African Business News

South Africa: Business Looks to Zuma’s Address

South African business will be looking to President Jacob Zuma’s 2013 State of the Nation Address (Sona) to spell out out how the private sector can play a greater role in the country’s infrastructure drive and National Development Plan, says Business Unity SA (Busa).

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Central Banks plan increased controls

Financial sector regulators in sub-Saharan Africa may establish supervisory colleges to enhance supervisory co-operation and information exchange amongst them.

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Tanzania: Varsity to Offer Seed Breeding Lessons

Morogoro – Despite the fact that Tanzania hasn’t yet accepted the use of Genetic Modified seeds, the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) says that it has been offering such lessons for the past 12 years in order to equip the country with global modern technological change in plant breeding.

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IBM Chief heaps praise on African businesses

Global technology company IBM is expanding its African footprint in response to demand for its services from forward-thinking companies on the continent.

Africa’s business leaders have been praised for using technology to transform their operations by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IBM, Ginni Rometty.

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