Month: June 2016

SOUTH AFRICA – Investment giant Remgro, one of the toughest operators in the country’s hard-boiled corporate sector, is showing a sweet side.

KENYA – German multinational Lufthansa is set to launch its new kitchen at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in six months, ending NAS Servair’s six-decade long monopoly of in-flight catering business at East Africa’s biggest air transport hub.

KENYA – German multinational Lufthansa is set to launch its new kitchen at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in six months, ending NAS Servair’s six-decade long monopoly of in-flight catering business at East Africa’s biggest air transport hub.

UGANDA – Beer maker Uganda Breweries Limited has hired Mr Mark Ocitti, the managing director for East African Breweries Limited International as its new managing director effective August.

KENYA – Top processors in the country are stuck with Sh4 billion stocks of long life milk products as increased supplies force them to convert the commodity to powder, butter and UHT.

SOUTH AFRICA – South Africa’s wine industry has received a major boost with the signing of an agreement between the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) and the EU which will allow the country to export 110-million litres of wine to Europe — up from the current annual duty-free quota of 48-million litres.

ETHIOPIA – Food producer Tiger Brands on Thursday pulled the plug on a second major African market, with the sale of its stake in an Ethiopian business — less than six months after it disposed of a Nigerian venture.

ETHIOPIA – Food producer Tiger Brands on Thursday pulled the plug on a second major African market, with the sale of its stake in an Ethiopian business — less than six months after it disposed of a Nigerian venture.