Digital mag focuses on boosting farming

The May issue of Food Processing Africa takes a look at boosting farming in east Africa, product opportunities in Angola along with trends and insightful new products. 20 May 2013 11:58

Hilton plans to boost African presence

Hilton Worldwide has expanded its product offering in SA over the past six months and the US-based group intends to increase its presence in Africa‚ according to vice-president of operations for Africa and the Indian Ocean‚ Jan van der Putten. 16 May 2013 08:38

Time to unlock Africa's travel potential

The South African Tourism Indaba should expand its platform by attracting even more exhibitors and buyers from the African continent, Tourism Minister Marthinus Van Schalkwyk said on Sunday (12 May). 14 May 2013 11:56

PC days not numbered

[Tom Manners] Scarcely two weeks ago, the Industrial Development Corporation issued an official announcement that not only portrayed the PC industry as a sector in absolute free-fall but also blamed Microsoft's perceived failure to get Windows 8 off the ground as the reason for the decline. 10 May 2013 11:35

Transnet on the hunt for foreign contracts

[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

Dare to be counter-intuitive

[Monika D'Agostino] Recently, I finished reading a book written by one of the "Housewives of New York", Carole Razdiwill. Don't judge me, I love watching these shows. It's one of my guilty pleasures. Contrary to popular perception, this book is excellently written, riveting and it takes you on a journey that is both intriguing and sad. The author is the widow of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' nephew. 4 May 2013 07:00

Ghana to get Vida e Caffé stores

[Zeenat Moorad] What the Cape Town Vida e Caffé franchise calls its "big push this year" will see the operation exporting its concept coffee shops to Ghana. 30 Apr 2013 15:41