Press Releases for South Africa
RMI and NPE Invest in SA’s Fintech Entersekt to Supercharge Global Expansion
07/06/2017 — JOHANNESBURG & CAPE TOWN, South Africa — (BUSINESS WIRE) Rand Merchant Investment Holdings (JSE:RMI) through AlphaCode, RMI’s innovation hub for fintech entrepreneurs and Nedbank Private Equity (“NPE”) through […]
Association of International Certified Professional Accountants Urges South Africa’s Audit Regulator to Reject Mandatory Audit Firm Rotation
17/01/2017 — NEW YORK & LONDON — (BUSINESS WIRE) The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (the Association) has voiced its strong opposition to a plan by South Africa’s Independent […]
Fluor Selected as Sasol’s Collaboration Partner in South Africa
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that it has signed a three-year agreement with Sasol Group Technology to perform a range of projects as an integrated team at Sasol’s facilities in Secunda and Sasolburg, South Africa.
World’s Largest MPT Network to Go Digital With Hytera
Hytera Communications, a worlds leading Professional Mobile Radio communications solution provider, has won the contract of upgrading the existing analog radio trunking network to Digital Mobile Radio network for Altech Fleetcall, a division of Altech Radio Holdings (ARH) and part of the Altron TMT Group.
Dole Europe Features Its Grapes Business and Announces Investments in the Production of Early Grapes in South Africa at the 2014 Fruit Logistica
At the 2014 Fruit Logistica in Berlin on Feb 5 to 7th, Dole Europe will be highlighting its projects and achievements in the grape category and announcing the potential acquisition of a controlling share in an early grape farm in South Africa, its first direct investment in fruit production in the country. Fruit Care Services (Pty) Ltd., one of Dole Europes subsidiaries located in South Africa, has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a view to purchasing Rekopane, a 600-hectare farm located on the banks of the Orange River, 30km from the South African town of Upington.
Otsuka Receives Opinion from CHMP on Delamanid
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Otsuka) today announced the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a negative opinion for delamanid for the treatment of pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in combination with an optimised background regimen (OBR) according to WHO guidelines in patients. The CHMP considered that the duration of treatment (two months) in the Phase IIb randomised controlled trial (Trial 204) was too short to establish the effectiveness of delamanid in treating tuberculosis when added to other anti-tuberculosis medicines.
Heartbeat Experts Reports Over 350% Year To Date Growth from the Emerging Markets
Heartbeat Experts, the global leader in stakeholder management solutions for the life sciences industry, announced today 350% year-over-year growth in emerging markets in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012.
Rimini Street Doubles New Client Sales in EMEA
Rimini Street, Inc., the leading third-party maintenance and support provider for enterprise software, including SAP AG (NYSE:SAP) software and Oracle Corporations (NASDAQ: ORCL) Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, E-Business Suite, Oracle Database and Hyperion software, today announced that in fiscal year 2012 it more than doubled new sales in EMEA, with 117 percent year-over-year growth in new client invoicing; achieved more than $42 million in new EMEA sales bookings, a 175-percent year-over-year increase; and nearly doubled the total number of clients in EMEA. The Company also announced its expansion and additional investment in EMEA to meet continued growing demand for its SAP and Oracle support services.
Citi Considers South Africa for World Government Bond Index
Citi announced that the South African Government Bond Index has become eligible for inclusion in its World Government Bond Index (WGBI). Its April 2012 profile has satisfied all three WGBI requirements — size, credit, and lack of barriers-to-entry.