Improving lives in Africa
June 19, 2010 – 7:04 am | No Comment

FROM McKinsey Quarterly:
Africa faces many challenges, particularly in health care, water, and climate. Yet what is surprising is that these issues can all be ameliorated or even controlled. This package of …

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Business is transforming Africa for the better
June 19, 2010 – 6:57 am | One Comment
Business is transforming Africa for the better

FOR once an investment fad seems justified: the 21st century is shaping up to be that of the emerging markets, just as the 20th was America’s century and the 19th Britain’s. But that …

Africa’s Local Champions Begin to Spread Out
June 7, 2010 – 2:26 pm | No Comment
Africa’s Local Champions Begin to Spread Out

Foreign consumer-goods companies including Coca-Cola Co., Nestlé SA and Unilever PLC have been in Africa for decades without much competition from local players. Now, home-grown companies are expanding aggressively across the continent, …

Apposit
June 5, 2010 – 5:07 pm | No Comment
Apposit

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Our Vision is to be at the forefront of the information revolution in Africa.
We are drivers of a vibrant and sustainable economy anchored by appropriate technology.
We believe that creativity, experience and uncompromising …

African Spices
June 5, 2010 – 5:01 pm | No Comment
African Spices

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African Spices Pvt Ltd.(AS) was formed in 2000 to sell chilli peppers to domestic, regional and international markets. EPDT selected AS to act as a for-profit facilitator between a collection …

AfricaNow
June 5, 2010 – 4:57 pm | No Comment
AfricaNow

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AfricaNow! is an innovative collaboration of modern home decor and accessories celebrating the fusion of African art and life.
Inspired by authentic African cultures with a contemporary influence, products include contemporary and …

Kilonshele
June 5, 2010 – 4:52 pm | No Comment
Kilonshele

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Kilonshele® is a live entertainment and marketing company. We connect the world to live entertainment events in Nigeria by providing up-to-date information on live events and giving fans opportunity to buy …

Africa’s Life Healthcare to raise $1 bln in IPO
May 18, 2010 – 5:29 pm | No Comment
Africa’s Life Healthcare to raise $1 bln in IPO

South African private healthcare company Life Healthcare said it will raise up to 8 billion rand ($1.06 billion) through an initial public offering, in South Africa’s second-largest IPO on record.
The company, which operates private …

Middle class sprawls in Nairobi, Kenya
May 14, 2010 – 4:59 pm | No Comment
Middle class sprawls in Nairobi, Kenya

Cheetah Blog Comment: This is the kind of reporting that should be done more often about the continent.
Downtown Nairobi is in stark contrast to the images of famine and war that often represent …

Time for an Afribond?
May 14, 2010 – 4:50 pm | No Comment
Time for an Afribond?

“Europe possibly needs an Afribond,” commented one contributor this week on the Thomson Reuters chatroom for fixed income markets in Kenya.
A nice quip from Henry Kirimania of The Cooperative Bank of Kenya and a …

A Good African tale
May 12, 2010 – 9:46 am | One Comment
A Good African tale

“IT USED to be a badge of pride that we were the only African coffee brand in British supermarkets. Now I see it as shameful,” says Andrew Rugasira, the founder of …