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South Africa’s Economic Crossroads: How a Coalition Government Navigates the Perfect Storm

After two decades of covering emerging markets, I've rarely encountered an economy as paradoxical as South Africa's current state. The numbers tell a story of cautious optimism: GDP growth...

Africa’s Warehouses are Full: What’s Driving the Boom?

Africa's industrial landscape is experiencing a remarkable transformation. In the first half of 2025, modern warehouse occupancy across...

Amazon Launches Louisiana’s First Same-Day Delivery Hub in Jefferson Parish

Amazon has officially opened the doors to its first-ever same-day delivery site in Louisiana, a move set to...

Walmart’s South African Gambit: The $358 Million Bet That Could Reshape Continental Retail

The announcement came with characteristic Walmart efficiency: a Tuesday morning press release confirming what retail analysts have anticipated...

Ethiopia Inaugurates Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam as Regional Tensions Persist

Ethiopia officially inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on Tuesday, marking the completion of Africa's largest hydroelectric project...

Bollore signs deal to sell Africa operations to MSC

MSC Group has confirmed that it has entered into a share purchase agreement with Bolloré SE relating to the...

How the exhibition industry is recovering

UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, has released the latest edition of its flagship Global Barometer research,...

Improvon extends expansion with huge logistics park in South Africa

Warehousing and logistics property developer Improvon is constructing a major business and logistics park for a whopping R1.3 billion. Improvon,...

Toyota Kenya Rebrands to CFAO Motors Kenya

Leading automotive company Toyota Kenya Limited has rebranded to CFAO Motors Kenya Limited effective February 2022, a move that...

First Graphene supports South African concrete and construction materials market

First Graphene Limited says it has signed a distribution agreement with the South African-based Nanoproof Glade Chemicals Joint Venture...

E-commerce logistics market grew by 19.9% in 2021, says Ti’s latest report

Ti’s latest data shows that, regionally, in 2021 Asia Pacific is still the biggest e-commerce logistics market, followed by...

Hapag-Lloyd to acquire container liner business of Africa specialist Deutsche Afrika-Linien (DAL)

Hapag-Lloyd and German carrier Deutsche Afrika-Linien (DAL) today signed a framework agreement under which Hapag-Lloyd will acquire the container...

Ethiopian Inks deal with International Djibouti Industrial Park Operation and Air Djibouti for Sea...

Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s best airline and winner of multiple global awards, has signed a strategic partnership agreement to jointly...

Moderna mulls first MRNA manufacturing facility in Africa

Biotechnology firm Moderna has announced that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Kenya...

Boeing, Ethiopian Airlines Sign MoU for New 777-8 Freighter

Boeing and its longstanding customer Ethiopian Airlines today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the...

DP World set to acquire South Africa’s Imperial Logistics

DP World has acquired South Africa's Imperial Logistics after the Competition Tribunal conditionally approved the acquisition. “We are excited about...

BioNTainer: new facility for vaccine production in Africa

BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX, “BioNTech”) has taken a next step to improve vaccine supply in Africa. The company has introduced...

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