CEO Monehela Posholi talks about the regulator’s responsibility and challenges in meeting the population’s expectations for 21st century communications.

Zimbabwe’s telecommunications industry can only be described as frenetic, as its economy makes up for lost time. Harare-based internet access provider Aquiva Wireless is grasping the nettle of 4G technology to push that growth forward.

Manager of local supplier and contractor development, George Brakoh, explains how the economic legacy left behind by Newmont Ghana Gold will benefit the local community for years to come.

Boasting economic growth rates that have consistently topped six percent in recent years, Ghana is universally lauded as being an emerging African economic success story. A peaceful and stable democratic nation, Ghana continues to make strong progress towards its goal of becoming a middle-income country by 2020.

Developed by Blue Energy, a UK-based renewable energy investment company, the Nzema project in Ghana will be ultimately be able to provide electricity to more than 100,000 homes.

Construction work on the $400 million plant is due to begin within the next 12 months, with the developers optimistic that finance will be confirmed within half of that time. Upon completion, the 155 megawatt plant will increase Ghana’s generating capacity by six percent.

Singapore Airlines currently holds a 49 percent in Virgin, with billionaire Richard Branson holding a controlling 51 percent of the business. Should it become a reality, a partnership with Virgin would provide Delta with access to the lucrative transatlantic business travellers market that exists between the US and London.

It is a well-known fact that Delta has been looking to buy into Virgin for more than two years now as it looks to increase its access to London’s Heathrow airport, where Virgin is the second-biggest airline present.  

Singapore Airlines currently holds a 49 percent in Virgin, with billionaire Richard Branson holding a controlling 51 percent of the business. Should it become a reality, a partnership with Virgin would provide Delta with access to the lucrative transatlantic business travellers market that exists between the US and London.

It is a well-known fact that Delta has been looking to buy into Virgin for more than two years now as it looks to increase its access to London’s Heathrow airport, where Virgin is the second-biggest airline present.  

Flexible packaging and specialty paper manufacturer Packaging Dynamics Corporation has announced the acquisition of Groupe De Luxe.

Headquartered at its Montreal manufacturing base, with facilities in Toronto, Chicago and Saugerties, New York, De Luxe is a North American manufacturer of flexible packaging products for food service, bakery, supermarket, confectionery, dairy, and other specialty applications.

Royal Dutch Shell scooped two honours in the Platts Global Energy Awards in New York City last night.

The awards program, now in its 14th year, is one of the energy industry's premier recognition events and often referred to as the "Oscars" of the energy industry.

Netherlands-based Royal Dutch Shell took the much sought-after Energy Company of the Year and Commodity Excellence Award for Natural Gas.

The deal will see the company set up a joint venture with Hutchison China MediTech and will give Nestle exclusive access to more than 50,000 extracts that are used in the manufacture of Chinese medicines. The joint venture, called Nutrition Science Partners Limited (NSP), will develop and manufacture nutritional and medicinal products.

The deal comes as the global market for Chinese medicines expands. It is valued at more than $83bn by the World Health Organization. In China alone, the industry produced almost $48bn worth of such medicines in 2010.