Category: North Africa

The opportunities and trends of East Africa’s automotive aftermarket is under the microscope, as more than 200 industry professionals attended a two-day roadshow analysing the region’s fast-growing potential. The double-digit growth for auto-parts demand in the world’s second largest continent continues to put it in firmly in the sights of the world’s leading aftermarket suppliers.

Emirates has frequent promotions where the airline offers its Ethiopian and Kenyan customers a free UAE visa when booking a ticket to Dubai to further increase its share of the continent’s air traffic. Offering free tourist visas is but one of the popular marketing play employed by some airlines as they aggressively push for an ever

Africa’s agriculture sector can emerge as the food provider to the world by implementing better policies… After years of neglect, Africa’s agriculture sector is finally being recognised as a powerful driver of the continents growing economy. Agriculture and the business of buying and selling agricultural produce grown in Africa now accounts for nearly half the

Botswana’s mining of nickel and copper, led by companies such as BCL, forms a significant part of the country’s economy Botswana may be known for its diamonds, but it is also one of Africa’s major nickel producers: the metal features among the country’s most important exports and employing industries. Selebi-Phikwe is the current centre of

Port Sudan – lying on the spectacular Red Sea coast – is a logistics hub that holds a visionary investment park and a key oil refinery, as well as acting as a strategic maritime gateway and potential tourism destination Every year from Port Sudan – home to Sudan’s main seaport – around $4 billion worth

Following the Gulf funded extension of the Roseires Dam in 2013, Sudan is further looking to harness the country’s huge hydropower potential in order to boost power generation, while investment opportunities in renewables are also available Provision of basic services such as electricity remains closely linked to economic growth. Electricity services are particularly essential, and

Having built a highly successful company in ‘Bee Group’, Widad Yakoub Ibrahim is one of Sudan’s most influential women, and has used her position inspirationally to help empower people throughout the country. The characteristics of honey bees are well known; highly organized; highly active and highly productive. Having strongly identified with such values, Widad Yakoub

Khartoum’s doors open for international investment amidst wealth of opportunities Safety and security may not be the first words that come to mind when thinking about Sudan, especially given the portrayal the country gets from global media coverage. But the reality of the situation is that they should be. Sudan is a modern, dynamic, safe

In line with sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA) projected economic growth of 4.9% this year, which is double the projection for advanced economies (2.4%)(2), DHL expects 2015 to be a year of growth for the logistics industry on the African continent, largely driven by increased consumer demand and the rapidly developing e-commerce industry. This is according to

Many governments in Africa are offering excellent incentives and tax exemptions in an effort to attract foreign investors in the agricaultural sector: Sudan The new policy  explained by Dr Samson Kwaje, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of   the Government of Southern Sudan, involves leasing (for 8-32 years) a minimum 60,000 acres of land to