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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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More people flying in Africa

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:12:00 +0200

Intra-Africa passenger numbers increased by 9.4% year-on-year (y/y) in January the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Wednesday (6 March).
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Africa sales boost SA vehicle exports

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:11:00 +0200

Vehicle exports from South Africa into the rest of Africa grew almost 20% last year‚ more than making up for a decline in sales to traditional‚ recession-hit markets in the European Union and the US.
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Shoprite plans 136 new stores in Africa

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:43:00 +0200

Shoprite Holdings is steamrolling ahead with its African expansion - the retailer has 136 stores in the pipeline as it eyes fast growing oil-rich markets like Nigeria and Angola.
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Pirates seize French tanker off Abidjan

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:04:00 +0200

ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE: A French tanker has been hijacked by pirates off Ivory Coast, port authority officials in the economic capital Abidjan confirmed on Monday (4 February).
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