Search Results for: South Africa

BANGLADESH’S planning minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has told an international infrastructure seminar that his government will construct a new airport on the west bank of Padma River, south of the capital Dhaka, with a runway accommodating wide-bodied aircraft such as the Airbus A380.…

With a capacity to handle two million passengers annually, Mauritania’s new Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport, serving its capital Nouakchott, is important in terms of its scale: it is “the largest project undertaken” in the country since 1960, Mauritania’s minister of culture and handcraft, Mohamed Lemine Ould Cheikh has said. …

THE CIVIL Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has claimed that its government’s policy of forging transport links with countries in central Asia, south and south-east Asia, Africa and Europe (the so-called ‘belt and road’ plan) is promoting air travel between China and these states.…

Ethiopia airlines, the largest cargo carrier in Africa, is close to completing its cargo terminal expansion as part of a major infrastructure upgrade at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, serving the Ethiopian capital.

Ethiopian Airlines, with its fleet of two Boeing 757Fs and six Boeing 777Fs, requested the new facility to accommodate increased volume growth and transit traffic.…

BRIDGING the digital divide in a largely conventional and labour- intensive industry such as garment and textile manufacturing is often a challenge. But Malaysia’s G.PRO Technologies – an arm of Apparel Alliance Sdn Bhd – is re-defining shop flow operations in the apparel business with its innovative software and hardware – helping the industry transition towards digitalisation. …

THE INDONESIAN government needs to establish new livestock production zones as it proactively tries to boost the country’s national meat production and consumption through encouraging the import of livestock, and temporarily of frozen beef, the country’s executive director of the Indonesian Meat Importers Association has said.…

THE RELEASE of a taped conversation between unpopular Brazilian President Michel Temer and CEO of giant meatpacker JBS has put the South American nation in another political turmoil only one year after its former President Dilma Rousseff was impeached.

The revelations have put heavy pressure for Temer to resign, who denies wrongdoing.…

AN EY business fraud survey covering Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA) has shown an alarming 73% of younger corporate employees aged 25-34 think “unethical action is justified to help businesses survive.”

Jim McCurry, the accounting network’s EMEIA head of fraud investigation & dispute services noted: “Our survey found relaxed attitudes towards unethical behaviours and high levels of mistrust among colleagues are common characteristics in today’s workforce, particularly among younger generations.”…

EUROPEAN electricity industry federation Eurelectric hews closely to the views of its national associations, so when all but two of its members made a commitment in April (2017) not to fund investments in new-build coal-fired power plants after 2020, the energy sector can be sure this is a solid promise.…

*Manufacturing organic and natural products gives brands the chance to reflect the daily experience of local consumers, tapping into an appreciation of their countries’ fauna and flora. This can create lines with sustainable domestic sales, strengthened by cultural loyalties. Linking personal care products to popular natural beauty will always yield marketing dividends.…