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Zambia hosts Pick n Pay's 95th foreign store

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:18:00 +0200

As part of its expansion into Africa, Pick n Pay yesterday, 21 March 2013, said it had opened a store in Luanshya, Zambia. This is the group's sixth Zambian store and takes the total of outlets outside of SA to 95 across eight countries.
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DHL Express triples network in sub-Saharan Africa

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:28:00 +0200

DHL Express, the global international express services provider, has expanded its network of DHL Service Points in sub-Saharan Africa from the initial 300 to over 1 000, in just a few short months.
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Windows Phone apps stores open across Africa

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:19:00 +0200

Microsoft has announced the opening of 21 web stores for apps and games across several African countries.
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HiFi Corp opens first store in Zambia

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:21:00 +0200

Forming part of the upmarket Manda Hill Centre in Lusaka, HiFi Corp opened its first store in Zambia in July 2012. Since then it has welcomed thousands of customers eager to experience its promise of tech shopping made easy.
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SABMiller taking Chibuku beer to rest of Africa

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:35:00 +0200

SABMiller has taken its traditional African beer brand‚ Chibuku - which is manufactured using either maize or sorghum - into ten other continental countries‚ a move the company says is motivated by its "affordability" and "product innovation" strategies.
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New distribution channel for MTN Mobile Money

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:23:00 +0200

The MTN Group last week announced that its MTN Mobile Money service will now be available through the MTN agent network and BancABC branch network in Zambia, improving accessibility to financial services via mobile telephony for thousands of customers in Zambia.
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FNB's mobile money grows in Africa

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:21:00 +0200

Mobile banking is set to take off in Africa, with FNB recording a 150% jump in transaction growth for its cellphone banking service and 1384% growth for eWallet for the month of December 2011 when compared to December 2010.
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Thebe Tourism Group signs shareholder agreement

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:52:00 +0200

The South African tourism group, Thebe Tourism Group have announced the signing of a shareholders' agreement between its subsidiary FX Africa and global foreign exchange providers Travelex. FX Africa has operated a Travelex Retail Foreign Exchange Travelex franchise in Southern Africa for over four years.
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Southern Sun opens StayEasy Lusaka

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:27:00 +0200

Southern Sun Hotels has announced the latest addition to its hotels in Africa, the StayEasy Lusaka. The new StayEasy Lusaka hotel caters for the business traveller who value expediency and convenience and is centrally located in the newly developed, Levy Business Park in Lusaka.
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Consumer Confidence Survey: Economy again top global concern

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:36:00 +0200

NEW YORK, US: Global online consumer confidence fell for the seventh consecutive quarter as confidence in 31 of 56 global markets measured declined, according to from Nielsen, a leading global provider of insights and analytics into what consumers watch and buy.
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