The Ugandan government has announced in its 2013-2014 budget that it will allocate most of its resources into production-oriented activities in an attempt to boost the economy
Finance
Moroccan Infrastructure Fund quits profitable mine
Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) has revealed that the Moroccan Infrastructure Fund (MIF), which it co-manages with Attijari Invest, has exited its position in Osead Maroc Mining (OMM)
Establishing the African investment model
Hurley Doddy, co-CEO of Emerging Capital Partners, talks to African Review about the pan-African private equity companys aims in the years to come and looks back on a decade of successful investments made by the firm
CEC acquires stake in Nigerian energy company
The Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) is set to invest US$164mn in the acquisition of a 60 per cent shareholding in Nigeria’s Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), according to a statement issued in Lusaka recently
CNN and BBC to help market tourism in Zambia
Zambia has signed a deal with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and the Cable News Network (CNN) in which the two international news agencies will begin marketing tourism in Zambia ahead of this years United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly