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SPELLMAN BRADY & COMPANY COMPLETES FURNITURE PACKAGE FOR WEBSTER UNIVERSITY’S GHANA CAMPUS
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- Published on Thursday, 19 December 2013 10:54
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Spellman Brady & Company provided the furniture package for Webster University’s new Ghana campus in Accra, Ghana. Accra is the capital of Ghana, a major hub in West Africa and one of the fastest-growing cities in Africa.
The fast-track delivery of the furniture was critical in order for the University to be guaranteed a license by the Ghana Ministry of Higher Education in time for a spring semester opening. Equally important for the campus was brand consistency with Webster University’s educational classroom standards used on the St. Louis and its extended campuses.
To meet both of these challenges, Spellman Brady & Company specified furniture from an existing furniture inventory in Elgin, IL that matched the University’s standards.
Furniture maker showroom scores world-first certification
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- Published on Thursday, 19 December 2013 10:47
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A furniture manufacturer has captured the first worldwide environmental building recognition of its kind, and the company did it in one of the fastest-growing markets on the globe.
Holland-based Haworth, a global maker and seller of office furniture, has earned the planet’s first LEED-certified designation under the U.S. Green Building Council’s new version 4 beta program, the latest standard that USGBC unveiled in July.
The company gained the exclusive LEED Gold rating for its showroom in the Parkview Green building in Beijing.
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Kenya firms dominate Africa travel awards
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- Published on Tuesday, 17 December 2013 11:23
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Kenyan companies dominated this year’s Africa World Travel Awards held on Wednesday, raising the profile of the country as the region’s tourist hot spot.
Serena Hotel Group, Kenya Tourism Board, Kenya Airways and Maasai Mara were some of the companies that were feted in the glamorous evening event held in Nairobi.
The awards dubbed ‘The Oscars of the travel industry’ attracted 100 players in the hospitality industry and emerged at a time when Kenya’s tourism sector is battling challenges including security in the wake of the Westgate terror attack.
The sector is also reeling from introduction of a value added or sales tax last month that sent retail price of various items higher and players warn it could affect their prospects.
Kenya projects 7 pct economic growth by 2017
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- Published on Sunday, 01 December 2013 14:13
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Kenya expects its economic growth to hit 7 percent by 2017, according to the National Treasury.
The institution notes that the East African nation's economy will grow steadily in the next three years before crossing the 7 percent mark in 2017.
"In terms of fiscal years, economic growth projections translate to 5.9 percent in 2013/2014, 6.3 percent in 2014/2015, 6.6 percent in 2015/2016 and 6.9 percent in 2016/2017," says the Treasury in its Budget Review and Outlook Paper for the first quarter of this financial year received Friday.
Some of the things within the country that will contribute to the growth include improved weather conditions, low inflation and stable exchange rates.
