[Paul Vecchiatto] African governments should own at least a 50% of any new mining venture in order to ensure that the country gets more of the revenue from mining projects.
13 May 2013 14:21
[Nicky Smith] Transnet Engineering (TE), a unit of the state-owned freight and logistics company, is exploring new narrow-gauge markets in Latin America, South-east Asia and Australia in a bid to meet its growth targets, according to strategy and marketing general manager Thoba Majoka.
6 May 2013 07:41
[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
Economies in sub-Saharan Africa will ride out the bumpy global recovery in the next few years to post growth rates not seen outside Asia, the IMF said in its latest economic forecasts Tuesday (16 April).
17 Apr 2013 09:47
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
[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
[Schalk Mouton] Although Africa made huge strides in increasing human development in the past decade, gains could - with hundreds of millions of people being pushed into extreme poverty - easily be reversed should "significant progress" not be made in halting global warming.
20 Mar 2013 10:37
[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
[Zeenat Moorad] Rainbow Chicken successfully raised R3.9bn through a rights issue‚ the company said on Monday, 4 March 2013.
5 Mar 2013 06:44
[Alexander Parker] Nissan will launch the Datsun brand in South Africa during 2014‚ the company announced at a press conference on Friday (22 February).
25 Feb 2013 09:24
Packaging conglomerate Nampak's share price has stuck fairly close to its 12-month high in spite of increasing evidence of tempered consumer demand for fast-moving consumer goods.
25 Feb 2013 10:12
[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
[Zeenat Moorad] Rainbow Chicken will buy a 49% stake in Zambian chicken producer, Zam Chick - owned by Zambeef - for US$14.25m‚ the company said on Monday (4 February).
5 Feb 2013 06:50
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 08:12The 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
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