[Zeenat Moorad] Prospering from emerging markets such as Africa‚ SABMiller on Thursday (23 May) reported a 10% increase in group revenue to US$34.5bn for the year to March.
24 May 2013 07:51
[Thabiso Mochiko] MTN said last week it had launched its long-term evolution (LTE) or 4G network in Uganda, making it the first mobile operator in that country to do so.
29 Apr 2013 11:03
[Helmo Preuss] Although structural impediments such as poor logistics render the search for new avenues of deeper intra-African trade challenging‚ there is an immediate and compelling growth potential in the trade of agricultural products‚ Standard Bank research analyst Simon Freemantle said last week.
22 Apr 2013 13:24
A global management shakeup at Toyota Motor Corporation has hit African shores, with local Toyota chief Johan van Zyl called in to head the new position of chief executive of Toyota's operations across Africa
9 Apr 2013 10:56
BlackBerry is investigating opportunities to support local mobile software applications (apps) developers in Africa, in a bid to attract more customers and claw back market share, the local company claims.
2 Apr 2013 07:23
[Mariam Isa] African countries must integrate their economies in order to support a new wave of industrial development across the continent‚ Department of Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said Tuesday (26 March).
27 Mar 2013 09:40
Growing affluence in emerging markets is good news for manufacturers of gas-guzzling vehicles.
11 Mar 2013 07:32
[Tamar Kahn] SA's biggest drug manufacturer Aspen Pharmacare expects its Asia-Pacific business to generate the biggest share of the company's revenue by the end of the year‚ its chief executive Stephen Saad said at the release of its interim results for the six months to December.
8 Mar 2013 08:25
[Alexander Parker] Vehicle exports from South Africa into the rest of Africa grew almost 20% last year‚ more than making up for a decline in sales to traditional‚ recession-hit markets in the European Union and the US.
20 Feb 2013 08:11
The SA Industry & Technology Fair 2013 (INDUTEC), a new 10-in-one industry and technology expo, taking place at Gallagher Convention Centre Midrand 14-16 May 2013, hopes to attract exploration by technology businesses from around the globe, especially in oil, gas and petroleum and the energy, water and manufacturing sectors.
11 Feb 2013 09:52The University of Cape Town (UCT) has launched a three-year, pan-African study on how to foster youth entrepreneurship in order to tackle the scourge of youth unemployment on the continent.
4 Feb 2013 08:46
A new-look Rainbow Chicken is taking shape amid enthusiasm from investors who have boosted its share price by a third since November. Driving the change is Rainbow's R1bn acquisition of Foodcorp and a R3,9bn rights issue, setting the scene for more positive developments.
4 Feb 2013 08:12[Tamar Khan] Sub-Saharan Africa offers significant opportunities for SA's pharmaceutical manufacturing companies‚ as a growing middle class and an increasing disease burden push up demand for medicines‚ according to research by Frost & Sullivan.
17 Jan 2013 10:13 
NEW YORK, US: Consumer confidence fell in 25 out of 52 countries in Q4 2010 as hope for a global economic recovery evaporated at the end of last year, according to the latest edition of the Nielsen
Global Consumer Confidence Index, which tracks consumer confidence, major concerns and spending intentions among online consumers.
27 Jan 2011 11:00
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