Venue: KICC, Nairobi, Kenya
Dates: 05 - 07 June 2024
Timing: 10.00 am to 06.00 pm
Business Visitors Only
Kenya has a well-developed building and construction industry with quality engineering, building and architectural design services being readily available. This industry is currently on an upward trend following re-habilitation and reconstruction of roads and bridges etc.
With increase in population, and growing demand for affordable housing, opportunities exist in the construction of residential, commercial and industrial buildings including prefabricated low-cost housing. Investors can also manufacture and supply construction materials and components for the sector.
Bank of India opens branch in South Africa
Bank of India has opened its first South African branch here, more than half a century after it established its first presence in the African continent.ÂÂÂ
“Africa has, for long, been our favoured continent and upgrading our representative office of the past five years to branch banking in South Africa
Cambria Africa: Keyed into Zimbabwe’s recovery
There can’t be many better examples of an out-of-favour company than AIM-quoted Cambria Africa (LON:CMB).ÂÂÂ
With the shares currently trading at 9.88p, Cambria is worth nearly £6 million, which is less than it paid to buy the iconic Leopard Rock hotel resort in 2009.
Jindal Steel to use coal for power in Africa after CIC buy
Jindal Steel & Power Ltd will spend about $100 million over two to three years to develop a coal mine in Botswana that it is acquiring through its purchase of Canada's CIC Energy Corp, a company official said on Wednesday.
Why invest in East Africa
Fifteen good reasons why you should choose East Africa as your investment destination:
Chinese media make inroads into Africa
For years, China has been pumping billions of dollars across Africa to build large-scale infrastructure projects and grant cheap loans in exchange for access to the continent's natural resources and growing markets.
WTC Africa Initiative and Italy join hands in trade
Following a trade agreement reached between the World Trade Center Africa Initiative and Italy, business between Africa and Europe is set to receive a significant boost. The agreement will see business leaders from 12 African countries meet their Italian counterparts in on-site deal rooms next year, at the inaugural Afritalia Commerce Exchange.
African workforce can overtake China, India
Africa will add 122 million people to its potential labour force by 2020 and by 2035 the continent’s labour force will be larger than that of any nation, including China or India, according to a report by McKinsey Global Institute.