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SHELL SEEKS SEMI SUB

Shell has put out a tender for a semi-submersible rig [...]

POOLING REGIONAL ELECTRICITY

Although progress continues with building an interconnection of the electricity grids of southern African countries, South Africa's state-owned electricity utility [...]

JULIUS NYERERE

The former Tanzanian head of state (1961-1985) told the South [...]

The Southern Africa Development Community's Mining Coordinating Unit and the [...]

MAJOR EUROPEAN UNION/SADC MINING FORUM

The European Commission and the 11-member Southern African Development Community [...]

KATHERINE MARSHALL

Ms Katherine Marshall has headed the Southern Africa Department of the World Bank since September 1, covering ten countries in [...]

GATT STUDENTS

The 78th General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) course on trade policies commenced in Geneva on August 29 and [...]

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THE ELECTRICITY CLUB

In announcing an accord with Mozambique for starters, Malawi has moved in its turn to espouse the South African utility Eskom's plans to connect up all of Southern Africa in order to export its surplus of coal-fuelled electricity in the [.

TARGETS FOR BRITONS

Overseas Trade Services, a British government body which coordinates export promotion, has published a list of target countries for Britain's [...]

GERMAN FINANCIAL COOPERATION

Three countries of Southern Africa (plus the Cameroon in West Africa) saw an increase in 1993 of the financial aid [...]

REGIONAL TRANSPORT STUDY

Nine groups of consultants are competing for a European Commission contract for a study on regional integration of transport and [...]

CABORA BASSA COULD BE AFRICANIZED

During their meetings at the Organization for African Unity's summit for heads of state and government in Tunis last week, [...]

AFRICAOIL 94 IN CAPETOWN IN OCTOBER

The Australian company AIC Conferences, an affiliate of the Euromoney [...]

REGIONAL ECONOMIC SUMMIT

The Swiss non-profit organization World Economic Forum, which runs the well-known annual economic think-tank in Davos, is to arrange a [...]

SCHNEIDER BEEFS UP PROFILE

Schneider has just inaugurated a new commercial representation office in the region, this time at Kitwe in northern Zambia, it [...]

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SOUTHERN AFRICAN MINING: EUROPE STEPS SOFTLY

European Commission sources have told AEM that a Southern African mining forum which the Commission's development department (DG-8) has been planning for over a year will not be staged until the end of this year.

TIAN ZENGPEI

China's deputy foreign minister left Beijing on February 20 for [...]

FOURTH INTERCONNECTION PLANNED

The South African utility Eskom and the Swaziland Electricity Board plan to build a double 275 kV interconnection line in [...]

UNITED STATES SPECIAL INITIATIVE

The United States government is considering establishing a Special Initiative for the countries of southern Africa. The idea was outlined [...]