Print2online CMS 4.0 http://www.tabj.co.za/ ©2007 CBJ http://www.tabj.co.za/files.php?file= http://www.tabj.co.za/ http://www.tabj.co.za/features/march10_features/so_you_want_to_do_business_in_africa.html March 10 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:38:00 -0700 What risk mitigation means to Mark Bristow http://www.tabj.co.za/features/march10_features/countdown_to_the_cup_sa_post-fifa.html March 10 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:34:00 -0700 "On Friday, June 11, 2010, the first-ever FIFA World Cup held on African soil will get under way in Johannesburg. Watched by football fans across the world, it will be a bold statement of the continent’s determination to revive its fortunes after decades of marginalization."So states SA President, Jacob Zuma. The imminent World Cup is absolutely an unprecedented opportunity for SA to showcase itself to http://www.tabj.co.za/features/march10_features/sanctions_for_libya.html March 10 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:32:00 -0700 Since the country declared its independence from Italy on Christmas Eve, 1951, Libya’s history has been difficult to trace. Through years of fluctuation, it has above all been marked by a severe tension with the West.Prior to the Muammar al-Gaddafi era, which began in 1969, when al-Gaddafi staged a bloodless coup that overthrew King Idris, and carries out today, it seemed as though a pro-Western http://www.tabj.co.za/features/march10_features/the_long_hello_making_b2b_marketing_work_for_the_bottom_line.html March 10 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:28:00 -0700 It seems to me that the power of marketing—what marketing can achieve commercially—is generally underestimated in the B2B environment.Perhaps the marketing function is misunderstood, or perhaps its ‘voice’ doesn’t carry enough authority within B2B companies. Over the years, I’ve often got the impression that B2B marketing is viewed as a necessary evil—one of those things that just comes with being in business.For me, two changes http://www.tabj.co.za/features/march10_features/news_in_review_feb_10.html March 10 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:14:00 -0700 Morocco to import U.S. soft wheat below quotaMorocco recently issued a tender for the import of 103,000 tonnes of soft wheat from the U.S. as part of preferential tariff agreement. The bidding will close on the 16 of February, with ETA of the wheat being no later than April 15th. The country is also launching a separate tender for 174,000 tonnes of soft wheat aimed The African Business Journal