Plastic recycling firm plans more expansion

One of the leading operators of masts for mobile phones in Africa, Eaton Towers, has put together $350m for new acquisitions, alongside a major deal in Egypt.

The majority shareholder in Shirika la Usafiri Dar es Salaam (UDA), Simons Group will buy 20 modern buses and dispatch them on upcountry routes, the company announced recently.

Tanzania might have found the solution to plastic waste, now that there is a push to use it to construct buildings and make school desks. A Spain-based non-governmental organisation, Born-to-learn, is already spearheading the use of plastic construction materials in Kilimanjaro Region.

The government has expressed hope of making Dar es Salaam a dirt-free city after it entered into an agreement with a Brazilian company, Best Green Solution, to clean the region using a new recycling technology.

Smile Communications Tanzania has announced expansion of its 4G LTE mobile broadband network and services in the regions of Mbeya, Mwanza, Moshi, Dodoma and Morogoro.

>College of Business Education (CBE), Dodoma Campus, is planning for a major expansion of its infrastructure in a bid to accommodate the growing demand for business education in the country.

 An oil comopany, Enoc Africa, is planning a major expansion programme in Tanzania.

A Mauritius-based financial services firm, afb, which provides innovative consumer and SME financial products, has signed a $20 million (about Sh40 billion) investment deal with GEMCORP, that enables the former to hasten its speed of growth within sub-Saharan Africa.

Following a year of growth and progress in its business, pan-African telecommunications enabler Seacom will be hunting for growth in new African territories in 2014, as well as continuing its evolution from a cable operator into an infrastructure provider that offers a range of IP solutions to service providers and operator customers.