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DHL Aviation recently debuted two fully branded Boeing 737-400 aircraft at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, marking a significant step forward in the company’s ongoing enhancement of Sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA) logistics infrastructure. The…
In a bold step toward enhancing its footprint in the African retail landscape, Toyota Tsusho, the trading arm of the Japanese automotive giant, announced its acquisition of Goodlife Pharmacy, East Africa’s largest drugstore chain. The move presents Toyota…
Hong Kong-headquartered apparel brand Giordano has launched its first store in Ghana, adding to its African footprint, which already includes Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa, and Zambia. Partnering with local retail chain Melcom Plus, Giordano is planning to…
Michelin today announced that it will be hiking tire prices in India, Africa & the Middle East region. The increase in price is effective from June 18 in India and July 1 for the Middle East region and is applicable to all Michelin Group brands. This is the…
Vietnamese textile manufacturers are seeing orders decline with buyers moving to others, cheaper developing countries. Normally, by the end of a year they would have enough orders for the whole of the following year, Nguyen Van Thoi, chairman of TNG…
DHL Express in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has announced that the company has once again signed on as lead sponsor for the 2019 DHL eCommerce Africa Conference and Exhibition, which will be held at the Cape Town International Convention Center on the 19thand…
The Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) will officially call for applications starting from the 27th of March 2019. The ANPI is a US$10 million Prize competition for African entrepreneurs, founded by the Jack Ma Foundation. Each year for the next ten…
Burger King, the world’s second-biggest burger chain, is set to launch a string of restaurants in sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria, according to a senior executive. Daniel Schwartz, chief executive of Burger King’s parent company, Restaurant Brands…
‘People are starting to wonder if doing business in China is worth it.’ African nations have been turning to Vietnam as the business environment in China becomes increasingly more difficult. African businesses started flooding to Guangzhou City after China…
PCCW Global, the international operating division of Richard Li-owned HKT, has selected Djibouti Data Center (DDC) to facilitate network expansion and the provision of colocation and undersea fiber cable access services in East Africa. The Djibouti Data…
Faced with the highest-ever surge in food prices in the past two years, the NDA government did some brainstorming on Wednesday to devise steps to check prices, especially of pulses. At a review meeting convened by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley here, it was…
African exports to China fell by 40 percent in 2015, China’s customs office reports. China is Africa’s greatest single trading partner and its interest for African products has fuelled the continent’s recent financial development. The decrease in exports…
