Logo Year 1 | Issue 1 | 23 December 2014 Ethiopian Airlines is voted as The Best Airline to Africa... read more This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship... By Bas Vlugt. Dear African CEOs. We are more than proud and happy to announce the launch of Africa CEO Networking NEWS, a newsletter for CEOs, Managing Directors and company owners in Africa. We are taking a first step in what we hope to be an exciting journey, with you, the Captains of Industry in Africa. Whether you are a big captain or a small one; Most certainly, you all want to contribute to both the stakeholders in your companies and the stakeholders in the continent. You are shaping the future of Africa and we want to be with you in the process. We are living in dynamic times and we want this change to be reflected in this newsletter. However we cannot do this without your experience and input; So waste no time, send us your news, your press releases, your views and feedback. Actually, you can send them right away! We would love to hear from you. Bas Vlugt Founder Africa CEO Network info@africabusinesscommunities [Africa CEO Forum] What is your vision on the development of the Nigerian economy in 2015? Prince Latunde, President EMILAUG Energy Limited: For any meaningful development, government should counter corruption to a full stop. Secondly, genuine power supply after acclaimed privatization should be addressed and implemented... read more Tunde Makinde, Executive Consultant Executives in Africa: From a TMT - Telecoms Media and Technology - perspective we are expecting our clients to continue expanding their businesses particularly with the forthcoming Digital switchover... read more Ayanda Olalekan - CEO Impact Makers International: Looking at the question critically pulled a trigger in me. The word Your Vision has prompt me to come to the conclusion that Nigeria in 2015 will not be an offspring of Government policies and propaganda... read more Daramola Olabanjo - Business Manager Banud International: 2015 will be a function of who wins the 2015 general elections. The economy has been dependent on oil exploration for donkey years and has failed to diversify... read more Bassey Obot - President and CEO Approved Facility Services: Nigeria is big but dormant economy waiting to be explored. There are human capital and resources. What is lacking is the willingness of the government to let go its control... read more [Zimbabwe] DBSA Avails Funds for Power Projects The Development Bank of South Africa has availed funds to help Independent Power Producers develop bankable projects to solicit for capital from international financiers. Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority chief executive Engineer Gloria Magombo said it was worrisome that some IPPs were failing to secure funding to package their projects... ECA Head Praises Rwanda for Sailing Through Stormy Weather to Attain Transformation The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa has said that countries that show resilience in transforming their economies cannot wait for favourable winds. Speaking during the 12th National Dialogue, best known locally as Umushyikirano Mr. Carlos Lopes said that often, nations that developed had to generate their own winds to sail through, sometimes, stormy weather, in order to change the course of their economic and social history... Simon Dornoo: “GCB, most profitable bank in Ghana for two years in a ro w”Mr. Simon Dornoo, Managing Director, GCB Bank, was very pleased to say: ”Investors in African capital markets across the world acknowledge our transformation programme and have voted GCB the best performing banking stock in Africa in 2010 and 2013, and this bodes well for our future... USTDA Awards Grants For Power Projects in Tanzania and Rwanda The U.S. Trade and Development Agency awarded two grants to support the development of hydropower in Tanzania and Rwanda. These activities build upon USTDA’s long history of connecting U.S. industry to priority clean energy projects in sub-Saharan Africa. They also support the goals of Power Africa, a U.S. government-led initiative to increase electricity access across the continent... [Kenya] Standard Bank Group helps arrange €625 million finance package to build Africas largest wind farm The Lake Turkana Wind Power will build a 310 Megawatt (MW) wind farm in north-western Kenya with the help of Standard Bank Group and 11 other financiers, including Nedbank, the African Development Bank and the European Investment Bank. Standard Bank Group, Nedbank and the AFdB are the Mandated Lead Arrangers for the Project. Standard Bank Group and Nedbank both provided the commercial bank guarantees for the EIB Commercial Bank Guarantee Facility... [Interview] Kojo Asante-Abedi: The first step in the recovery of the Ghanaian economy is to improve business confidence Kojo Asante-Abedi is CEO of ExplainerDC in Ghana. Africa Business Communities had the opportunity to meet him. Can you please introduce ExplainerDC to us? We are a B2B company offering a full set of online services in Ghana and internationally. We incorporate a digital marketing agency for websites, social media, e-newsletters and other forms of online marketing. We offer a secure hosting platform, e-commerce, email services, virtual servers and cloud back-ups... [Togo] Ecobank Signs U.S.$ 100 Million Loan Facility Agreement with European Investment Bank Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), the Lomé-based parent company of the Ecobank Group, has signed a seven-year USD 100 million loan facility agreement with the European Investment Bank. Ecobank will use this loan to provide some of its subsidiaries with additional lending capacity... Gabriel Kajero: Nigeria has flown the nest but is not laying any eggs soon... In lieu of the financial brownie point gained over South Africa, Nigeria has flown the nest but is not laying any eggs soon for the majority of its population. 2015 has a political outlook, to be driven mostly not by the usual pseudo mantra of the West, but by guts and perseverance of 160 million people... Flydubai announces three new routes into Africa Dubai-based flydubai have announced the addition of three new routes to its growing network. Flights to Hargeisa (Somaliland), Chennai (India), and Nejran (Saudi Arabia) will commence in the first quarter of 2015, further expanding the carrier’s footprint to 89 destinations in 46 countries... CAMAC Energy to Acquire 3D Seismic Offshore Gambia CAMAC Energy Inc. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, CAMAC Energy Gambia Ltd, awarded a contract for the acquisition of a 3D seismic survey to Polarcus Limited. The survey will cover approximately 1,504 km2 in the Company’s A2 and A5 blocks offshore Gambia... [Kenya] Key milestone for Vivo Energy as it opens its 1500th Shell service station since its formation on 1st December 2011 Vivo Energy, the company that distributes and markets Shell-branded fuels and lubricants in Africa, has marked a key milestone as it opened its 1,500th Shell service station in Africa. The company, operating in 16 African countries, marked this milestone in Nairobi, with the opening of Shell Komarock service station... First Kigali Business Club Networking Event - 29 January 2015 Thursday 29 January 2015 5:00 - 8:00 PM Crystal View Bar Top Tower Hotel | Kigali | Rwanda Africa Business Communities presents the First Kigali Business Club Networking Event... The Rise of Shopping Malls In Ghana: The Consumer Experience Overall, Ghanaian shopping malls measure up fairly well, however we believe that the malls in Ghana miss a trick when it comes to the total sensorial experience that Malls in Africa need to provide. In an age where malls and their tenants need to fight more than ever to drive and retain traffic in their real estate, shoppers need to be presented with a complete sensorial experience... African CEOs are invited to join the Africa Business Panel As a valued member of the African business community, we invite you to join the Africa Business Panel: with over 13,000 members this is the largest Pan-African Online B2B Market Research Panel...[ Read more ] Wanted: Headhunters in Africa Africa is rising! Our members at Africa Business Communities recognize the growth, but also say that it is difficult to find the right high-level candidates to match the rise. Here is where ABC wants to help. Are we getting engaged in executive recruitment? No, but we would like to help effectively connecting companies in need for highly qualified talents with the executive search firms that are best equipped to find them...
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