The Manufacturing community of West Africa

Beer sales keep SABMiller's profits flowing

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:51:00 +0200

Prospering from emerging markets such as Africa‚ SABMiller on Thursday (23 May) reported a 10% increase in group revenue to US$34.5bn for the year to March.
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State should own 50% of all Africa's mines

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:21:00 +0200

African governments should own at least a 50% of any new mining venture in order to ensure that the country gets more of the revenue from mining projects.
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Car manufacturing - Nigeria seeks guidance

Thu, 09 May 2013 07:58:00 +0200

Nigeria is looking to South Africa's advanced motor sector for expertise and technical assistance as it seeks to create a new-car market in the continent's second-biggest economy.
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Cote D'Ivoire to evaluate MTN licence

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:17:00 +0200

MTN's shares was down as much as 2% on Tuesday (7 May) after Ivory Coast's government named it as one of five companies that risked losing their operating licences because of poor levels of service.
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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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Billions must be spent on railways in Africa

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:35:00 +0200

Africa will need to spend more than US$50bn in the next decade on building 4,000km of additional rail infrastructure to unlock the mineral resource potential on the continent.
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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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Van Zyl to head Toyota's Africa drive

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:56:00 +0200

A global management shakeup at Toyota Motor Corporation has hit African shores, with local Toyota chief Johan van Zyl called in to head the new position of chief executive of Toyota's operations across Africa
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