Nbr. 446, November 2017
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Index
- AngloGold sells mines in restructure.
- Botswana's Choppies in expansion drive.
- EGYPT'S AGRICULTURE SECTOR REBOUNDS.
- South Africa's retail sector defies gloom.
- Tullow Oil eyes Cote d'Ivoire exploration.
- World Bank lowers sub-Saharan growth forecast.
- $40m.
- $500m.
- 1.2m.
- 15.
- 2.9bn [euro].
- 27m [pounds sterling].
- 38.4%.
- 39.7%.
- 7000MW.
- Algeria plans spending boost.
- Dangote still interested in PPC.
- Eskom appoints new CEO.
- Hilton to almost triple Africa hotel network.
- South African Airways gets new board.
- TANZANIA SETTLES DISPUTE WITH BARRICK GOLD.
- GOING DITIGAL: How Media in Africa is adapting to the online age.
- Africa's print media crosses the digital divide: Sales of print editions are declining, but the digital revolution provides opportunities as well as challenges for Africa's news media.
- Entertainment media comes of age: Africas entertainment sector has seen a boom over the last decade, with music one of the main drivers of growth.
- Test, learn, regulate: Benno Ndulu, Governor of the Central Bank of Tanzania.
- Solutions&Co 2017: The circular economy.
- Opportunity and challenge in the circular economy: The circular economy holds great promise for Africa, but can the continent handle the transitional costs and avoid potential dangers?
- Using recycled materials to grow food in the city: As agricultural land disappears under concrete, J2D_Afrique is growing vegetables out of kits made up of old plastic bottles and rice sacks.
- Creating fuel from agricultural waste: In Kenya, a company is recycling waste from harvested sugar cane and coffee to create fuel--a glimpse of what the circular economy could look like if it takes hold across Africa.
- Angola's scrappy micro-entrepreneurs: Collecting war detritus and other scrap metal provides at least some income for hundreds of families.
- Self-service car sharing comes to Morocco: After a successful pilot project in Casablanca in 2015, a self-service car sharing service is being rolled out in other Moroccan cities.
- On the brink of a new telecoms Revolution.
- Safaricom: vulnerable in Strength: Calls for regulation may bring Safaricom problems in its home market, but the operator is now freer to expand outside Kenya.
- Video on demand to drive mobile Revenues: With faster download speeds soon to be available, video is set to provide mobile operators new ways to boost revenue.
- 'Download speeds in some African cities are among the fastest in the world'.
- UAE trade with Africa rockets: The UAE's ties have traditionally been with North Africa, but a number of factors are now persuading Emirati firms to look south of the Sahara.
- UAE firms invest heavily in African Infrastructure: Expectations of growth are driving big investments in telecoms, aviation and logistics by UAE corporations.
- FORUM AIMS TO STEP UP AFRICA-GCC TRADE VOLUMES.
- A space facing many challenges.
- Nigeria's banking system remains Fragile: Nigeria's banks have avoided crisis in the aftermath of the 2014 oil price crash, but the central bank is keeping a close watch on them.
- Olam's port ambitions.
- Three questions for Gagan Gupta, President of Olam Gabon.
- Fixing education system is key to solving Nigeria's problems.
- Africa's cotton industry looks to the future.
- EU offers more development cash for migration control: The EU is offering African countries more development cash to stem the flow of refugees, but can this policy address the root causes of migration?
- Quantitative easing by stealth: The Central Bank of Nigeria has been accused of providing "piggy bank" services to the government in a process that could have a negative impact on businesses.
- Somaliland's women show their entrepreneurial spirit: Somaliland may be a conservative Muslim country, but when it comes to business its women do not feel their freedom is curtailed.
- Startup Africa: Much hype, not so much impact? African startups are attracting the world's attention, but fragmented markets, lack of funding and unfriendly business environments pose problems for the continent's new entrepreneurs.