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As Nigeria is set to implement a policy banning the importation of tomato paste into the country, stakeholders in the tomato value chain under the auspices of the Nigeria YieldWise Initiative were recently at the Saint Louis River Bank Irrigation Scheme, in  Republic of Senegal, on a learning and exchange…

The United Nations adopted the Global Agenda for Sustainable Development on 25 September, 2015; the 2030 Agenda is a set of seventeen (17) interrelated goals with 169 targets between them. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal call to transformative action; an inclusive agenda designed to eradicate poverty, protect…

‘Merci l’Afrique – ensemble, nous continuerons à créer de nouvelles possibilités’   L’excellence de la marque pour les gens:M. Justin Hume, Directeur Marketing, Samsung Electronics Afrique du Sud (gauche) et Mme Sthe Shabangu (middle) PR, Public Affairs et Citizenship Corporate Lead, Samsung Africa Office accepte la marque la plus admiree…

‘Thank you Africa – together we’ll keep creating new possibilities’ Brand excellence for the people: Mr. Justin Hume, Chief Marketing Officer, Samsung Electronics South Africa (left) and Ms. Sthe Shabangu (middle), PR, Public Affairs and Corporate Citizenship lead, Samsung Africa Office accepts the ‘Most Admired Brand in Africa’ award on…

Credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) has downgraded South Africa’s rating to junk status, as the country’s currency continued to slide following a major cabinet reshuffle. In an unscheduled review that prompted a sell-off in South African assets, S&P on Monday cited the impact of divisions in the government…

The past week in South Africa has been fraught with political tensions and social melodrama that has, at times, resembled farce. President Jacob Zuma recalled Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and others from a key global economic roadshow (and recalled the deputy finance minister who was actually still in the country),…

Pirates have hijacked an Indian commercial ship off the coast of Somalia, the second attack in weeks after years of inactivity by pirates, industry and security sources said. United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), which coordinates the management of all merchant ships and yachts in the Gulf of Aden area,…

By Brett Parker, Managing Director – SAP Africa at SAP   Brett Parker, Managing Director – SAP Africa at SAP JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 3 April 2017,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- You may have heard about the sword of Damocles, hanging above its target by a single hair. It’s a metaphor often…