South Africa's Competition Commission approved Walmart's proposed acquisition of a 51% stake in Massmart, a South African firm that owns 265 wholesale and retail stores in South Africa and 25 more in 13 other African countries.
Today, Pepkor is a renowned South Africa-based retail investment holding company with stores in 10 countries inAfrica, as well as operations in Australia and Poland.
Though an attack on an Algerian plant revived fears over the safety of oil-industry operations in remote parts of the Mideast and Africa, BP's deadliest operating locations in the past 14 years were U.S. retail fuel stations.