Philips has lit up the Maqam Echahid, a monument in Algeria, with its new LED lighting technology and has reduced energy consumption by 75 per cent
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GlaxoSmithKline to invest US$216 million in Africa's healthcare sector
Pharmaceutical major GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is to invest US$216mn in Africas healthcare sector, which includes the development of a lab, expansion of manufacturing facilities and training of community healthcare professionals
P&G opens US$300 million manufacturing plant in Nigeria
Procter and Gamble Nigeria (P&G) has completed the construction of a manufacturing plant worth US$300mn in Agbara industrial estate, Ogun State in western Nigeria
Chinese firm to set up motorcycle manufacturing facility in Tanzania
China’s Guangzhou Fekon has announced plans to set up a motorcycle manufacturing plant in Tanzania
Continental Tyres to expand South African manufacturing facility
Continental Tyres South Africa (SA) has announced plans to invest US$9.6mn to expand and diversify its tyre manufacturing facility in Port Elizabeth