LAST WEEK'S TOP STORIES ON FTW ONLINE

First steel
manufacturer
launched in Botswana
Botswana’s first steel
manufacturing plant,
Pula Steel, was officially
opened by the country’s
vice president, Mokgweetsi
Masisi
Corruption a major
challenge to African
port efficiency
Getting sub-Saharan African
ports on par with the rest of
the world demands attention
to governance ahead of
large-scale investments
in infrastructure, says
non-profit independent
researcher Bookings.
SA loses another
round in ongoing
Agoa review
South Africa seems to have
lost another round in its bid
to have unrestricted access
to the United States African
Growth and Opportunity
Act (Agoa) programme after
it missed a deadline last
week to agree on new animal
health and food safety rules.