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  Markets

  South Africa Business Forecast Report Q1 2012 – Market Report. We see the South African economy continuing its uneven recovery over the medium term, with real GDP growth expected to stand at a relatively tepid 3.9% in 2012.
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  Markets

  Zimbabwe seeks to attract South African investors. Zimbabwe is open for business, Economic Planning and Investment Promotion, Minister Tapiwa Mashakada said on Thursday, urging South African companies to investigate investment opportunities.
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  Energy

  Mozambique plans to tax Cove Energy sale. Reuters  – Mozambique wants to impose a capital gains tax on the sale of Cove Energy, the Africa-focused gas explorer at the centre of a bidding war.
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  General

  ‘No business culture in South Africa’. In the 2012 Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI), which measures a country’s entrepreneurial strengths and weaknesses, South Africa fell from 39 last year to 45 this year.
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  Logistics & Transportation

  The Business of Air Travel: How are African Airlines Faring? African passenger numbers are rising faster than other regions and more customers are looking for the best perks in luxury travel.
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  Logistics & Transportation

  Nigerians denied entry into South Africa over “Yellow Card”. Nigerians travelling to South Africa have been refused entry into the country.
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  ETFs & VC

  Business confidence, less exposure to global turmoil and strong regional trading bloc puts East Africa ahead of South and West Africa. shows in comparison with South Africa and West Africa, PE executives polled cited East Africa’s higher growth potential, more business confidence, less exposure to global turmoil and the benefits of a strong regional trading bloc...
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  Energy

  Liberia to benefit from World Bank’s Lighting Africa Initiative. MONROVIA (Xinhua) — With the help of the World Bank, the Rural Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) of Liberia has launched the Commercialization of Off-Grid Solar Electric Lighting in Liberia that is aimed at providing affordable lighting for...
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  “Africa Incorporated: Cultivating an Integrated Market” #HBSABC. The just concluded Africa Business Conference (held Saturday March 3rd), was yet another platform for young Africans everywhere to connect at Havard Business School and discuss key issues affecting the region.
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  Players

  Interview with South Africa’s richest man, Patrice Motsepe. Loni Prinsloo recently interviewed Motsepe, a South African Entrepreneur who was named as South Africa’s wealthiest man in the Sunday Times Rich List.