winging it South Africa: Poultry industry seeks more anti-dumping protections Astral Foods, South Africa’s largest integrated poultry producer, recorded double-digit revenue growth of R9.4bn ($585m) in the six months ... to 31 March 2022 driven by high broiler sales volumes, according to the company.
peace builder? South Africa’s Ivor Ichikowitz: A ‘philanthropic’ arms dealer? Close to the ANC, South African businessman Ivor Ichikowitz, who founded the Paramount group in 1994, has extended his networks to the rest of ... the continent as he presents himself as a defender of just causes. Article 3/4 of "Africa’s barons of arm sales"
TAXING TIMES Vodacom: Mobile money woes in Tanzania dent international portfolio performance The Vodacom Group has reported R102.7bn ($6.9bn) in revenue generated mostly in South Africa. Meanwhile, the contribution of its international ... operations was dragged down by the introduction of mobile money levies in Tanzania.
Search for Value Global Ventures eyes francophone markets, South Africa with Nigeria VC overvalued Venture-capital firm Global Ventures is exploring the possibility of investing in new markets including in francophone Africa, where opportunities ... are undervalued, partner Sacha Haider tells The Africa Report.
peace builder? South Africa’s Ivor Ichikowitz: A ‘philanthropic’ arms dealer? Article 3/4 of "Africa’s barons of arm sales"
King Coal Eskom outages signal long, hard winter for South Africa A historic failure to deal with maintenance at state-owned Eskom leaves South Africa facing its longest winter. ...
Rare earths US urges ‘race to the top’ for critical minerals at Africa Indaba mining conference The Joe Biden administration told Africa’s leading mining executives and officials this week that they are poised to play a key role in the ... clean-energy revolution, but only if African officials clean up corruption and other problems in the sector.
an impasse South Africa: Small business’ ability to create jobs limited by red tape, says Black Business Council South Africa’s plan to create 11 million jobs by 2030 through empowering the small business sector via targeted procurement, better access ... to funding, and cutting red tape, remains elusive, according to Black Business Council (BBC) CEO Kganki Matabane.
French East Africa Bolloré jumps into Total’s EACOP oil pipeline as banks, insurers steer clear Bolloré Logistics has won the contract to be the main logistics supplier for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), a project which many ... banks and insurers are refusing to support.
Personal diplomacy State Department’s number two, Wendy Sherman, meets two presidents on African tour Deputy secretary of state Wendy Sherman met with two African presidents in three countries on her first official visit to sub-Saharan Africa ... since joining the Joe Biden administration.
Operation Corruption South Africa: How Jacob Zuma helped destroy Eskom The Zondo commission’s fourth report accuses South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma of having helped the Gupta brothers take control ... of Eskom, Africa's largest electricity producer, and weakening a company that is now heavily in debt.
