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Cocoa plundered by Ivorian warlords

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:06:00 +0200

NEW YORK, USA: - Warlord military commanders in Ivory Coast are making hundreds of millions of dollars by plundering the country's exports of cocoa and other resources, according to a report by UN experts.
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Agriculture offers real growth potential

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:24:00 +0200

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.
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Shipping vital for international trade

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:00:00 +0200

Two conferences held in Cape Town last week highlighted the fact that about 90% of all trade between countries is shipped by sea.
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IMF forecasts 'solid growth' for Africa

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:47:00 +0200

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).
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SA to develop its aquaculture farms

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 07:49:00 +0200

Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies launched an aquaculture development and enhancement programme last week‚ which he hopes will boost growth in an industry that is very small in both global and continental terms.
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Africa needs economic integration

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:40:00 +0200

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).
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Loss of commercial farmers hurts SA

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:57:00 +0200

It is "worrisome" that South Africa is losing many of its commercial farmers to countries to the north of it, academic and businesswoman Mamphela Ramphele said on Sunday (24 March).
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SABMiller's Eagle has landed

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:45:00 +0200

Global brewing giant SABMiller (SAB) has launched a cassava beer in Ghana
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'It's Africa's Time' focuses on Ghana, South Africa

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:04:00 +0200

In Episode 6, 'It's Africa's Time' travels to Ghana and South Africa, to visit interventions that are uplifting the standard of living for local communities, advancing the development agenda of these countries and contributing significantly towards the achievement of the UN Millennium Development Goals.
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Rainbow Chicken raises R3,9bn

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 06:44:00 +0200

Rainbow Chicken successfully raised R3.9bn through a rights issue‚ the company said on Monday, 4 March 2013.
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