Consumer Goods

Mr Price is eyeing opportunities in Nigeria.

Nigerian market opens up for clothing retailers

Published by Jaco Maritz on 5 April 2011

Nigeria’s decision to lift a ban on imported textiles is opening up many opportunities for foreign clothing retailers.

Tiger Brands is Africa's top agribusiness company.

Tiger Brands’ hunger for Africa cannot be satisfied

Published by Claude Harding on 16 February 2011

South African fast-moving consumer goods company, Tiger Brands, has over the past few months made a number of acquisitions in the rest of the continent.

Customers browsing in Mango's Lagos store.

Mango targeting Nigerian women with high street fashion

Published by Jaco Maritz on 7 February 2011

Spanish fashion retailer Mango aims to have a presences in each of Nigeria’s major cities.

Toshiba targeting African market with new manufacturing plant in Egypt

Published by Claude Harding on 14 January 2011

Japanese electronics group Toshiba Corporation is aggressively targeting the African market with its range of TV models.

Toshiba to start manufacturing TVs in Egypt

Published by Claude Harding on 19 December 2010

Japan’s Toshiba Corporation last week announced that it is reinforcing its TV business in the Middle East and Africa

Interview: Actis acquires African fabric manufacturer

Published by Staff Writer on 8 October 2010

Private equity firm, Actis, recently bought 100% of Vlisco Group, the market leader in designer wax fashion fabrics aimed at the west and central African market.

Pakistani footwear company opens Kenyan subsidiary

Published by Regina Ekiru on 6 October 2010

Pakistan’s leading footwear manufacturer and exporter, Servis Group, has opened a subsidiary, Servis Shoe Africa, in the Kenyan market.

Second-hand clothing hurting Kenya’s textile industry

Published by Cathy Majtenyi on 16 September 2010

The sale of second-hand clothing is widespread in Kenya. But while it may benefit the pocketbooks of many people, critics say it harms the country’s domestic textile industry.

Entrepreneur to launch solar ovens in Uganda

Published by Phillip Kurata on 12 September 2010

An immigrant from Uganda now residing in Chicago has used the first portion of a US$100,000 business competition prize he won in January to begin setting up an operation in his homeland to produce and distribute ovens that cook with the heat of the sun.

Interview: Selling electronics and home appliances in Zambia

Published by Jaco Maritz on 12 July 2010

Radian Stores Ltd. is the authorised distributor in Zambia for Philips and LG Electronics. Jaco Maritz spoke to the company’s director, Abhilash Bajpai.