PARIS, France, May 26, 2014/ *– *After the CTIC incubator in Senegal and the Ebène project in Mauritius, Orange (http://www.orange.com) announces the opening of the first start-up incubator in Niger. Orange Niger and its local partners* have helped to set-up CIPMEN, a small- and medium-sized business (SME) incubator designed to encourage the creation of new and innovative companies in…
Rethinking ‘Capital’: Marx, Piketty, and the Mirage of Inequality By Miki Tasseni First published in Business Times, Dar es Salaam Reviewers and seasoned analysts have recently been captivated by a new book that has stirred bourgeois discomfort in elite policy circles: Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Authored by French economist and philosopher Thomas Piketty, this modern tome attempts to…
The forthcoming West African Mining and Power Exhibition (WAMPEX) in Accra will host a large contingent of Indian companies, including construction machinery specialist Delco Automotive India. WAMPEX takes place from 28 to 30 May at Accra Convention Centre in Accra, Ghana. Delco Automotive India plans to showcase the range of Indian-manufactured light construction and road building machinery, concrete processing…
Today, the Orange Group (http://www.orange.com) announced that it has signed an agreement with Africell Holding for the sale of its majority stake in Orange Uganda. The transaction is subject to approval from the relevant authorities. It will enable the company in Uganda to continue its development. This transaction marks a new step in the Orange Group’s asset portfolio optimisation…
By Ali A. Mufuruki: I have been telling myself to refrain from the urge to respond to what is in my view the worst insult ever made to our honour as a nation and as a people since we freed ourselves from colonialism a little over half a century ago. This insult was uttered by none other than one…
Babati, May 14th 2014 – Tigo today opened a new customer care branch in Babati that is expected to reduce inconveniences encountered by the residents who previously had limited direct access to the company’s customer services. Present during the inauguration was Babati District Commissioner, Khalid Mandia, who commended Tigo for bringing its services closer to the people of the…
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 11 May, 2014 The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) in collaboration with Image-Ad, a Ghanaian-based ICT Company, will organize a two-day training workshop – May 12-13, 2014 “ in Dar es Salaam for agribusinesses in Tanzania. The workshop, will bring together over 30 stakeholders across Tanzania, and seeks to provide training to…
This story was first Published in Business Times Friday, 14 March 2014, and is written by JOHN KIMBUTE: CHANCES are that the Government of Tanzania will have to part with hundreds of billions of shillings in favour of the Standard Chartered Bank of Hong Hong (SCB-HK) following a judgment and demand note delivered by the International Centre for Settlement…
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, 5th May 2014 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The recently released A.T Kearney African Retail Development Index ranks Tanzania amongst the 10 most attractive African markets for retailers looking to expand. For Sumesh Rahavendra, Head of Marketing for DHL Express in Sub Saharan Africa, retail expansion is key to DHL Express’ Africa business strategy. According to…
ABUJA, Nigeria,April 29, 2014/ *– *On Thursday, May 8th 2014, the Africa Progress Panel (http://www.africaprogresspanel.org) will release its annual Africa Progress Report – Grain, Fish, Money – Financing Africa’s Green and Blue revolutions, at the World Economic Forum on Africa held in Abuja, Nigeria. Chaired by former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, last year’s report Equity in Extractives – Stewarding…