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Explore more cities in one trip with the Emirates Asia Pass

Travel to multiple destinations across Southeast Asia in one single booking: Connecting Africa to Southeast Asia with the Emirates Asia Pass

Emirates (www.Emirates.com) has announced the introduction of the Emirates Asia Pass, providing travellers in the specific African Emirates markets with enhanced access to Southeast Asia. The pass is available to customers in South Africa, Kenya, Senegal, Uganda, Tunisia, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Congo, Tanzania, and Egypt, offering a streamlined and flexible…

Afreximbank

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Afreximbank delivers exceptional financial results in 2023 amidst a challenging operating environment, results well ahead of expectations

Net interest income reached US$1.4 billion at the end of the 2023 financial year, compared to US$910.3 million in 2022

African Export-Import Bank ("Afreximbank" or the "Group") (www.Afreximbank.com) has released the consolidated financial statements of the Bank and its subsidiaries for the year ended 31 December 2023. Largely propelled by the Bank's and its subsidiaries' growth, the Group's results for the financial year ended 31 December 2023 demonstrate a strong…

ThreadSol
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Threadsol Present Its Range Of Innovative Software Solutions For Apparel Manufacturers In Kenya

ThreadSol has a crucial role to play in the apparel industry, especially in Africa with the emergence of the industry

ThreadSol (www.ThreadSol.com) - the pioneer in enterprise material management for sewn products’ industry, is pleased to participate in Origin Africa 2018 from 9th September to 11th September at booth #46. During the fair, ThreadSol will present its range of innovative software solutions for the apparel manufacturers.  In these times of…

IRU World Congress
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IRU Media Award on the Future of Transport and Trade now open for entries

IRU is launching its media award, recognising significant contributions from the media to the transport sector debate, to coincide with its World Congress in Oman, 6-8 November 2018

This year’s honour is around the theme of “the future of transport and trade”. Tying in with the World Congress focus on “innovation on the move”, the piece must offer valuable insights into the road transport industry’s future and ideally link this to the wider context of geopolitical developments, trade…

Presidence de la République de Djibouti
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Djibouti's many international investment projects set a new pace for economic emergence

Djibouti ensures the de facto safety of the world's main shipping route through which 70% of international traffic passes

On 22 February, the Republic of Djibouti terminated the DCT (Doraleh Container Terminal) concession, in which DP World is a shareholder and operator. This decision was taken after numerous unsuccessful attempts to get DP World to renegotiate a contract that was clearly contrary to the fundamental interests of the nation.…

DHL Express
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African businesses should embrace cross-border e-commerce, says DHL

Cross-border retail volumes are predicted to increase at an annual average rate of 25% between 2015 and 2020

Cross border e-commerce continues to provide significant growth opportunities for retailers and manufacturers with an international online product offering. According to a 2017 DHL report, cross-border retail volumes are predicted to increase at an annual average rate of 25% between 2015 and 2020 (from USD 300 Billion to USD 900…

IRU World Congress
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Saudi Arabia joins TIR eyeing regional trade boost

Saudi Arabia has become the 74th country to sign the United Nation’s TIR Convention, the global standard for customs transit.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has become the 74th country to ratify the TIR Convention. The Saudi government will use the TIR system to help improve and develop its transport sector, as outlined in its 2030 Vision and 2020 National Transformation Program, positioning the country as a key logistics hub.…

Parliament of the Republic of South Africa
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Scopa Wants Impasse between Eskom And Municipalities Resolved

Municipalities raised several challenges, including the challenge of illegal connections in communities, high unemployment rate which leads to people not able to pay the municipality while the municipality continues to provide electricity, ageing infrastructure and debt collectors who are overcharging municipalities.

The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) today met with the top 10 municipalities that are owing Eskom about R10 billion of the R13 billion electricity debt that is owed by municipalities to Eskom. This meeting stems from a meeting Scopa had with Eskom, Salga (South African Local Government Association)…

Presidence de la République de Djibouti

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Djibouti's many international investment projects set a new pace for economic emergence

Economic growth is expected to remain at high levels – around 7% for 2018 and 2019 – making Djibouti one of Africa's top ten economies in terms of growth

On 22 February, the Republic of Djibouti (Presidence.dj) terminated the DCT (Doraleh Container Terminal) concession, in which DP World is a shareholder and operator. This decision was taken after numerous unsuccessful attempts to get DP World to renegotiate a contract that was clearly contrary to the fundamental interests of the…