Africa

Africa’s IT industry is gearing up toward the clouds on the opening day of the annual summit conference.

Hosted by international business-to-business conferencing company, Kinetic Events, the 3rd annual Cloud and Virtualisation Summit Africa, is being held today and tomorrow at the Hilton Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg.

The summit was officially opened by Derrick Plank, Director of ClearSpace Consulting with an interesting take on the increasing impact of cloud computing on business technology. Derrick will also be moderating the event this year.

Having established a reputation for solving tough industrial drying problems, particularly in the minerals industry, South African engineering company Drytech is now taking that expertise globally.

Jimmy Johnston, project director for the St Helena airport project, discusses the work being undertaken to deliver the island its own international airport and the benefits this will create.

Following the re-opening of the plant, which was shut down in July, the company has revealed that three yellow stones weighing 27, 17 and 15 carats respectively, and three white stones weighing 12.4, 9.2 and 9.1 carats have been recovered during the last quarter.

The country’s Tobacco Industrial and Marketing Board (TIMB) states that an estimated 120,000 hectares of land will be used for tobacco production. This follows the revelation that sales for this year totalled 144 million kilograms, bringing in $525 million at an average price of $3.66 per kilogram.

In comparison, last years’ sale of 131.9 million kilograms helped the country generate $360.9 million with a kilogram averaging at $2.74 per kilogram.

Charles Wells, general manager of sustainability, talks about the company’s approach to sustainability and the initiatives it has in place to leave behind a positive social, environmental and economic legacy when it moves on.

Swakop Uranium is about to develop Namibia’s largest uranium deposit. CEO Norman Green talks about the challenges of the project and how the company is protecting the sensitive desert environment.

Running an airline is normally a deadly serious business but this South African operator has made a name for itself by poking fun at just about everybody.

Comair in South Africa could just well be the most unusual airline in the world. Operations director Martin Louw doesn’t much care for the term Jekyll & Hyde but it’s hard to deny there is something of the schizophrenic about Comair.

Millicom International Cellular today announced it has now received all necessary documentation to complete the transaction to acquire 100 percent of Cablevision Paraguay.

Millicom will now assume management control of Cablevision Paraguay and will consolidate the operation’s results from 1 October 2012. The results for Cablevision Paraguay will be reported as part of the South America region.

American Express Travel Services South Africa is developing its continent-wide American Express franchise network to meet the unique requirements of Africa’s rapidly growing oil and gas industries.