Standard Bank links African and Chinese clients
Standard Bank on Wednesday launched the world’s first dedicated Africa China Banking Centre (ACBC) in Johannesburg. The Centre will look to provide a platform to link African and ...
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Coca-Cola Africa appoints new leader
Coca-Cola Africa announced on Wednesday that it has appointed Roger Gauntlett General Manager of its South African business, the company said in a statement. The company said Gaun ...
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KBA Africa to launch Entrepreneurial Bootcamp series in Mozambique
The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector is crucial to Africa’s growth, currently contributing more than 45% to employment and 33% to GDP (source: ADB). Why are Entre ...
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South African elected to lead International Labour Organisation
South African businessman, Mthunzi Mdwaba, has been elected Vice-President of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) governing body and will serve as its Global Spokesman for ...
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AfDB targets 25 million jobs for African youth
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said, it has recognised the urgent need to promote inclusive, sustainable and jobs-rich growth where the youth are the drivers of the requi ...
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World mourns Sir Ketumile Masire
There is outpouring of grief at the news of the passing of Botswana's former president Sir Ketumile Masire. Masire died at the age of 91 Thursday night. Kofi Annan It is with grea ...
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South Africa will build new nuclear power plants
South Africa is committed to an “open, transparent” process to build new nuclear power plants and the government planned to go through with its plans for nuclear expansion, Presid ...
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Ford recalls Figo and Ikon models
Ford South Africa has reportedly announced a fire-risk related recall of Ford Figo and Ikon models. The Herald in Port Elizabeth said owners of 15 600 petrol-engined Figos and Iko ...
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Predicting the growth of African cities and population
While African cities are growing rapidly in population, they are developing informally as current urban planning has proven to be ineffective, and private development is often det ...
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Uganda to host summit on refugees
The forthcoming Uganda Solidarity Summit on Refugees convened and jointly hosted by President Yoweri Museveni and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Kampala from ...
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