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ZAMBIA: Lower copper prices will hurt the poor

LUSAKA Monday, November 10, 2008 (IRIN) - Lower copper prices will hurt the poorLUSAKA, 10 November 2008 – The fall in international copper prices is causing unease in Zambia, one of the world's largest producers, whose impressive economic growth in recent years has been based on copper exports.Frederick Bantubonse, general manager of the Zambia Chamber of Mines, told IRIN: "It's causing a lot of concern; we are selling, well and good, but the pricing is not as profitable as we would like it...

Banking and Finance Exposition Registers Success

The 2008 exposition on project financing and banking organised by the Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation ended at the Paradise Suites on Saturday amidst a rousing success. The exposition, which draw audience from the banking and finance sector in the Gambia, and from the international and regional financial institutions, was geared towards providing a platform for exchange of views and information on banking opportunities in The...

GCCI Eyes Greater Banking and Financial Prospects

The Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group, is on the verge of organising an exposition on project financing and banking as part of its efforts to help achieve The Gambia’s Vision 2020. Geared towards providing a platform for the exchange of views and information on banking opportunities in The Gambia and abroad, the three-day exposition under the theme: Financing for Development-Accessing...

GCCI Salutes Gambia Government

Urges Private Sector to Reduce Prices The Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has congratulated the Gambia government for what it called the good comments and rating the government had received from the International Monetary Fund following the completion of the latter’s two-week monitoring mission in The Gambia. The statement was contained in a press release from GCCI. “We have noted with satisfaction that the policies implemented by the government have been...