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Nigeria’s president loses his right hand man to Covid-19
Abba Kyari was Muhammadu Buhari’s powerful chief of staff, and the jockeying to replace him has already begun
Nokia to sell phone unit to Microsoft for €5.44bn
Beleaguered Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia will sell its mobile phone unit to US group Microsoft for €5.44-billion.
Siemens to supply wind turbines to Sere farm
Siemens’s SA unit has won the contract to supply 46 wind turbines to power utility Eskom’s 100 megawatt Sere wind farm, says the German company.
Diversity leads to better companies
South Africa is a nation of diversity, with over 50-million people and a wide variety of cultures, languages and religious beliefs.
‘Mr Siemens’ persona non grata at company HQ
A few years ago Heinrich von Pierer was "Mr Siemens", head of a German industrial titan making everything from nuclear power stations to cellphones.
Siemens boss admits setting up slush funds
A former senior manager at Siemens on Monday admitted building up an elaborate system of slush funds and shell firms at the request of his superiors to help Europe’s biggest…
France to give €99m to search-engine project
France on Tuesday won European Union approval to give â,¬99-million to several companies hoping to build a European rival to United States internet search giant Google. The EU…
German frustration with French leader mounts
Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy were expected to form the perfect couple — a pair of like-minded conservative leaders who would work hand in hand to heal Europe after its Iraq…