The chairman of the taskforce overseeing the creation of the Kigali Free Trade Zone (KFTZ) in Rwanda has said it will be launched in April this year.

Speaking to Business Times, Alex Ruzibukira, head of the Kigali Free Trade Zone initiative at the state-run Rwanda Development Board, said around 90 per cent of the work on the 250-hectare project has been completed.

With the necessary infrastructure now in place, investors will be able to commence construction of factories and warehouses.

Oil and gas exploration in Bahrain is set to boom over the next decade; and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) is positioning itself to help drive this exciting period of development.

Established less than 10 years ago, Fortis Healthcare has become India’s largest private healthcare provider. Managing director Shivinder Mohan Singh explains to Gay Sutton how the company is providing world-class medical care while using economies of scale and improving efficiency to bring costs down.

One of the most famous nautical names in the world offers a surprising mix of services, as Alan Swaby discovers.

There can’t be many ports which have an ancestry going back 2,000 years or which, at least these days, handles so little actual freight as Gibraltar. In many ways, it is unique—not just in terms of its location at the crossroads of the north-south and east-west shipping routes, but also in terms of its business mix.

Across Southern Africa the economic downturn has hampered efforts to build crucial infrastructure, resulting in power shortages across the region at a time when demand for power continues to escalate. Being no stranger to this scenario, Botswana is now turning to companies like Asenjo Energy to utilise its vast quantities of coal. Chief operating officer Malcolm Campbell talks to Andrew Pelis.

In 10 years, Al Suwaidi Equipment and Transport Company Limited has grown from being a basic equipment rental company into a major league player in the equipment services and engineered heavy lift arena for the petrochemical and hydrocarbon markets in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East—and by forming smart alliances, it is now active throughout the region wherever heavy lifting is required.

This South African-based specialist in aircraft seating made from composite materials is well-placed to take advantage of the international effort to reduce the weight of airliners.

AAT Composites is a specialist in the manufacture of high-tech, high-specification composite carbon and glass fibre seating components for the airline industry. The company was founded near Cape Town, South Africa, in 1983 as Aerodyne Technology, later becoming Aerodyne Aviation Technology.

Two new power stations that will convert landfill gas to electricity are to be installed at Fort Benning, Georgia, as part of a green power initiative by the US Department of Defense.

Irvine, California-based FlexEnergy will deliver two of its Powerstation units to Fort Benning in collaboration with Southern Research Institute (SRI) through the DoD's Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTC).

Work is progressing well on South Africa’s Mossel Bay desalination plant project, according to a report by marine services provider SMIT Amandla Marine.

The Cape Town-based company submitted a tender to provide marine services on the project last September and subsequently won the contract.

Lockheed Martin has passed a landmark in its F-35 Lightning II program with the inaugural flight of the first production model of the jet sometimes referred to as the stealth fighter or joint strike fighter.

The one-hour flight of an F-35A conventional takeoff-and-landing version took off from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base.