Namibia

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY

Ten firms are fighting for a contract to carry out a pre-prospection aerial survey for the Geological Survey of Namibia [...]

UNITED STATES SPECIAL INITIATIVE

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

TOURISM CONFERENCE IN HARARE

France's Agence pour la Coopération Technique Industrielle et Economique (ACTIM) and its embassy trade counsellors in the region will be [...]

FRESH WORLD BANK PROJECTS

The World Bank has added four new projects to its list of financing planned: two for Mozambique, one for Uganda [...]

FRICTION ON INTERCONNECTIONS

Two possible solutions have emerged for the rehabilitation of the high voltage line from the Cabora Bassa dam to South [...]

NEW PARTNER FOR NORSK HYDRO

Norsk Hydro, which had operated on Block 1991 in Offshore Namibia with a 40% interest, is getting a new partner [...]

BISHOPS FEAR ISLAMISM

Roman Catholic bishops from southern Africa have drafted a document for a conference of Roman Catholic leaders from all of [...]

LYNDA CHALKER

Britain's overseas development minister was this week touring southern Africa: [...]

REGIONAL EARTH SCIENCES PROJECT

The European Development Fund (EDF) has approved a 4.95 million Ecu ($5.8 million) grant for the Eastern & Southern African [...]

PIERRE MAUROY

The former French prime minister and current chairman of the [...]

A FIFTEEN-NATION COMMON MARKET

The November 5 meeting - and twelfth summit - of the Preferential Trade Area (PTA) in Kampala saw COMESA, the [...]

FUNDING FOR EPUPA STUDY?

France's Fonds d'Aide et de Cooperation (FAC) and Germany's KfW have offered to put up money towards a Ffr15 million [...]

ELF AND BOUYGUES OFFSHORE ON MOVE

Elf Aquitaine will join the bidding in a second invitation to tender for Namibian exploration permits scheduled for the second [...]

Ranger is planning to drill one well in block 2213 [...]

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US TRADE PROPOSALS

The US administration of president Bill Clinton has taken a series of initiatives to revitalise US trade in Africa by targetting certain markets. The Republic of South Africa and, by extension, southern Africa will be the hard core of this [.

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ESKOM APPEALS TO EC

For nearly 10 years Eskom chief Ian McRay has been championing the idea of an interconnection between Southern Africa's electricity grids and he seized the occasion of a conference staged on Oct. 14-15 by the Brussels Club on the theme [.

MINING FORUM SET

The date and venue for a mining forum that the development department of the European Commission has been preparing for [...]

SECOND ROUND AFTER MID-1994

Windhoek has confirmed that the second round of tenders for exploration permits will be held in the second half of [...]

THE WORLD BANK REPORTS IN

As each year, the World Bank annual report rounds up its activities and analyses economic performances in the divers regions [...]