanding the range of financial products and services available in African countries. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The impact of HIV/AIDS on capital markets will be among socio-economic factors under consideration at a three-day workshop organised by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) for officials of capital markets in eastern and southern Africa next week. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Liquidity in Kenya's domestic money market continued to increase in the week ending 13 June. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zambia has introduced a parallel market exchange rate on Zimbabwean products to cushion local industry from cheaper imports, a spokesperson for the Zambian High Commission in Harare said here Thursday. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa has enjoined African countries to forge a broad coalition in their bid for greater access to markets in rich industrialised countries. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The World Bank has launched its 2002 development report in Lusaka amid calls from ordinary citizens for more to be done to curb corruption and misuse of development funds. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- Unless the Namibian business community abandoned its current practice of exporting raw materials and embarked on adding value to its products destined for international markets, the country would never make headway in this globalisation era, Trade and Industry Minister Hidipo Hamutenya warned Friday. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- Lack of capacity hampered individual African states from catering for the US or European markets, a US trade expert said Wednesday. Full text...