Global Finance & Capital Limited launches inaugural West Africa Investment Forum in Dubai.

The Forum will take place in Dubai on 9 September 2014 and will highlight exceptional investment opportunities in West Africa, the continent's fastest growing region.

"A prosperous Africa is exactly what the world needs to get out of recession," African Development Bank Group (AfDB) President Donald Kaberuka told a group of business, policy and economic leaders in Washington, DC on Monday. While there are challenges when it comes to encouraging people to recalibrate their approach to the region, Kaberuka said, the "leaders who are here are business people who are looking to engage in that challenge."

Mauritius has built up a solid reputation as an investment hub, reliable and safe in terms of good governance as well as ethical, economic and political transparency. This little country, which combines a lively feeling for business with an attractive lifestyle, has achieved one of the fastest growth rates in sub-Saharan Africa.

Massive slice of near-$20 billion market is available, says IDT.

Africa - shortly to become a one billion person market - is becoming a major focus for OTT players looking to exploit the growing mobile ecosystem. According to IDT Global's Jonah Fink, the continent's service providers have the capability to rise to the challenge OTT players provide. Speaking at today's VAS Africa conference in Johannesburg, Fink told a packed audience that speed and customer loyalty were key factors in the battle to win the African OTT war.

High demand for wireless application services expected from the financial services, retail, and media and entertainment sectors

Each year Printing Industries of America releases its State of the Industry report, a detailed outlook for business leaders on current industry conditions from an economic, legislative, and regulatory perspective. Prepared by the Printing Industries of America’s in-house experts, the report consists of an overview from the Center for Print Economics and Management as well as Government Affairs and Advocacy. It includes a potential forecast of what to expect over the course of the year to come.

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) reported that U.S. specialty chemicals market volumes started the fourth quarter on a healthy note, rising 0.3 percent in October. This follows a 0.4 percent gain in September and a 0.6 percent rise in August. This marks an improvement from the average 0.1 percent gain in the second quarter but below the average 0.5 percent gain in the first quarter. In addition, the pace of change has moderated during the last three months. All changes in the data are reported on a three-month moving average (3MMA) basis. Performance chemistry reflects trends in manufacturing. Of the twenty-eight specialty chemical segments we monitor, seventeen expanded in October, down from nineteen in September. Eleven markets experienced decline. During October, large market volume gains (1.0 percent and over) occurred only in foundry chemicals, lubricant additives, and textile specialties.

While approvals of state accountability plans under the Every Child Succeeds Act provide some stability in the U.S. school market in terms of policy and the direction of learning in the states, the federal push for open educational resources via the GoOpen initiative and the sheer variety of available instructional resources creates less predictability in terms what schools will demand in terms of textbooks, courseware and other instructional materials.

Competition from Free News Sources and Alternate Advertising Spaces Will Weigh on Revenues

Whole home Wi-Fi solutions to cross $1 billion revenue milestone

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. increased 0.2 percent in March to 123.4 (2010 = 100), following a 0.1 percent decline in February, and a 0.2 percent decline in January.

Modest Economic Expansion to Continue Through Early 2016