Maruti Suzuki – India’s largest car manufacturer – is looking to increase vehicle exports by 20% this fiscal year by focusing on increasing sales in Africa and the Middle East. The company has exported 92 000 units to over 100 countries to date, in...
Last Monday, striking Zimbabwean and Tanzanian railway workers over non-payment of wages by the Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara) downed tools , with the railway management declaring that all train operations “have been suspended...
Namibia’s most dangerous stretch of road is set to be upgraded by Aveng Grinaker-LTA in an N$ 239 million contract. The project entails upgrading the B1 motorway to a dual carriageway between Windhoek and Okahandja, from 24.5 kmto 34.5 km, states...
According to the Rwandan Minister of Infrastructure, James Musoni, the recently opened Rusumo One Stop Border Post in eastern Rwanda will unlock business opportunities for the country and also boost intra-regional trade. Musoni was speaking at the...
In its latest weekly Container Insight Report , Drewry Maritime Research has shown that 100 000 TEUs of new containerships scheduled for delivery in 2014 are estimated to have slipped into 2015. This might have eased supply demand for 2014, but it...
26-year-old Kyle Eckstein, who has worked for SAB for the past three years as a production planner, has become an APICS CPIM (certified in production and inventory management) in record time. Kyle has been an APICS member since June 2014 and had...
A 30 000 litre Avgas refuelling tank has been installed at Nacala Airport in Mozambique by Air BP. The tank has been in operation since 1 December 2014 and is the sole supplier of Avgas at the airport. Air BP serves a total of seven Mozambique...
With business development in mind, the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) will lead a delegation of companies from the US state of Mississippi to South Africa from March 23-27 this year, with stops in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. The...
Despite a slight reduction in deaths on the country’s roads this past festive season, the South African Road Federation (SARF) says that South Africa still has the second highest road accident fatality rate per 100 000 population in Africa. With 1...
