Africa

One of the great things about Tanzania, says Clive Jones, the managing director and co-founder of Power Providers, is that it allows you to reinvent yourself endlessly—and his life and company both testify to that.

This African printing company isn’t afraid to invest regularly and heavily in its quest to be the best.

African Iron Ore Group Limited and Société Guinéenne du Patrimoine Minier have announced the formation of a joint venture company to develop and finance infrastructure for the Simandou South iron ore mining project in Guinea.

Société Guinéenne du Patrimoine Minier (SOGUIPAMI), the government of the Republic of Guinea's investment vehicle, will work with African Iron Ore Group within the framework of the new company, Infrastructures Minières de Guinée Holdings(IMG). SOGUIPAMI will own 60 per cent of IMG and AIOG will own 40 per cent.

After being hurt by falling coal prices in 2008, Trollope Mining Services has grown dramatically by taking a more balanced approach.

Headquartered in Johannesburg, Trollope Mining Services provides expertise in surface mining services. These include opencast mining, rehabilitation, bulk earthworks, plant hire and road construction. Much of the work involves excavating land and then drilling and blasting, stock-piling usable materials and removing any rubble.

Petrolube, an affiliated member of the global lubricants group Fuchs Group, was established in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, more than a decade ago. Now, exponential growth in the mining of gold and other minerals has presented it with unique opportunities.

South Africa’s Department of Energy has approved 19 proposals for renewable energy projects in the second round of its request for bids.

The Department of Energy received 79 bids in total for the second round, of which 51 met the qualification criteria. However, given the MW limitation and competition, only 19 bidders were selected as preferred.

Together, the second round proposals represent almost R28 billion in investment.

South Africa’s AVI has acquired footwear manufacturer and retailer Green Cross, it has been announced.

AVI, whose licenced brands include Lavazza and Douwe Egberts Cafitesse in the food and beverage sector; and fashion names including Kurt Geiger and Lacoste, said the transaction represents a rare opportunity to acquire an established, category-leading brand of relevant scale with a solid record of profitable operations.

SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company; and in West Africa, demand for its services is as high as ever, as Alan Swaby discovers.

Anyone working or simply taking an interest in gold mining will know full well that nothing can be said to potential investors about the value of a prospect that isn’t backed up by independent verification. In fact, as service providers go, there can’t be many that are as busy as those involved with testing and certification.

Twelve years after listing on the Johannesburg exchange, South Africa-based logistics company OneLogix is poised for exponential growth. CEO Ian Lourens talks to Gay Sutton about the importance of balancing entrepreneurial spirit with meticulous attention to detail.

In the 20 years from 1992, the Harris sisters built their company from nothing to a R200 million organisation. CEO Caron Harris spoke to Ruari McCallion.