COMPANIES

THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1325 - 28/01/2012
DJIBOUTI
Djibstep Research Center
Two inhabitants of the northern French town of Roubaix are to launch an institute in Djibouti to carry out market surveys. (...)  [90 words]   [$2,1]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1325 - 28/01/2012
MADAGASCAR
S Cube
The French citizen Fabrice Alizon, 38, who has lived in Thailand for several years, has just created a subsidiary to operate in the ITC sector in Madagascar. (...)  [101 words]   [$2,1]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1325 - 28/01/2012
MAURITIUS
Veling Ltd
The former CEO of the national airline Air Seychelles, the Mauritian Rajiv Bissessur, who was sacked in February 2011, has found a new job – for some time now he has been a consultant for the Mauritian company selling and leasing aircraft Veling Ltd. (...)  [91 words]   [$2,1]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1325 - 28/01/2012
MADAGASCAR
Forever Living Products
The American company called Forever Living Products has just opened a branch in Antananarivo. (...)  [108 words]   [$2,1]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1325 - 28/01/2012
UGANDA
Electro-Maxx
The sole home-grown Independent Power Producer (IPP) in Uganda, the firm Electro-Maxx was recently taken to task by the Minister for Energy, Irene Muloni. (...)  [162 words]   [$2,1]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1324 - 14/01/2012
MADAGASCAR
Mercantile Exchange of Madagascar
? A new company in Antananarivo, Madagascar, the subsidiary of the Indian Pride Group based in Dubai, is preparing to launch a new platform for selling goods and products of all kinds via the Internet. (...)  [155 words]   [$2,1]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1324 - 14/01/2012
KENYA
Griffin Legal Kenya
The law firm launched last year to defend Mau Mau victims of the independence war wanting to file complaints against the British government, is in trouble before it even reached its goal. (...)  [144 words]   [$2,1]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1324 - 14/01/2012
MADAGASCAR
United Basalt Products
Jean-Michel Giraud, the head of the Mauritian company United Basalt Products Ltd (UBP) will try to revive its Madagascan subsidiary which made heavy operating losses over the last two years, ramping up a total of 14. (...)  [99 words]   [$2,1]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1324 - 14/01/2012
MOZAMBIQUE
Visabeira
The Portuguese group Visabeira is putting a major effort in the ITC sector in Mozambique. (...)  [83 words]   [$2,1]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1323 - 24/12/2011
KENYA
Kenya Today
The short-lived newspaper launched in 2009 by the Kenyan government under the title Kenya Today and which has since disappeared from the newsstands, may not be completely dead. (...)  [148 words]   [$2,1]
 
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1325 - 28/01/2012
DJIBOUTI
Ocean Group
The Italian trading company Ocean Group has just opened a subsidiary in Djibouti. (...)  [77 words]   [$2,1]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1325 - 28/01/2012
MAURITIUS
MCFI/Star Cement
The consortium consisting of the Mauritian company MCFI (a subsidiary of the Harel Mallac group) and the firm Star Cement (part of the Emirates Trade Agency group, ETA) is now only waiting for the green light from the Mauritius authorities before it goes ahead with its project to build a cement works. (...)  [202 words]   [$2,1]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1325 - 28/01/2012
MADAGASCAR
Diamond Cement Madagascar
Founded in 2009 by Indian investors to market cement and later build a cement works on the island, Diamond Cement Madagascar (DCM) suffered from the outset from the unfavourable economic situation. (...)  [159 words]   [$2,1]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1325 - 28/01/2012
SEYCHELLES
Air Seychelles
The Seychelles airline Air Seychelles could decide to lease an Airbus rather than a Boeing for its regional flights. (...)  [133 words]   [$2,1]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1324 - 14/01/2012
DJIBOUTI
Stereau SAS
The company Stereau SAS, an engineering subsidiary of the French group Saur, has created a branch in Djibouti under the management of Karim Djebar. (...)  [130 words]   [$2,1]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1324 - 14/01/2012
KENYA
TM AM Construction Group Africa
One of the oldest construction companies in Kenya, TM AM Construction Group (Africa), is closing its doors and throwing in the towel. (...)  [203 words]   [$2,1]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1324 - 14/01/2012
MADAGASCAR
Madagascar Future Entreprises
The Korean company Daewoo Logistics Corporation has acquired all the shares in the agribusiness company Madagascar Future Entreprises (MFE). (...)  [125 words]   [$2,1]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1324 - 14/01/2012
MOZAMBIQUE
Getma Mozambique
After the company NCT Necotrans created AMT Mozambique last year, another extension of this French group, Getma International, has formed a subsidiary in Maputo. (...)  [69 words]   [$2,1]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1324 - 14/01/2012
ETHIOPIA
Allana Potash
The Canadian junior mining company Allana Potash has decided to sell 25 million shares to a group of buyers that is led by Dundee Securities Limited. (...)  [85 words]   [$2,1]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1323 - 24/12/2011
SOUTH AFRICA
Sasfin Bank
In early 2012, the International Finance Corporation (IFC, a subsidiary of the World Bank) will lend $10 million to Sasfin Bank, to which it had already made an identical loan in 2009. (...)  [85 words]   [$2,1]

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