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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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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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Africa, get it while it's hot

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:57:00 +0200

We know about the beady eyes of multinationals lasciviously sizing up Africa. Their markets are just about fished out and they're setting their sights on the burgeoning middle class that will take consumer spending to the often-quoted US$1,4 trillion by 2020.
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BRICS stimulate Angola's economic awakening

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:32:00 +0200

From a sleeping giant disabled by the ghosts of war, socio-political intolerance, neo-colonialism and human exploitation, Angola has risen to become one of Africa's emerging economic heavyweights and is now at a crossroads of history. Research shows that BRICS - Brazil, (the main culprit), China, India, and lately South Africa and to a minor extent Russia - feature strongly in the list of countries that are driving Angola's rise to the riches.
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Kenya now brands its tea

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:07:00 +0200

Tea, Kenya's leading export, is set for a massive branding initiative that will be used to identify and promote the tea in local and international markets. Towards this end, the Tea Board of Kenya has appointed the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KeBS) to implement a globally recognised mark of origin for Kenyan tea.
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Nigeria: New refinery for Golden Sugar

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:41:00 +0200

Golden Sugar Company on Wednesday, 26 January 2011, signed a US$143.3 million, five-year syndicated multi-currency contract to finance the construction of a new sugar refinery complex in Lagos State, Nigeria.
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Zimbabwe ban hits Country Bird exports

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:17:00 +0200

Country Bird Holdings had lost sales of 600 tons of chickens a month to Zimbabwe as a result of the reworked chicken controversy that broke out last month, financial director Robbie Taylor said yesterday (26 January 2011).
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Cocoa prices surge on Ivory Coast export ban

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:54:00 +0200

LONDON, UK: Cocoa futures soared to one-year highs on Monday, 24 January 2011, as the recognised winner of presidential elections in Ivory Coast, the world's biggest cocoa producer, ordered a halt to exports of the commodity.
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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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Drought-resistant maize could earn Africa up to US$1.5b

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:39:00 +0200

Researchers said on Thursday (26 August 2010) that distributing drought-resistant varieties of maize to smallholder African farmers could earn the continent between US$900 million and US$1.53 billion by 2016.
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