VENTURES AFRICA – Imlil is a small village located in the Atlas Mountains in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the Berber villages along the way, and it lays about 1,700 meters above sea level, thus making it the center of the mountain tourism in Morocco. Imlil relies mainly on terraced agriculture and the [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Mixed reactions trail the proposed minimum wage for players in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) by the country’s sports ministry as the sports minister, Bolaji Abdulahi, proposed a minimum wage of 150,000 naira ($1000) to be paid to players in the country’s domestic league. While some have welcomed the proposal as a [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – South Africa billionaire and Chairman of Richemont, Johann Rupert, will be going on a year long sabbatical after the group’s annual general meeting in September. Rupert who has already reduced some of his day-to-day duty as the group’s Chief executive said he is taking a year leave to read books and possibly [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – South Africa’s telecommunication giants, Vodacom, MTN and Dimension are preparing for a hostile takeover of Neotel, the country’s fixed line operator, it emerged on Friday. It was speculated on Friday that these JSE-listed companies were at an advanced stage to take over the company. A well-placed source told Ventures Africa: “Things look [...]