African Business News

“Business, Govt should promote brand SA”

The South African government and the business sector will meet within two months in an attempt to overcome obstacles to economic growth, it was decided at a government-business meeting in Pretoria on Sunday.

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Government Buys UTH Oxygen Machines

Health Minister Joseph Kasonde has announced that the government has procured new oxygen machines to provide continuous supply to patients at the University Teaching Hospital following heavy criticism from opposition and civil society.

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Microsoft and Huawei team to sell smartphones in Africa

Microsoft, taking aim at the world’s fastest-growing smartphone market, said on Monday that it would team up with Huawei of China to sell a low-cost Windows smartphone in Africa.

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Building ‘bridges of friendship’ in Tanzania, the Indian way

Paying tribute to the achievements of around 40,000 persons of Indian origin and Indian businessmen in Tanzania, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh lauded their “entrepreneurial spirit” and said they were “a bridge of friendship” with this East African nation that an Indian prime minister was visiting after 14 years.

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