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The Okomu Oil Palm Plc – Notes from recent discussion with management

Culled—Proshare Thursday, April 13, 2017/ 5.38 PM / ARM Research Yesterday, we engaged management of “The Okomu Oil Palm Plc” (Okomu) on their FY 2016 result as well as its prognosis for FY 2017. Please find below key discussion points from the call. Top-line Performance Management attributed robust turnover to […]

Vote for small business!

April 13, 2017/Sage The party that emerges as the winner of Kenya’s general election, to be held on 8 August, has an opportunity to supercharge job creation and economic growth by adopting policies that help Small & Medium Businesses to thrive. That’s according to Nikki Summers (https://goo.gl/y3egeS), Regional Director for […]

South Africa’s Shoprite looks beyond Africa to Eastern Europe

12/4/2017/Reuters By TJ Strydom and Wendell Roelf Africa’s biggest grocery retailer Shoprite is considering a push into Eastern Europe, where it hopes to use knowledge gleaned from former suitor Steinhoff International, its new CEO told Reuters. The move signals a change in strategy for Shoprite under Chief Executive Pieter Engelbrecht, […]