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State-owned port operator will form partnerships with other African ports

Award-winning AgriManagr app assists more than 300,000 farmers

Seven-year period will see billions spent on infrastructure

Transnet Port Terminals will invest in improving efficiency and expanding ports over next seven years

Mobile insurance scheme Kilimo Salama helping Africa's small scale farmers

Anglo-Dutch company's offer subject to approval from authorities in Mozambique

Flights from Dubai to Zambia and Zimbabwe added to flight network

South Africa's state-owned transport company hopes line will be fully operational by 2021

NATO staistics reveal that number of attacks reduced from 45 in 2010 to 24 in 2011

Food producer will work with Fair Labor Association to tackle problem in Ivory Coast

Democratic Alliance hands over petition to Gauteng legislature against toll fees

South African government says country needs to strengthen its importance on global stage

International airport in northern city of Nacala will attract tourists and investment

World's largest drinks manufacturer will invest $12 billion in Africa by 2020

Currently, Africa, along with the Middle East, is at the forefront of aviation developments. Africa has an estimated $ 3.2 billion worth of airport projects coming up in countries including Sudan, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and South Africa, according to airport suppliers directory, Airport International.

Following the successful approval of landing rights from the Angolan authorities, customers will be able to fly with Kenya Airways nonstop every Tuesday and Friday to one of the most dynamic cities in Africa. The announcement comes shortly after the 33-year old airline started flights to Juba in Southern Sudan in June.

The BCI increased steadily to 84.2 in April 2010 but, with the decline in May, the BCI is only 0.8 points higher than in January 2010, which neutralized the gains in business confidence in 2010. This May, only four BCI sub-indices were positive on a month-on-month basis compared to nine in April.

The new service, which is scheduled to begin September 4, will connect Delta's Atlanta hub and Roberts International Airport in Monrovia with a stop in Accra, Ghana.

According to Chris de Vos, General Secretary of the United Transport and Allied Trade Union (UTATU), the ongoing strike by the South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) and UTATU at Transnet, which is

The two Unions involved in the strike, which is now in its second week, claim to represent some 85 percent of Transnet’s workforce combined.

Effective this Wednesday, customers will be able to purchase a single itinerary for travel on flights of both carriers in one transaction, enjoying a convenient connecting service between all JetBlue cities and 40 cities in the SAA network via JFK.  

Codeshare flights begin today and are in addition to United's previously announced nonstop service between Chicago and Brussels that launched earlier this year.   United customers are now able to purchase tickets on Brussels Airlines-operated flights between Brussels and 12 African destinations, as well as 24 European destinations.

JSE-listed automotive and logistics group Imperial is seeking more acquisitions, CEO Hubert Brody has said. Announcing the company’s interim results for the six months ended December, he said the past period of restructuring had resulted in a “strong balance sheet and right-sizing of our portfolio of businesses”.

The Manchester-based company is working in partnership with transport planning and fleet optimisation specialist OPSI to help companies use their internal and external fleets of vehicles more cost-effectively, with savings of up to 20 percent.