Africa

Uranium mining plays a significant role in the nuclear energy chain—and in Namibia, the Trekkopje uranium mine and desalination plant represent the largest direct foreign investment ever made in Namibia.

Managing director Paul Craig talks to Vincent Kielty about how a local Ghanaian company has forged a reputation for excellence in a challenging marketplace.

Valiant Investments has announced that it has invested a further US$50,000 into Trilith Resources.

Valiant said that the funds will be used by UK-based Trilith to acquire natural resource projects in Zambia and Tanzania, with a principle focus on gold and copper mineralisation.

UK-based Valiant has now invested a total of $150,000 (approximately €104,000) into Trilith.

The South African seafood division of Lonrho has signed a deal to supply the US retailing giant Walmart.

Walmart will be stocking Oceanfresh’s pure hake fillets in 500 of its stores from October this year.

The Oceanfresh fillets come from wild caught, sustainably sourced white hake that is caught in the Benguela current off the coast of Southern Africa.

Having cornered the global export market for the right-hand drive Polo and total production for the derivative Cross Polo, automotive manufacturer Volkswagen Group South Africa has embarked on a major development programme to upgrade facilities, and improve productivity and efficiency. Manufacturing planning division head Chris Glover talks to Gay Sutton about the latest project—the construction of a new press shop.

Namibia’s telecommunications revolution continues as Telecom Namibia increases its business and profitability. Communications is the cement that will knit the country’s industry sectors together and connect them to global markets.

The pace at which Namibia emerges from its recent reclassification by the World Bank as an upper-middle income country to attain a ‘developed nation’ status by 2030 hinges, to some extent, on a dependable, modern and fit-for-purpose communications system.

Mahmood Ismail, managing director of Shoreline Beverages, tells Jane Bordenave about the importance of innovation in his business and how to compete against the big boys.

The Rezidor Hotel Group is one of the world’s fastest growing hotel chains, and a strong presence in emerging markets is viewed as critical to the group’s long-term success. Andrew McLachlan, VP for Africa & the Indian Ocean Islands, talks to Jayne Alverca about the factors that are driving the company’s stellar growth in Africa.

...and clear strategic thinking mean that after five years building a nationwide fibre optic communication backbone, Neotel is leading the migration to next generation communications. Dr Angus Hay talks to Gay Sutton about the steps that are making cloud computing available in South Africa.

Alan Swaby looks at a now thriving business that was once rejected as having no marketing potential.

Like evolution and survival of the fittest, the beauty of the free market is that it encourages new life forms. Take the case of Andalusite Resources in South Africa as an example. It is now sitting on a successful and potentially very valuable business because the once dominant life force became complacent and relaxed its guard, enabling a new life form to gain a toe-hold.