Modular homes are making a grand entrance in South Africa

Posted on :Thursday , 22nd March 2018

 The move from free-standing homes can be linked to high property prices – which shows that South Africans living in the country’s most populated provinces can expect to pay well over a 1 million rand for a home.

 As owners opt for townhouses and flats over free-standing properties South African homes are becoming smaller.

Most people use them as their main. . .

Increasing the logging and export potential of Cameroon

Posted on :Saturday , 2nd December 2017

 To ensure that only legally sawn wood is used in the country the Center for International Forestry Research has started a campaign

Cameroon is well known for being an international timber exporter, and as Africa's largest . . .

Kenyans take liking to German furniture

Posted on :Thursday , 27th July 2017

 Tucked away in a bungalow off Ngong Road in Nairobi, just behind Uchumi Supermarket, is Niche Décor Furniture, which boasts a collection of German furniture dating back more than 50 years ago  but made in classical Victorian design. Niche Décor Furniture deals in a variety of items, including chairs, tables, lampshades, grandfather clocks, paintings and other wooden fun. . .

How this Tanzanian beauty queen started her own furniture business

Posted on :Thursday , 27th July 2017

 Jacqueline Ntuyabaliwe is a 38-year-old former Tanzanian beauty queen (Miss Tanzania) and musician. More recently, she has achieved success as an entrepreneur.

Tanzania: Special Report - Teak Tree Farming Lucrative, but One Should Be Patient

Posted on :Tuesday , 18th July 2017

 In this interview The Citizen Correspondent Patrick Kisembo speaks with one of the investors, Hans Lemm, the general manager of Kilombero Valley Teak Company, or KVTC in short,on challenges and opportunities of tree farming. Thousands of farmers in Kilombero, Ulanga and Malinyi districts in Morogoro Region earn their living growing trees, the business that has also attracted foreign inves. . .