More Australian businesses suffer cyber attacks in 2012

Feb. 18 | , Australian businesses and industries that provide essential services such as energy, defence, communications, banking and finance, and water, are now investing more heavily in tighter security/XINHUA-FileCANBERRA, Feb 18 – Cyber attacks are becoming...

Africa urged to invest in systems to curb post-harvest losses

Feb. 7 | The participants decried the fact that there is very little data to demonstrate the real impact of post-harvest losses in Africa/XINHUANAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 7 – Food security experts have called on African governments to urgently invest in systems...

AfDB seeks geothermal development in East Africa

Feb. 7 | Kenya has been facing unreliable supply of electricity highlighted by frequent power blackouts mainly blamed on higher demand than current installed capacity/XINHUANAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 7 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) is working on an ambitious...

Foreign aid cuts to set back Uganda’s economic growth by 0.7 pct

Dec. 5 | Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, Governor Bank of Uganda, told reporters here that the economy will grow at 4.3 percent from the projected 5 percent/FILEKAMPALA, Uganda, Dec 5 – The growth rate of Uganda’s economy will decline by 0.7 percent over...

Chinese vice premier calls on US entrepreneurs to contribute to bilateral ties

Nov. 28 | Li made the remarks on Tuesday while meeting with a delegation of presidents and CEOs of U.S. enterprises and financial institutions, who are in Beijing for the annual dialogue of China-U.S. business leaders’ cooperation plan/XINHUABEIJING, Nov...

ADB chief says developing Asian economies must focus on inclusive growth

Nov. 20 | A woman studying the Asian market/XINHUAPHNOM PENH, Nov 20 — Asia’s emerging markets need to diversify sources of growth while advanced economies gradually rebuild their balance sheets, Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda...

Africa’s industrialization could benefit from China’s growth model

Oct. 1 | NAIROBI, Oct 1- Kenya and other African countries could increase regional trade and industrial production of goods by using the Chinese growth model, which relies on an abundant labor force to improve product quality, economic experts say. Dr. Gerishon...

China, EU to negotiate over solar panel friction

Sep. 12 | China has maintained its position to resolve the China-EU trade friction through consultation/FILEBEIJING, Sep12 – The Chinese government on Tuesday sent a delegation to Europe to negotiate with the European Union (EU) about the trade friction over...

Kenya’s fake phone dealers face uncertain future

Sep. 4 | The regulator noted counterfeit handsets are hazardous and pose risks to Kenyans/XINHUA NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 4 – Traders in Kenya dealing with supposed counterfeit mobile phones are facing an uncertain future as the government readies to switch...

China, Airbus sign $3.5bn plane deal

Aug. 30 | China airbus planes/AFPBeijing, Aug 30 – China on Thursday signed a $3.5 billion deal to buy 50 Airbus A320 jets during a visit by German leader Angela Merkel, the official Xinhua news agency said. The agreement between ICBC Leasing and Airbus was...