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South Africa's Tongaat posts lower full-year earnings

2015-05-26 08:45:51| Sugar Industry News

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African sugar maker Tongaat Hulett posted a 16 percent drop in full-year earnings on Monday, weighed down by lower sugar output and prices.

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Low sugar prices hurt South Africa's Illovo Sugar, Tongaat

2015-05-26 08:45:51| Sugar Industry News

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Illovo Sugar Ltd and Tongaat Hullett, Africa's two biggest producers of the sweetener, reported weaker full-year profits on Monday, blaming softer global prices and lower output, sending their shares sliding.

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Africas knowledge economy isnt simply about data

2015-05-14 09:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

SciDevNet: SciDev.Net's online debates generate high-energy bursts of communication and are as intellectually stimulating and informative as they are fun to participate in. Last month's debate on Africa's knowledge economy was no exception. At our London office, we experienced a flow of comments through our computer screens in a conversation enriched by six remote panellists. The debate was hosted alongside the Planet Earth Institute (PEI), which defines the global knowledge economy as an economic environment...

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