A new R700-million private equity fund has been launched with the aim of investing in the buoyant agribusiness sector across sub-Saharan Africa. The Agri-Vie Fund, formed by Sanlam Private Equity and the investment group Strategy Partners, will focus on entrepreneurs involved in the agribusiness value chain, rather than directly in the farming industry. It offers an [...]
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UHUNZI is a local startup-iron smelting and molding foundry-cottage industry that is set to rock the international scene with innovative African products uniquely Kenyan.The proprietor of the Limuru based foundry Mr Adam Withey was exclusively interviewed by CNBC Africa’s Terryanne Chebet on the weekly roundup program “Kenya This Week”.The company makes use of scrap metal [...]
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UK (SANEPR.com) June 27, 2008 — In the first months of 2008 Kenya’s travel industry was hit by political turmoil, however one specialist African tour operator is now looking to change the fortunes of Kenya with a campaign that spans both the virtual and the real world.
Acacia Adventure Holidays is launching “Crazy About Kenya,” a [...]
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South Africa (SANEPR.com) June 24, 2008 — This specialised credit and risk training programme will be held on the 28-30 July 2008 in Nairobi and follows on from the highly successful Risk Management Best Practices Seminar that was delivered to the member banks.
The Collections Management Best Practices Seminar is a three day programme providing delegates [...]
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Lonrho Plc`s bottled water division, Lonrho Spring`s BVI, is pleased to announce substantial progress in its scheduled development of a pan African water business.
Since acquiring the technology and brand name of Swissta Holdings in May 2007, the company has subsequently become the market leader in Mozambique, is doubling the size of the plant in Kinshasa, [...]
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Leading South African pharmaceutical company Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited has expanded into Africa with the acquisition of 60% of the share capital of Shelys Africa Limited. With operations in East and Central Africa Shelys Africa Limited is the holding company of a group of East African pharmaceutical companies. The principal operations include Shelys Pharmaceuticals in [...]
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Until recent electoral violence Kenya played a significant but understated role on the African continent.
Despite horrific Al Qaeda linked bomb attacks at the US Embassy a couple of years back, Kenya had continued to craft a niche as a small, stable and reliable country on the African continent – no mean feat situated amongst the [...]
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