The textile and apparel sector from around 40 African countries, which make up for the African Growth Opportunities Act (AGOA), expects to attract investment from local as well as overseas entrepreneurs, but mainly from the Asian continent. ...
Tags: textile, apparel, garment exports, duty-free apparel
The COMPETE Trade Hub recently returned from a high-profile Origin Africa awareness and market linkages campaign in Europe and Asia. The Trade Hub participated in three international trade shows and organized Origin Africa Pavilions in the ...
Tags: USAID, COMPETE Trade Hub, textile, fashion trends
The 9th Solar&Wind Summit Forum of West China was held recently in Lanzhou City,theme of the forum is"Desert·Sun·Energy". Speaking of the anti-dumping investigation launched by EU on Chinese PV ...
Tags: PV, Chinese PV industry, Solar&Wind Summit Forum of West China, Lanzhou
(China Glass Network) Recently, Hanson Glass Factory, which is invested by CGC Overseas Construction Co., Ltd and China-Africa Development Fund, begins to reproduction in Ethiopia. The general manager of Hansom Glass Xiao Yong said, ...
Ethiopian football and athletics fans will have a new FIFA and Olympic-standard 60,000 seat stadium in Addis Ababa thanks to a competition winning design combining local identity with new technology. LAVA and Designsport,in collaboration ...
Tags: Ethiopia, Stadium, Construction
Birla Corporation, a flagship company of the M P Birla Group, is mulling setting up its first overseas cement plant in Ethiopia, a top company official said here Thursday. The company has formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, Birla Corp Cement ...
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South Africa-Fly Piggy Fly,which has a new TV production house called Bay Studios(the first television studio in the Eastern Cape),recently purchased a Philips Strand 200 Series console,a Philips Strand 6 Pack Dimmer,and LED Wash light ...
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Google has reported an increase in the number of requests by governments to remove political content from the internet. Statistics for the past six months show an increase of 47%in requests for content removal and an increase of 65%in ...
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In what would be its maiden overseas venture, Birla Corp plans to set up a cement plant in Ethiopia. The MP Birla group company has recently formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, Birla Corp Cement Manufacturing Plc, in the sub-Saharan African ...
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Pretoria Portland Cement Co. (PPC), Africa s biggest cement maker is seeing significant progress on some African projects, with demand in southern Africa continuing to improve. PPC may announce two projects on the continent in the next few ...
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Cement results 1Q12 Dangote Cement has released its financial results for 1Q12. The results reveal an 8.9% y/y increase in profit before tax, rising from N27.4 billion in 2011 to N31.6 billion in 2012. Operating profits grew 13.7% y/y to ...
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The government of Kenya is investing Sh 120 million in a bamboo processing venture intended to conserve its fast receding forest cover. The bamboo project is aimed at making bamboo products such as wooden jewellery, curtains and furniture ...
Tags: market view, bamboo