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INVESTMENT WATCH- South Africa\u2019s Tiger Brands is eyeing Egypt as one of several potential North African expansion markets, <\/strong>according to Bloomberg<\/a>. The packaged-goods producer \u201cmakes products from energy drinks to peanut butter and porridge oats to shampoo\u201d and is eyeing markets that have \u201chave comparatively larger middle classes and more developed retail sectors than African nations below the Sahara,\u201d says CEO Lawrence Mac Dougall. The products will initially be shipped over from South Africa, but could see the company move further up into the value chain into manufacturing as it follows an \u201con-the-ground, bottom-up\u201d approach to expansion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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