Entering the seond week of Black History Month in a celebration of influential black people across the globe, Lindsay Barrett pays tribute to Dudley Thompson. A Jamaican Pan-Africanist who throughout his career strived to strengthen the links between Africa and the Caribbean.

 The Africanisation of executives has started as more and more entrepreneurs from the continent invest in some of Africa's most promising sectors.

President Robert Mugabe's party is relentlessly pushing for elections that would bring an end to the government of national unity, but mediators and the Movement for Democratic Change say that reforms are needed first.

Reserve Bank of Zimbawe governor Gideon Gono has imposed a $10 000 limit on cash withdrawals to curb externalisation of cash.

 South Africa's power utility, Eskom has called on South Africans and business entities to make at least a 10 percent saving on electricity, as the country faced possible power cuts.

Governments pick the winners and losers every day. Rarely is the case clearer than when ruling parties take decisions about how natural resource wealth will be shared between governments, companies and other stakeholders.