Emerging Market Prospects for LED Lighting
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The African lighting market is the emerging market prospects for LED lighting.
Recently a Zimbabwe began to use the LED street news cause industry attention, recognises this will make energy savings and reduced lighting operating costs for African cities, will be the lighting business in Africa a new milestone.
China-Africa trade volume has grown rapidly in African LED lighting demand increasing.
It is understood that dates back to the 1950-present, average annual growth of China-Africa trade volume 43.5%. As of 2011, China-Africa trade volume has reached US $ 160 billion, China has become Africa's largest trade partner.
Off-grid lighting market in Africa maturing even faster than expected
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- Published on Wednesday, 20 November 2013 10:38
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Africa is set to become the world’s largest market for clean off-grid lamps, with up to 140 million people having access to better lighting by 2015. This is one of the main findings of the new market research report that Lighting Africa released today. The market for quality off-grid lighting products in Africa has seen a 300 percent growth in sales in the past three years.
The Lighting Africa Market Trends Report 2012 – Overview of an the Off-Grid Lighting Market in Africa, provides a snapshot of the region’s off-grid lighting market in Africa.
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DHL and Engen announce major African retail partnership
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- Published on Wednesday, 20 November 2013 09:22
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Engen service stations across Africa to serve as DHL Service Points
Two significant multinationals join forces to increase consumer access in Africa
DHL Express (htt, the world's leading international express services provider and Engen, Africa's leading multinational fuel retailer and provider of convenience services, have signed a retail partnership, in a bid to provide customers with better access to global express services.
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Barloworld eyes expansion into Africa
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BARLOWORLD is targeting six sectors to boost the growth of its business, and is positioning itself "to expand into west and east Africa", according to CEO Clive Thomson.
While the diversified industrials company has continually expanded its operations outside of South Africa, its African growth has tended to focus more on countries south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In results released this week, in which it reported a strong 26% rise in headline earnings per share for its year ended September, Barloworld emphasised its strategy to reallocate capital to "higher return opportunities" over time.