From FINANCIALS 2:54pm

Africa still bursts with private equity activity

Many funding deals are to be found over a shared glass in a bar

From COMMENT Mar 10, 2013

The telecoms numbers that didn’t add up

Multinationals failed to read the potential for mobile phone use across Africa

From ENERGY Mar 8, 2013

Veolia sells Moroccan unit for €370m

Move part of plan to pay down debt

Jacko Maree ©Bloomberg From FINANCIALS Mar 7, 2013

Standard Bank chief to step down

Africa’s largest bank announces joint new heads

From TELECOMS Mar 6, 2013

MTN seeks telecoms licence in Myanmar

South African group among 90 entities interested in market

From WORLD Mar 5, 2013

Libya’s pursuit of lost billions ‘in limbo’

Under-threat wealth fund head accuses ‘men in the shadows’

From ENERGY Mar 5, 2013

Harare to ‘indigenise’ Zimplats land

Government plans to acquire half group’s mining claims

From ENERGY Mar 4, 2013

Ophir seeks to raise £553m

Group eyes £462m from rights issue and £91m placing

Jacob Zuma, South African president ©AFP From WORLD Mar 3, 2013

Zuma warns west’s ‘colonial’ corporates

Change attitude or risk losing business to China, says SA president

a man with his hands tethered to the back of a police vehicle being dragged behind as police hold his legs up and the vehicle apparently drives off, east of Johannesburg ©AP From WORLD Feb 28, 2013

S African police watchdog probes death

Officers investigated for dragging man tied to back of police van

The Monday Interview from MANAGEMENT Feb 24, 2013

From oil painter to the C-suite

Bob Collymore, head of Kenya’s Safaricom, has built a career based on constant adaptation

From WORLD Feb 20, 2013

Currency crisis hits Egypt’s wheat supply

Inventories fall as Cairo struggles to buy grain

From ENERGY Feb 20, 2013

South African strikes cut AngloGold profits

Gold miner reports sharp drop in fourth-quarter earnings

From MANAGEMENT Feb 19, 2013

New carrier’s bumpy take-off in Tunisia

Mohamed Frikha’s upstart airline is battling old interests

From ENERGY Feb 19, 2013

Amplats halts South Africa production

Platinum miner calls for calm after clashes

From ENERGY Feb 18, 2013

Violence breaks out at South African mine

Rubber bullets fired to stop union clash at Amplats site

From COMMENT Feb 17, 2013

South Africa: A faded rainbow

Protests and disaffection threaten the ANC’s hegemony but President Zuma insists the ruling party is not to blame

From MEDIA Feb 17, 2013

Independent News & Media to sell SA unit

Irish group under pressure from its banks to cut debt burden

From ENERGY Feb 15, 2013

Madagascar Oil concludes £50m fundraising

Successful placing hit by $3m break fee

From ENERGY Feb 15, 2013

Amplats woes hit Johnson Matthey

Precious metals refiner to lose discounts worth £35m a year as well as marketing deal

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