AFRICA BUSINESS

SADC to finalise proposed development fund

The Southern African Development Community is finalising the modalities of a long-awaited development fund to accelerate the regional integration agenda.According to a document released ahead of the ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 August 2013

AFRICA BUSINESS

I-Net Bridge sold to McGregor BFA

Cape Town - Times Media Group is selling I-Net Bridge for R115m to McGregor BFA, which is owned by Naspers, according to a SENS report released on Thursday.I-Net provides a wide range of investment pr...

By Business reporter | Published: 08 August 2013

AFRICA BUSINESS

Zimbabwe to host African business summit

ZIMBABWE will tomorrow host the inaugural African Business Leadership (ABL) Summit in Harare.The summit, which will bring together international business leaders, scholars, policymakers and industry e...

By Business reporter | Published: 07 August 2013

AFRICA NEWS

Pick n Pay embarks on retrenchment drive

Pick n Pay hopes to trim jobs across the country as it implements a turnaround strategy, Business Day reported on Wednesday.The retailer is offering voluntary retrenchments to workers in its head offi...

By fin24 | Published: 07 August 2013

AFRICA BUSINESS

Kenya revokes all new mining licences

Nairobi - Kenya on Monday revoked all mining licences granted in the months before and after March elections and announced that it was hiking royalties paid by companies operating in its nascent minin...

By Business reporter | Published: 06 August 2013

AFRICA NEWS

Obama presses for US-Africa trade pact to be renewed

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is mounting an early push to extend a trade pact with sub-Saharan African countries set to expire in 2015 which is seen a cornerstone of US-African economic relatio...

By FT | Published: 06 August 2013

AFRICA BUSINESS

Air Botswana buys faulty planes

Two brand new aircrafts acquired by Air Botswana in 2009 for close to P280 million have been singled out as unfit for purpose, a parliamentary committee has reported. The committee on statutory bodies...

By Business reporter | Published: 30 July 2013

AFRICA NEWS

S. African internet users hit 14 million

The internet usage has significantly grown in South Africa this year, already involving 14 million people, a survey said on Wednesday."The number of people with access to the web is higher than though...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 July 2013

AFRICA BUSINESS

SA unions declare wage dispute with gold sector

JOHANNESBURG - Bruising wage negotiations between South African goldminers and workers look to have stalled after unions declared an official wage dispute, which could bring more trouble for beleagu...

By Sapa | Published: 25 July 2013

AFRICA BUSINESS

'Embrace inclusive business in Africa'

The UN Development Programme says Africa should embrace inclusive business, a concept that brings together low-income people in a value chain, as a means of poverty alleviation while also achieving ot...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2013

AFRICA BUSINESS

Ethiopian Airlines buys 49% stake in Air Malawi

Ethiopian AIRLINES has announced that it is now the strategic partner of Air Malawi after acquiring 49 percent equity in the latter.The remaining 51 percent is held by the Malawian government and Mala...

By Business Reporter | Published: 18 July 2013

AFRICA NEWS

More than 200 SA youths demand share of mine's wealth

Barberton - More than 200 unemployed youth in Mpumalanga have marched to the Fairview mine in Barberton, Mpumalanga, demanding a share of the company's wealth.A Sapa correspondent reported that the gr...

By Sapa | Published: 17 July 2013

AFRICA NEWS

Islamists rally against Morsi's ousting

Cairo - Tens of thousands of supporters of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood on Friday protested in Cairo in mass rallies called to reject the military's ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi."May God ...

By AFP | Published: 05 July 2013

AFRICA BUSINESS

SA Express Airlines to increase Zimbabwe flights frequency

South Africa Express Airlines, which launched its Harare-Durban route in November last year, yesterday said it would increase its frequency on the route to four flights per week next month owing to ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 July 2013

AFRICA NEWS

Morsi refuses to quit amid new bloodshed

Cairo - Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi vowed he would not quit despite mass protests demanding his resignation and an army ultimatum as fresh deadly violence rocked capital Cairo.In a televised addre...

By AFP | Published: 03 July 2013

AFRICA NEWS

Zuma approval ratings hit a low

Johannesburg - South Africa President Jacob Zuma's approval levels in urban areas have stabilised close to their lowest point since the last general election, a survey revealed on Monday.Zuma's approv...

By Sapa | Published: 01 July 2013

AFRICA NEWS

Scores wounded, 4 dead in Egypt clashes

Cairo - At least four people were killed in Egypt and nearly 200 wounded on Sunday in clashes between supporters and opponents of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, security and medical sources said.A...

By Reuters | Published: 30 June 2013

AFRICA NEWS

South Sudan oil shipments resume

KHARTOUM - Shipments of South Sudanese oil from Sudan have resumed after more than a year, a senior petroleum ministry official said yesterday, but the South expressed concern Khartoum might stop the ...

By AFP | Published: 30 June 2013

AFRICA BUSINESS

Call to extend SIM card deadline

LAGOS - As the deadline to register subscriber identity module cards approaches, the National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers of Nigeria appealed for an extension of the programme.The Ni...

By Business reporter | Published: 30 June 2013

AFRICA BUSINESS

Investors lose confidence in SA markets

AS US President Barack Obama jetted into town on Friday, the diplomatic talk was about how South Africa could use the visit to bolster trade ties.The US was a "major export market for South African pr...

By Tshepo Mashego | Published: 30 June 2013

AFRICA NEWS

Obama to unveil broad African electrical power initiative

POINTING to Africa’s crippling lack of electrical power, US President Barack Obama was due to announce on Sunday a $7bn initiative over five years to double access to power in sub-Saharan Africa."We...

By Mark Felsenthal and Jeff Mason | Published: 30 June 2013

AFRICA BUSINESS

Imara Stockbrokers opens up Africa for retail investors

ASSET management and securities trading company Imara SP Reid Stockbrokers on Tuesday launched an investment platform enabling its retail clients to make investments in any stock market in Africa wit...

By BDlive | Published: 30 June 2013

AFRICA NEWS

White doves released at Mandela hospital

White doves were released at the Pretoria hospital where former president Nelson Mandela remained in a critical condition.Businessman Calvern Hugo today released about 60 birds near the Celliers Stree...

By Sapa | Published: 25 June 2013

AFRICA NEWS

Jacob Zuma vows BEE shake-up

Cape Town - South Africa president Jacob Zuma during the Presidency Budget Vote on Wednesday said the government planned a shake-up of its "black economic empowerment" policies aimed at redressing the...

By Reuters | Published: 12 June 2013

AFRICA NEWS

SA youth believe foreigners are bad for SA

Johannesburg - Many South African young people believe foreigners are bad for the country, a survey revealed on Tuesday.The survey was conducted by Pondering Panda among 1 845 respondents aged betwee...

By Sapa | Published: 11 June 2013
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