Africa

Swiss food giant Nestlé has opened a new state-of-the-art factory in Nigeria’s Ogun state.

The NGN12 billion (approx. €57 million) Flowergate factory will be primarily dedicated to the production of the company’s Maggi branded range.

The 12 hectare facility—Nestlé’s 27th in Africa—will offer jobs to 180 people and indirect jobs to hundreds more.

West Africa-focused Stellar Diamonds has reported “encouraging” initial diamond recoveries from drill core samples of the company's Droujba kimberlite pipe in south-east Guinea.

The company recovered 538 diamonds from 291.62kg of kimberlite, including five commercial-sized diamonds larger than 0.85mm.

The majority of the diamonds recovered are classified as white, colourless and transparent.

Hans Paulsen, managing director of Zamtel, Zambia’s only total communications solutions provider, talks to Jayne Alverca about the restructuring programme that is creating the foundation for a brighter future.

Polaris International Industrial Parks looks set to become an historic project that will cement economic relations between Turkey and Egypt. Osman Arikan, general manager, and Elif Gurpinar, corporate communications director, talk to Jayne Alverca.

Gianni Porta, operations directorfor Sub-Saharan Africa at civil engineering construction firm Impregilo S.p.a., talks to Jane Bordenave about the Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme.

Steve Timms, managing director of HGS Ghana Ltd, talks to Jayne Alverca about what it means to protect and enhance mining and industrial assets.

2010 was South Africa’s year of pride: it was never going to be easy to get back to business as usual following the World Cup but building world class infrastructure is still a work in progress for Goba, the country’s leading consulting engineering firm.

Maintaining growth at a manageable rate is hard enough, without the added complications of red tape when that growth is cross-border. Wayne Hartmann gives Andrew Pelis an insight into the strategy behind an ambitious international expansion programme.

Continuous improvement is not just a manufacturing issue. Moroccan sugar company Cosumar is making improvements across the company, from agricultural practice through to customer service. Ben Sansom reports.

City Power Johannesburg (Pty) Ltd is realising its vision to become a world class electricity distributor. Jayne Alverca reports.

City Power Johannesburg (Pty) Ltd is a municipal-owned enterprise which was created in 2000 as the best way to meet the city’s current and projected electricity needs. In keeping with Johannesburg’s intention to become a world class African city, the vision of City Power is to perform as a world class electricity distributor.