Start your engines The ground is being cleared for the construction of a new ZAR3 billion vehicle manufacturing facility near Gqeberha in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province. The project – an as-yet-to-be-named joint… Read more
Spreading out In its single-biggest capital investment in South Africa, one of the continent’s major food-processing companies Tiger Brands has launched a new ZAR300 million peanut butter manufacturing and bottling plant. The new… Read more
Added security Smallholder farmers across Africa – one of the sectors most vulnerable to climate change and related disasters – now have even greater access to insurance that meets their requirements. Kenya-based… Read more
Current account Namibia’s plan to become independent of electricity imports has received a US$138.5 million boost. In a first for the country, the World Bank is to fund improvements to the country’s… Read more
Natural resource A mine in Tanzania – set to become one of the largest producers of natural graphite outside China – is on the verge of final commissioning. The Lindi Jumbo graphite… Read more
