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Buyers at Thika Greens Golf Estate Begin Construction

Plot buyers at the planned Thika Greens gated development have commenced construction of homes after the master developer made significant progress in servicing the land.

Sales for the Thika Greens Golf Estate begun in 2009, after which the developer embarked on building requisite infrastructure and amenities on site.

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Mining shares give JSE a good nudge

Mining shares nudged the JSE all-share index up just after noon on Thursday‚ as the SA share market looked set to wrap up the year on solid ground.

At 12.35pm‚ the all share index was up 0.30% to 39‚306.75 points. Platinum stocks climbed 0.78% for a 12% gain this month‚ while resources have risen 0.63% on the day.

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13 Young African Business, Economic Leaders To Watch in 2013

It was American football coach, Vincent Lombardi that said, “Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.” Today, there are many young Africans blazing trails across the continent and globally –  new breed, cosmopolitan Africans, shaping Africa’s future. Their social/business activities in one way or the other illuminates the potential that will shape the business and economic future of Africa.

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Pepsi switches on Nairobi soft drinks production plant

Global soft drinks giant PepsiCo has started local production of its brands, raising the competition bar for Coca- Cola, which has dominated the Kenyan market for decades.

The company has been relying on imported drinks after making a re-entry into the Kenyan market in 2010 following an exit in the 1970s.

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