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Strides in Kenya's Paint Making Industry

What comes to mind when you hear the word paint? ... You'll probably glance at the wall next to you; Peter Marangi of Duracoat fame might come to mind or that girl in your office whose make-up reminds you of war paint.

Paint making dates back to time immemorial. Throughout

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"Industrial Electrical Zone" Will Be a Hot Spot on MATELEC EIBT China 2014

With the deepening of China's reform and opening up, the world's electrical equipment manufacturers accelerated to enter into this huge, attractive market in which industrial electrical field is one of the most promising areas.

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Sun Hotel Group To Build $298.5m Leisure Complex

JSE-listed Sun International on Wednesday said it has proposed to the Gauteng Gambling Board to build a R3 billion ($298.5 million) leisure campus in Tshwane’s eastern suburbs.

The hotel and leisure group said the large mixed-use zone – to be known as Time Square at Menlyn

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South Africa's Aspen in $1 billion deal with Merck

Aspen Pharmacare said on Thursday that it would acquire drugs and a plant from U.S. firm Merck in a $1 billion deal that bolsters its presence in Europe, Latin America and Asia.
Africa's biggest maker of generic drugs said it would buy an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) business

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