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Africa's five major trends for potential growth

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:56:00 +0200

Population growth, rapid urbanisation, adoption of new technologies, unlocking of abundant resources and the deepening of the financial sector are the five major trends that are set to drive Africa's economic growth, Simon Freemantle, Standard Bank Africa senior analyst, told a media roundtable in Johannesburg, South Africa, yesterday, Thursday 6 October 2011.
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Bidvest Namibia acquires Taeuber & Corssen

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:35:00 +0200

Bidvest Namibia (BVN) is to acquire 100% of the issued share capital of Taeuber & Corssen SWA (Pty) Limited (T&C) from Taeuber & Corssen, One Wireless Technologies and the Taeuber & Corssen Namibia Employees' Share Trust for of Nam$188.7 million.
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Bizcommunity launches new dedicated sectors, newsletters

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:45:00 +0200

Bizcommunity.com - South Africa's largest online B2B publisher - is set to grow even more with the introduction of 16 new content channels, with weekly newsletters, as from yesterday Tuesday, 20 September 2011.
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SanDisk shows growth in Middle East and Africa

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:22:00 +0200

Driven by the high mobile phone penetration rates and a growing appetite for flash-based storage devices in Africa, SanDisk, the manufacturer of flash memory cards, reports that there has been between a double and triple digit market growth in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) so far this year.
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FIFA fears impact of marketing agent's collapse

Fri, 24 Dec 2010 09:42:00 +0200

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND: World football's governing body FIFA said on Thursday, 23 December 2010, that it feared the financial impact of the collapse of its main product licensing agent, Singapore-based Global Brands Group (GBG).
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Logistics sector 2030: Africa and Asia to reshuffle the cards?

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:26:00 +0200

LONDON, UK: The dynamic economic development of emerging markets will fundamentally change world trade by 2030, leading to the emergence of new logistics service providers to challenge the market share of established companies.
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Unilever to halve CO2 impact

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:17:00 +0200

Unilever has announced plans to halve the environmental footprint of its products by 2020, to help 1 billion people improve their health and well-being and to source all of its agricultural raw materials sustainably.
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Asia's 2011 optical industry looking good

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 11:19:00 +0200

SINGAPORE: Over 90% of optical retailers across six Asian markets are optimistic that the industry will continue to do well, if not better next year.
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Reed MIDEM, GSMA launch new forum at MIPTV 2011

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 10:36:00 +0200

CANNES, FRANCE: Reed MIDEM* announced yesterday, 7 October 2010, a new partnership to launch the Connected Creativity Forum, said to be the first conference and exhibition specifically designed for the global entertainment and technology marketplace.
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Surge in Zim retail imports triggers concern

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:33:00 +0200

Zimbabwe's central bank has called on government to halt what it called "deindustrialisation through over-reliance on imports of finished goods" after the distribution and retail sector accounted for the biggest jump in imports by value during the half year to June.
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