Africa business news

Wesgro’s International Trade Unit embarked on a trade mission to Senegal to provide Western Cape Halal companies an opportunity to enter the Senegalese market. The mission featured five Halal companies …

Japanese corporations like electronics titan Panasonic and steelmaker Toyo Kohan are leveraging their presence in Turkey to make inroads into Africa, supplying products to the continent from their low-cost manufacturing …

ADDIS ABABA, July 9 (Xinhua) — Ethiopia on Saturday inaugurated a Chinese-built 90 million US dollars Industrial Park in Kombolcha city, in Amhara regional state, 376 km north of capital …

Africa’s tourist spots were some of the fast-growing and popular destinations in the world last year. This is despite setbacks in recent years like the Arab Spring or high-profile disease …

Johannesburg – The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) on Friday invited South African companies to apply to participate in the 7th Investment and Trade Initiative (ITI) to the …

VCs and startup founders rarely pay attention to slow-moving but powerful macro global events, especially with so many fast-moving things to focus on at the micro level, like technology, teams …

The gap was filled by the Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa through the provision of medium to long-term export credit and investment guarantees by underwriting bank loans for …

The World Bank said on Sunday it had approved a $345 million loan for the expansion of a port in Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam, which the East African …

Opportunities in sectors like textiles, food and agro-processing, agriculture, leather and leather garments, renewable energy, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and education await Indian industrialists and entrepreneurs in African countries, a business delegation …

This was one of the messages to emerge during a panel discussion at the Farmer’s Weekly Agribusiness Africa Conference at Emperor’s Palace in Johannesburg on 4-5 July. The session ‘Building …