Month: March 2016

RWANDA – The National Agriculture Export Board (NAEB) has drafted a new handling model to boost quality tea exports along value chain and remain competitive.

SOUTH AFRICA – Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) on Thursday proposed a final dividend of €2 per share subject to shareholder approval at the company’s annual general meeting.

SOUTH AFRICA – Massmart said on Thursday it remained concerned about the deteriorating South African economy and expected its business to remain under pressure during the year ahead.

SOUTH AFRICA – Massmart said on Thursday it remained concerned about the deteriorating South African economy and expected its business to remain under pressure during the year ahead.

SOUTH AFRICA – Whitey Basson, CEO of Africa’s largest grocer, Shoprite, on Tuesday took aim at the government for what he said was its neglect of the basics, such as job creation, crime and education.

SOUTH AFRICA – Whitey Basson, CEO of Africa’s largest grocer, Shoprite, on Tuesday took aim at the government for what he said was its neglect of the basics, such as job creation, crime and education.

KENYA – Unga Group’s net profit for the six months to December has dropped 20.6 per cent in the absence of the one-off gain they received in the previous period from the sale of a paper packaging subsidiary.