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Miko Pharma drives $50m investment push to set up pharmaceutical plant in Ghana

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Bayer says to outsource some aspects of pharma business in Africa

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Volkswagen to build car assembly plant in Algeria

Volkswagen to build car assembly plant in Algeria

29 Nov 2016

ASEAN market seeks to increase bilateral trade with Africa

ASEAN market seeks to increase bilateral trade with Africa

11 Nov 2016

AGCO Future Farm Grain and Poultry Learning Centre Lusaka, Zambia

AGCO expansion in Africa driven by new regional structure

3 Nov 2016

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Local rail companies urged to 'hunt as a pack' when chasing Africa business

26 Oct 2016

Busting Industrial Internet of Things myths

Busting Industrial Internet of Things myths

Dan Matthews 20 Sep 2016

Vehicle firms hold different views on SA

Vehicle firms hold different views on SA

David Furlonger 13 Sep 2016

Thomas Schaefer, chairman and MD of Volkswagen South Africa and H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta, president of Kenya addressing media at the State House in Nairobi after the signing of an agreement to start the production of the Volkswagen Polo Vivo in Thika near Nairobi, Kenya.

Volkswagen plans vehicle production in Kenya

8 Sep 2016

#CARconferenceSA: Encouraging outlook for local motor industry

#CARconferenceSA: Encouraging outlook for local motor industry

6 Sep 2016

Car makers flag SA as base for drive into Africa

Car makers flag SA as base for drive into Africa

Mark Smyth 25 Aug 2016

AAAM to unlock Africa's automotive development potential

AAAM to unlock Africa's automotive development potential

24 Aug 2016

Finding opportunities in currency devaluation

Finding opportunities in currency devaluation

Heleen Goussard, Nicholas Olds 17 Aug 2016

Kayoola Solar Bus

#AfricaMonth: Driving Ugandan vehicle manufacturing

Lauren Hartzenberg 25 May 2016

Middle East and Africa 3D printing market to total $1.3 billion by 2019

Middle East and Africa 3D printing market to total $1.3 billion by 2019

24 Feb 2016

3D-inspired hi-tech buoy takes African marine monitoring to new levels

3D-inspired hi-tech buoy takes African marine monitoring to new levels

Dirk Muller 23 Oct 2015

New joint venture in distribution to support AGCO brands in Zambia

New joint venture in distribution to support AGCO brands in Zambia

2 Oct 2015

Seven ways cloud will help African manufacturers

Seven ways cloud will help African manufacturers

Jeremy Waterman 21 Aug 2015

Fear of job losses as Rwanda outlaws plastic bottles

Fear of job losses as Rwanda outlaws plastic bottles

Kabona Esiara 11 Aug 2015

GE Africa and Gearbox driving entrepreneurial development

GE Africa and Gearbox driving entrepreneurial development

24 Jul 2015

Mediatech Africa: next gen features and new tech

Mediatech Africa: next gen features and new tech

14 Jul 2015

SSA industrial adhesives market growing faster than traditional markets

SSA industrial adhesives market growing faster than traditional markets

Constance Nyambayo 13 Jul 2015

Africa has never looked better

Africa has never looked better

Louise Robinson 25 Jun 2015

Collaboration is crucial to boosting trade in Africa, says DHL

15 Jun 2015

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Manufacturers, experts decry labelling of Nigerian goods as Made-in-Asia

11 Jun 2015

Foreign investor buys stake in Mugabe dairy rival

Foreign investor buys stake in Mugabe dairy rival

Memory Mataranyika 28 May 2015

Modernising local economies important for Africa's future

Modernising local economies important for Africa's future

25 May 2015

Electricity shortages in sub-Saharan Africa a key concern: Euromonitor

Electricity shortages in sub-Saharan Africa a key concern: Euromonitor

Ntsakisi Maswanganyi 10 Apr 2015

SABMiller faces competition in Latin America

SABMiller faces competition in Latin America

23 Dec 2014

WesBank extends reach to Nigeria

WesBank extends reach to Nigeria

21 Oct 2014

Healthy gain in vehicle exports

Healthy gain in vehicle exports

Henrie Geyser 9 Sep 2014

AECI's Mark Dytor is looking for opportunities in other parts of the world because of strikes in SA and the weak state of the economy. Image: AECI

AECI plans to reduce its reliance on a weak SA

Nick Hedley 30 Jul 2014

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Volkswagen to build car assembly plant in Algeria

Volkswagen to build car assembly plant in Algeria

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ASEAN market seeks to increase bilateral trade with Africa

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Busting Industrial Internet of Things myths

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Vehicle firms hold different views on SA

David Furlonger 13 Sep 2016

Thomas Schaefer, chairman and MD of Volkswagen South Africa and H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta, president of Kenya addressing media at the State House in Nairobi after the signing of an agreement to start the production of the Volkswagen Polo Vivo in Thika near Nairobi, Kenya.

Volkswagen plans vehicle production in Kenya

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#CARconferenceSA: Encouraging outlook for local motor industry

#CARconferenceSA: Encouraging outlook for local motor industry

6 Sep 2016

Car makers flag SA as base for drive into Africa

Car makers flag SA as base for drive into Africa

Mark Smyth 25 Aug 2016

AAAM to unlock Africa's automotive development potential

AAAM to unlock Africa's automotive development potential

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Finding opportunities in currency devaluation

Finding opportunities in currency devaluation

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Middle East and Africa 3D printing market to total $1.3 billion by 2019

Middle East and Africa 3D printing market to total $1.3 billion by 2019

24 Feb 2016

3D-inspired hi-tech buoy takes African marine monitoring to new levels

3D-inspired hi-tech buoy takes African marine monitoring to new levels

Dirk Muller 23 Oct 2015

New joint venture in distribution to support AGCO brands in Zambia

New joint venture in distribution to support AGCO brands in Zambia

2 Oct 2015

Seven ways cloud will help African manufacturers

Seven ways cloud will help African manufacturers

Jeremy Waterman 21 Aug 2015

Fear of job losses as Rwanda outlaws plastic bottles

Fear of job losses as Rwanda outlaws plastic bottles

Kabona Esiara 11 Aug 2015

GE Africa and Gearbox driving entrepreneurial development

GE Africa and Gearbox driving entrepreneurial development

24 Jul 2015

Mediatech Africa: next gen features and new tech

Mediatech Africa: next gen features and new tech

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SSA industrial adhesives market growing faster than traditional markets

SSA industrial adhesives market growing faster than traditional markets

Constance Nyambayo 13 Jul 2015

Africa has never looked better

Africa has never looked better

Louise Robinson 25 Jun 2015

Collaboration is crucial to boosting trade in Africa, says DHL

15 Jun 2015

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Manufacturers, experts decry labelling of Nigerian goods as Made-in-Asia

11 Jun 2015

Foreign investor buys stake in Mugabe dairy rival

Foreign investor buys stake in Mugabe dairy rival

Memory Mataranyika 28 May 2015

Modernising local economies important for Africa's future

Modernising local economies important for Africa's future

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Electricity shortages in sub-Saharan Africa a key concern: Euromonitor

Electricity shortages in sub-Saharan Africa a key concern: Euromonitor

Ntsakisi Maswanganyi 10 Apr 2015

SABMiller faces competition in Latin America

SABMiller faces competition in Latin America

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WesBank extends reach to Nigeria

WesBank extends reach to Nigeria

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Healthy gain in vehicle exports

Healthy gain in vehicle exports

Henrie Geyser 9 Sep 2014

AECI's Mark Dytor is looking for opportunities in other parts of the world because of strikes in SA and the weak state of the economy. Image: AECI

AECI plans to reduce its reliance on a weak SA

Nick Hedley 30 Jul 2014

PwC's Johan Potgieter says that digital and mobility are key issues that need to be addressed by businesses in South Africa. Image: LinkedIn

Mobile technology expansion needed

23 Jul 2014

Famous Brands revenue up 12%, expands further in Africa

Famous Brands revenue up 12%, expands further in Africa

Zeenat Moorad 20 May 2014

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Nokia, Microsoft never the twain

Toby Shapshak 12 May 2014

Ford's sub-Saharan drive may benefit SA plants

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An illegal diamond dealer in Zimbabwe holds gems from Marange mine. Zimbabwe has stopped illegal mining and is now selling its diamonds in Antwerp. Image:

Zimbabwe takes heart from Antwerp trial sale of gems

Ray Ndlovu 24 Dec 2013

Woolworths buys back African franchises

Woolworths buys back African franchises

Zeenat Moorad 6 Nov 2013

Luxury brands turn attention to Africa

Luxury brands turn attention to Africa

Zeenat Moorad 5 Nov 2013

Of inventors and innovators: South Africa's pioneering entrepreneurs

Of inventors and innovators: South Africa's pioneering entrepreneurs

9 Oct 2013

Mozambique seeks to curb boozing

Mozambique seeks to curb boozing

17 Sep 2013

Counterfeit medicine trade targets Africa's poor

Counterfeit medicine trade targets Africa's poor

24 Aug 2013