Global insurance broking and risk management firm Marsh has completed the acquisition of Alexander Forbes' stake in Nigerian insurance broker Femi Johnson & Company (FJC). Marsh intends to merge the newly-acquired business with its ...
Global steel giant ArcelorMittal has announced that its South African unit ArcelorMittal South Africa is supplying China's Sinohydro Corporation with reinforcing steel from its Newcastle plant for a number of hydroelectric projects across ...
Tags: rebar, longs, Zambia, Africa, ArcelorMittal, steelmaking, Istanbul
South African cement firm PPC plans to enter the Democratic Republic of Congo with a $200 million factory, its chief executive said. This cement plant is part of PPC's drive to boost sales outside its home market. The company plans to ...
Tags: Cement, Construction
Israel-based flavor and ingredients manufacturer Frutarom Industries has acquired South African flavor company JannDeRee for approximately $5m. JannDeRee, established in 1993, develops, manufactures, and markets savory flavors and sweet ...
Tags: Frutarom, Flavor Firm Jannderee
This 19 year old Kenyan designer new that there was a better alternative than kerosene. In Africa kerosene lamps are still used in many areas and cause great harm to children and adults in rural African villages. Evan Wadongo created the ...
Tags: Solar Lamps, Lighting
The Toy Trust is calling on the industry to help it decide which charity should benefit from its fundraising in 2014. The Trust has given single donations of £80,000 and £135,000 over the past two years to a brace of unique ...
The Kenyan government has said that it has no intention of censoring what citizens do online or of closing access to social media networks in the country, despite facing challenges of identifying and tracking down people behind online hate ...
The African Development Bank Group this week announced the launch of what it calls an open data platform in 20 African countries. The move comes as part of the group’s Africa Information Highway initiative, which is aimed at ...
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China this week faced allegations that it is helping the Zambian government with deep packet inspection technology in order to eavesdrop, mine data, censor and intercept communications. The allegations come less than two years after the ...
Tags: Zambian government, packet inspection technology, Chinese tech
The Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MCCCI) has suggested grouping of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the garment sector into clusters to spur the growth of the industry. Speaking on the sidelines of a ...
The Malawi orphanage funded by the Toy Trust's Three Peaks Challenge last year has now been built. The UK toy industry's charity arm has revealed to ToyNews that the orphanage - named Toy Trust House - will be home to over 50 children ...
The references books I used to thumb through on rainy day visits to the library as a kid--your almanacs, your encyclopedias, your reference books--are all going digital. If the results are as good as what Barefoot World Atlas has to offer, ...
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From a sustainability standpoint, 2012 might be characterised as a year when the world went backwards - or at a pinch stayed still - but the food industry moved forward. There are plenty of campaigners who would beg to differ on the ...
Tags: CSR, Industry, Agriculture Food
As part of the second India-Africa Forum Summit, 32 participants from six African nations including cotton scientists were trained at the Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR) on 'Modern Cotton Production Technology' in India. The ...
Tags: CICR, training program, commitment, cotton production
Southern African tour and travel specialists, Africa Southern Adventures (ASA) has recently launched its portfolio of affordable adventure safari packages. The Cape Town based company has formed strategic alliances with reputable service ...
Tags: Africa Southern Adventures, travel specialist, strategic alliance