Manufacturing is a hot topic in the global economic environment. Home to over 1 billion people, Africa has the highest rate of urbanization in the world and overall economic growth second only to East Asia. Yet manufacturing […]
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Cape Town – Fin24 reports that ratings agency S&P Global Ratings on Monday downgraded South Africa to sub-investment grade and said a massive Cabinet reshuffle shortly after midnight on Friday has put policy continuity at […]
News24 reports that Zimbabwe’s tax authority is now giving through-the-country escorts to fuel tankers to stop unscrupulous firms offloading petrol without paying duty for it. They report that tankers arriving in the eastern border city […]
Photo: Hofmeyr attending the funeral of White Supremacist, Eugene Terreblanche, in 2010. Hofmeyr was the keynote speaker, calling Terreblanche a “cultural icon”. An appeal to the prestigious Nederburg Wine Estate by Johan de Villiers, founder of African-European Indaba, […]
Fin 24 reports that Billy Rautenbach, a close associate of pres Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, is named in the Panama Papers. Read more
The Arab women in Cairo are overcoming obstacles and frustrations and leading the push for workplace equality. Euronews reports
More than 920,000 French have signed the “Employment law? – No thanks!” petition on Change.org. Strikes have taken place all over France today. Euronews reports
On March 8th President Jacob Zuma of South Africa will start a two day state visit to Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy. Will he and President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria be able to smooth out relations? Read […]
The Cameroon Daily Journal reports that 23 Africans have been listed in the 2016 edition of the world billionaire ranking published by Forbes. The top two of this list are Nigerians. Read more
ABC News reports that a British judge threw out a lawsuit by the Djibouti government against a wealthy businessman, Abdourahman Boreh, over the construction of a port. Dismissing the case, High Court judge Julian Flaux criticized […]