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Business travel and tourism starting to rise
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| Airline fares between Cape Town and Joburg rose steeply after low-cost airline 1Time stopped flying at the end of last year. The good news is that fares are certain to drop again when at least one new low-cost airline, FlySafair, starts to compete wiRead More... |
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Eight West Africa Nations Sign MoU On Medical College
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| Eight West African countries, including Nigeria and Ghana, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the inauguration of Post Graduate College of Medical Laboratory Sciences.The MoU, which was signed in Abuja, was part of efforts to strengtRead More... |
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Africa offers good prospects for Yinson
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| Yinson Holdings Bhd sees the African continent offering good long-term growth prospects for the company’s oil and gas (O&G)-related services.Chairman and managing director Lim Han Weng (pic) said the O&G exploration and production activRead More... |
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BBC opens new pan-Africa Business Unit in Johannesburg
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| The BBC is opening a new pan-Africa Business Unit in Johannesburg this month, director of BBC Global News, Peter Horrocks, announced yesterday, Sunday, 1 September.Speaking at the Highway Africa Conference in Grahamstown, South Africa, Horrocks said Read More... |
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Investors told to target university for business
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| PRIVATE equity companies are doing a resounding trade throughout Africa, not just in South Africa.According to a study by auditing firm EY this week, of the 118 "exits" recorded by private equity firms in Africa — essentially, private equity inRead More... |
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SEACOM connects Kenyan innovation centres
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| SEACOM, the Pan-Africa ICT enabler has given 100 mbps of internet connectivity to 4 innovation centres in Kenya, to enhance their capacity to generate local content for a global audience.The Centres - iHub, m:Lab, naiLab and 88mph - will now benefit Read More... |
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Imperial Bank Eyes Arsenal Fans
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| Imperial Bank is targeting to grow its business in Kenya and Uganda with the introduction of Arsenal-branded debit cards.This follows the signing of a three-year partnership with the English football club that will not only help expand the bank's busRead More... |
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Volkswagen pioneers westward movement in China
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| China's far west Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is set to become a new industrial powerhouse, as the first car rolled off the production line of Shanghai Volkswagen, a joint venture with the German car maker, on Thursday.The plant in the regiRead More... |
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Fonterra leaders heading to China
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| Fonterra said its chairman, John Wilson, and chief executive, Theo Spierings, will lead a board of directors' visit to China next week.
Wilson said in a statement the co-operative's board had already planned to visit China in early September to giveRead More... |
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Mercedes-Benz Set To Beef Up Sales Network In China
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| Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz will try to reach deeper into China's inland-west region and small "lower-tier" cities for growth as part of a broader turnaround plan for the world's biggest auto market, according to people familiar with the matter.The inRead More... |
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Consistent Policies Vital to Attract Investments
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| Conducive business environment remain to be a significant incentive to attract investors to grab tremendous opportunities with a view of bringing about multiplier effect into the country's economy.The government has been living its commitments of impRead More... |
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TBS Keen On Standards in Sunflower Oil Seed Business
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| THE Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) has cautioned entrepreneurs dealing with sunflower oil seed businesses that they must adhere to set standards to ensure products entering the markets are safe for human consumption.The TBS Corporate and Public ARead More... |
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Eight-Plane Pledge for Air Tanzania
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| AIR Tanzania Company Limited, popularly known as Air Tanzania, which is the national flag-bearer, will soon be in the skies again thanks to Oman investors who have promised to shunt in eight new airplanes to invest in the ill-fated local airline.ThisRead More... |
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Tanzania eyes power exports in 2015
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| Tanzania, which has made big natural gas discoveries, plans to start power exports to its energy-starved East African neighbours in 2015 after the completion of a gas pipeline.East Africa's second-biggest economy said the pipeline, funded by a $1.2-bRead More... |
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Kenya's private sector development strategy that may work in Nepal
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| Kenya has the largest and most diverse economy in East Africa. The country is currently growing at a rate of over 5 percent a year and has a huge potential. Though the size of the economy is much bigger than that of Nepal, it faces many similar develRead More... |
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