Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Here are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Nigerian currency, Naira: Full text...

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – The Burundi government has announced plans to set up a national directorate of employment, with branches in the 17 provinces in the country, to reduce the growing unemployment figures, the Burundian head of State, Pierre Nkurunziza, indicated here Monday. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Tuesday unveiled a new 10-year strategy for Africa, saying the continent's ''economic transformation'' forms its cornerstone. Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Central African CFA Franc: Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Rwandan franc: Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Full text...

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

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The West African Gas Pipeline project under which Nigeria is to supply Ghana, Togo and Benin with natural gas will miss another deadline to resume supplies on Tuesday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Here are the latest exchange rates for the Nigerian currency, the Naira: Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Ernst & Young, a leading global firm, Monday released its 2013 Africa Attractiveness survey, saying: a ''new story is emerging about Africa -- a story of growth, progress and profitability'' and that the continent's growth story "is real''. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Gambian currency, the Dalasis (D): Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The board of directors of Nigeria’s Infrastructure Bank Plc has approved the recapitalisation of the financial institution to the tune of 29 billion naira (US$180 million), according to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr. Adekunle Oyinloye. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya; Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the CFA issued by the Bank of Central African States (BEAC): Full text...

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

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya against some foreign currencies published on Sunday by the Mauritanian Central Bank (BCM). Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian government plans to refurbish and upgrade its electricity generating facilities to ensure that the population and firms have adequate access to power across the country. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Gambian currency, the Dalasis: Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Some 66,000 people living in slums in Kenyan cities and towns will benefit from a Kenya Power plan to provide safe and affordable electricity connections in various parts of the country by the year 2015. Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the CFA franc issued by the Bank of Central African States (BEAC): Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Zambian kwacha: Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Telecom service revenue in emerging markets will increase five times faster than in developed markets and make mobile service revenue in emerging markets in 2015 larger than mobile service revenue in developed markets for the first time ever, according to a study by Pyramid Research. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African countries need to adopt a unified continental negotiation framework to maximise the development impact of economic and trade agreements, the 2013 Economic Report on Africa (ERA) has recommended. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Nigerian currency, the Naira: Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Telkom Kenya has continued to grow the number of its fixed line subscribers despite the fact that Kenya's telecoms industry stays focused on the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) scene. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS Ministers of Works/Road Infrastructure, Transport, Finance and Justice from Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo, rose from a one-day meeting here Monday, agreeing on an implementation plan for the construction of a proposed highway linking Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, to Lagos, Nigeria. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - There is a real opportunity for African countries to create jobs and promote economic transformation through a commodity-based industrialisation and value addition process that involves soft and hard commodities, according to the 2013 Economic Report on Africa (ERA) published here Thursday. Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Air transport in Africa may grow by 5.2 percent in 2013, against 5.1 percent in 2012, according to Mr. Elijah Chingosho, Secretary General of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA). Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the CFA franc issued by the Bank of Central African States (BEAC): Full text...

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

New York, US (PANA) - A UN economic report says sweeping political and economic changes over the last half century have set the stage for Africa’s emergence as a global economic power and the continent should take advantage of that opportunity through a commodity-based industrialization strategy. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has released a new report, saying that Africa needs about US$ 390 billion in the medium term to finance its infrastructure, PANA reported Wednesday. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Wednesday disclosed that its 48 annual meeting, slated for next month in Marrakech, Morocco, would be held under the central theme - “Structural Transformation in Africa”. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN officials, economic experts and representatives of international Full text...

Lome, Togo (PANA) – The French Development Agency (FAD) has granted Togo CFA F 4 billion which will enable the West African country train its young population in the fields of auto mechanics, electrical works, and welding, among other fields, in partnership with the private sector. Full text...

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Representatives from the 18-Member States of the Agency for the Security of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) began a meeting in Banjul to review air safety and security. Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the CFA issued by the Bank of Central African States (BEAC): Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's forex rates for the Gambian Dalasis: Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Here are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Nigerian currency, the Naira: Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Elizabeth Thabethe is leading a group of 47 South African companies to the 54th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo from Tuesday to Saturday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Minister of Trade and Investment Olusegun Aganga has expressed optimism that the implementation of accurate metering policy by the weights and measures department of the ministry will save about 755 billion naira (US$4.7 billion) monthly for the country. Full text...