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South Africa's Life Healthcare increases stake in Max Healthcare
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| Max India, promoted by Analjit Singh, will dilute its stake in the group’s hospital venture Max Healthcare. This will allow its South African partner Life Healthcare Group to increase its stake in the hospital chain to up to 46.4 per cent from Read More... |
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SA needs more medical researchers - expert
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| SOUTH Africa should be spending more on training medical professionals to conduct research, says a Dutch medical expert who is in the country as part of a trade mission.A very small number of doctors in South Africa pursue PhD studies after graduatinRead More... |
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Ghana Powers Up: The Largest Solar Plant in Africa is Coming
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| The sun is shining on Aiwiaso, a village of 6,600 people in western Ghana. Some 200 kilometres north of the Ghanaian port at Takoradi, 100 kilometres east of the border with the Ivory Coast, the biggest solar power plant ever conceived on the contineRead More... |
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Nigeria To Lead Africa's Power Sector Reform Initiative
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| At the just concluded three-day Energy, Environment and Investment Forum (EEIF), notable world leaders took turns to give insight into various policy initiatives by key African countries toward addressing their energy crises.The forum was hosted by tRead More... |
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Africa: U.S. Firm Secures Africa Power Deal
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| THE country is poised to benefit from Tetra Tech's announcement it had been awarded a $64 million contract to provide technical assistance for the Power Africa Transactions and Reform Programme that the United States Agency for International DevelopmRead More... |
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Kenya to become oil producer by 2017
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| Kenya is expected to join the league of oil producing countries in Sub Saharan Africa by 2017, going by the efforts of UK-listed Tullow Oil and partner, Australia’s Africa Oil Corporation to submit a field development plan (FDP) by 2015. AlthouRead More... |
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Airtel sells 3,100 towers in Africa; could fetch Rs 3k cr
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| Bharti Airtel said on Wednesday it would sell about 3,100 telecom towers spread across four countries in Africa to Helios Towers Africa. Bharti Airtel International (Netherlands) BV, a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, and Helios Towers have signed an agrRead More... |
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Business Connexion Appoints New CEO
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| Business Connexion (BCX) has appointed the twin brother of the late CEO, Benjamin Mophatlane, as his successor at the JSE-listed IT solutions firm with effect from August 1 this year.The firm said Isaac Mophatlane, the current head of sales and markeRead More... |
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Jonathan, Obama to Participate in CEO Business Forum
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| Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Barack Obama will, as part of the programme organised for the African Leaders Summit next month, participate in a CEO/Business Forum.The two presidents will be joined by top corporate chieftains and government officiaRead More... |
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Ford drives plans for expansion in Africa
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| Ford has aggressive plans to expand its business in Africa and will be launching 25 new vehicles into the Middle East and Africa region by 2016, with 17 of these models launched into sub-Saharan Africa.Jim Benintende, the president of Ford Middle EasRead More... |
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Africa must develop hydro power - Kufuor
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| Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has said African states should take urgent steps to develop the Grand Inga Hydroelectric Project on the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo to generate environmentally friendly but cheap and sustained Read More... |
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Africa: Power Africa Forms U.S. Bridgehead in Hoped for Boom Market
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| Launched by President Barack Obama in Cape Town one year ago, the Power Africa initiative has been making bold claims about its early successes in a campaign to boost Sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) installed generation capacity by some 10GW and connect sRead More... |
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Scatec completes 40 MW solar power plant in South Africa
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| Norwegian renewable energy company Scatec Solar announced the start of commercial operations at a 40 megawatt solar photovoltaic plant in South Africa. The Linde project in the Northern Cape region is the second for the company in South Africa. ScateRead More... |
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Electrify Africa, Energize Africa and Power Africa
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| June 30 was the one-year anniversary of Power Africa initiative, President Barack Obama’s signature initiative for the continent which seeks to expand electricity to address poverty alleviation and economic growth.The shortage of energy in AfriRead More... |
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South Africa enters solar power world top 10
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| South Africa has now connected more than half a gigawatt of utility-scale solar power, moving into the world top 10 of countries harnessing renewable energy from the sun, according to figures released last month by Wiki-Solar.org.Wiki-Solar is a leadRead More... |
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