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Business Beat: Scangroup appoints CEO for Africa
Scangroup has announced leadership changes at Scanad Africa. Sandeep Madan, who had been leading the Scanad Kenya and Ghana operations, has been promoted and is now Scanad Africa's chief executive, which has five fully owned operations in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Business Beat: Hill+Knowlton appoints regional director for Africa
Communications firm Hill+Knowlton Strategies has appointed Shaun Poole as the regional director for Africa. He will be stationed in Nairobi.
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Business: Scangroup appoints CEO for Africa
Scangroup has announced leadership changes at Scanad Africa. Sandeep Madan, who had been leading the Scanad Kenya and Ghana operations, has been promoted and is now Scanad Africa's chief executive, which has five fully owned operations in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Business: Hill+Knowlton appoints regional director for Africa
Communications firm Hill+Knowlton Strategies has appointed Shaun Poole as the regional director for Africa. He will be stationed in Nairobi.
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Portuguese Foreign Minister starts visit to Algeria
ALGIERS- Portuguese Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Rui Chancerelle de Machete started, Monday, a visit to Algeria as part of the holding, in Algiers, of the 4th Algerian-Portuguese High Level meeting. In a statement to the press, Machete said that the talks between the two parties (Algerian-Portuguese) will focus…
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Business: Mixed fortunes blur idea of Africa's collective 'rising'
Falling commodity prices, political upheaval and simmering conflict are exposing the differing fortunes of Africa's economies, undermining the idea that the continent of a billion people is on one collective ascent.
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Algeria: State's Rivkin At U.S. Trade, Investment Conference in Algiers
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Foreign Businesses Face Backlash in South Africa
As South Africas economy falters, it is no longer so welcoming to outsiders.
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Business: Airtel, Visa extend mobile payments to seven countries in Africa
Barcelona, Spain: Visa and Bharti Airtel Tuesday announced a partnership to bring innovative mobile payment services to seven markets in Africa including Kenya, Gabon, Ghana, Madagascar, Rwanda, Seychelles and Tanzania.
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Bouchouareb calls US companies to diversify investments in Algeria
ALGIERS-Minister of Industry and Mines Abdessalem Bouchouareb called Monday in Algiers US companies to diversify their investments in Algeria and to move towards the technological chains, reaffirming the government's commitment to further improving the business climate. "Our ambition for the industrial development of the country is to enter global ...
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US willing to help Algeria diversify its economy, American official stresses
ALGIERS-US Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Charles Rivkin underscored Monday the willingness of the US to support Algeria in its economic diversification process. "I am here (in Algeria) to try to find ways to boost economic affairs between the two countries. We will also try ...
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New bid to boost Africa-US trade
Efforts to remove trade barriers between the East African Community and the US have started in earnest.
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Business Beat: Foundation sets aside Sh9.1b to revive Africa's start-up revolution
In 2012, The Economist wrote a colourful article about how Kenya, Â?previously known for its coffee and safarisÂ?, was in the middle of a tech boom. The article said Nairobi was fast becoming a Â?Silicon SavannahÂ?, a phrase that has since become a moniker for the city's burst of apps, hubs ...
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Business: Foundation sets aside Sh9.1b to revive Africa's start-up revolution
In 2012, The Economist wrote a colourful article about how Kenya, Â?previously known for its coffee and safarisÂ?, was in the middle of a tech boom. The article said Nairobi was fast becoming a Â?Silicon SavannahÂ?, a phrase that has since become a moniker for the city's burst of apps, hubs ...
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East Africa: U.S. Signs Trade Pledge With East Africa, Eyes Rest of Continent
[ANGOP]Washington -The United States and five East African countries pledged on Thursday to ease trade flows and set the stage for more U.S. investment, a program that could be extended to other parts of Africa.
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Business News: Pan Africa Insurance Holdings 2014 profit falls 24 per cent
Kenya's Pan Africa Insurance Holdings reported on Friday a 24 percent drop in full-year pretax profit for 2014, hit by unrealised gains in equity investments and slow property sales.
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Business Beat: US signs trade pledge with East Africa, eyes rest of continent
The United States and five East African countries pledged on Thursday to ease trade flows and set the stage for more U.S. investment, a program that could be extended to other parts of Africa.
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Business: Pan Africa Insurance Holdings 2014 profit falls 24 per cent
Kenya's Pan Africa Insurance Holdings reported on Friday a 24 percent drop in full-year pretax profit for 2014, hit by unrealised gains in equity investments and slow property sales.
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Business: US signs trade pledge with East Africa, eyes rest of continent
The United States and five East African countries pledged on Thursday to ease trade flows and set the stage for more U.S. investment, a program that could be extended to other parts of Africa.
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Power crisis knocks South Africa economy
Worsening energy supply forces government to downgrade growth as SA delivers austere budget
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Africa: Global Investments - Is South Africa Still On the Agenda?
[Daily Maverick]Just the other day, J. BROOKS SPECTOR quietly obtained a transcript of the discussion in a committee of the board of directors of a major multinational high-tech manufacturing company. This committee is the one that prepares final recommendations for the topmost layer of management in that firm for its ...