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The ‘business confidence’ effect

Accounting & Auditing

The ‘business confidence’ effect

Pieter Faber, Issued by SAICA 11 Mar 2025

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Shipping

Red Sea crisis: Supply chain issues set to continue despite Gaza ceasefire

Gokcay Balci 3 Feb 2025

Climate Change

African countries shouldn’t have to borrow money to fix climate damage they never caused – economist

Carlos Lopes 6 Nov 2024

Is the food price crisis here to stay? The latest from the Commission

Retail

Is the food price crisis here to stay? The latest from the Commission

7 Oct 2024

Maritime commerce and climate change: How effective would a carbon tax on shipping be?

Shipping

Maritime commerce and climate change: How effective would a carbon tax on shipping be?

Vianney Dequiedt, Audrey-Anne de Ubeda and Édouard Mien 12 Aug 2024

Consumer Law

NCC acting commissioner appointed

14 Jun 2024

African countries could unlock billions in local and global trade – what’s working and what’s not

Logistics & Transport

African countries could unlock billions in local and global trade – what’s working and what’s not

Bedassa Tadesse 13 Jun 2024

Newlyn Group unveils groundbreaking rail terminal at Durban port

Railway

Newlyn Group unveils groundbreaking rail terminal at Durban port

5 Apr 2024

2024 Africa’s Business Heroes Prize Competition calls for applications

Awards

2024 Africa’s Business Heroes Prize Competition calls for applications

25 Mar 2024

6 trends driving Africa’s growth in 2024

Trends

6 trends driving Africa’s growth in 2024

Amadou Diallo 19 Feb 2024

Banking

Standard Bank, UnionPay boost African e-commerce

5 Jan 2024

Fintech

Africa’s new online foreign exchange system will enable payments in local currencies – what you need to know

Christopher Adam 5 Dec 2023

Markets & Investment

Agoa trade deal talks: South Africa will need to carefully manage relations with the US and China

Arno J. van Niekerk 30 Oct 2023

Optimising supply chains with ERP intelligence

Supply Chain

Optimising supply chains with ERP intelligence

13 Oct 2023

Making cotton sustainable requires science, investment and governance

ESG

Making cotton sustainable requires science, investment and governance

5 Oct 2023

Source: Microsoft Work Trend Index

4th Industrial Revolution

Microsoft empowers South African SMEs with AI-driven skills training

11 Sep 2023

South Africa is exporting more food. But it needs to find new growth frontiers

Agriculture

South Africa is exporting more food. But it needs to find new growth frontiers

Wandile Sihlobo 7 Mar 2023

Climate change action could set off a copper mining boom: how Zambia can make the most of it

Mining

Climate change action could set off a copper mining boom: how Zambia can make the most of it

Twivwe Siwale and Eric Werker 13 Jan 2023

Shipping must accelerate its decarbonisation efforts - and now it has the opportunity to do so

Shipping

Shipping must accelerate its decarbonisation efforts - and now it has the opportunity to do so

Christiaan De Beukelaer 9 Dec 2022

Making logistics 4.0 a reality

Technology

Making logistics 4.0 a reality

Liam Connors 24 Nov 2022

Black Sea Grain initiative shows power of trade

Food Security

Black Sea Grain initiative shows power of trade

26 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Commercial Property

Covid can't break South Africa's love affair with shopping malls

Nqobile Dludla 30 Jun 2022

Karen Nadasen, chair of the Ecommerce Forum of South Africa and CEO of PayU. Source: Supplied

E-commerce

E-commerce, payments and unlocking the potential of the AfCFTA

24 Jun 2022

Demand for logistics real estate across Africa continues to surpass supply

Industrial & Logistics Property

Demand for logistics real estate across Africa continues to surpass supply

25 May 2022

#AfricaMonth: Exponential intra-trade growth expected on the continent

Markets & Investment

#AfricaMonth: Exponential intra-trade growth expected on the continent

Katja Hamilton 6 May 2022

South Africa's approach to energy transition could be a lesson for Africa

Coal, Oil & Gas

South Africa's approach to energy transition could be a lesson for Africa

Mntu Nduvane 24 Mar 2022

#BizTrends2022: Safeguarding supply chain sustainability in a post-pandemic world

Trends

#BizTrends2022: Safeguarding supply chain sustainability in a post-pandemic world

Dr Juanita Maree 5 Jan 2022

How creative industries could boost the economies of small islands crippled by Covid

Tourism

How creative industries could boost the economies of small islands crippled by Covid

Peter Rudge 9 Nov 2021

What Covid-19 travel bans have done to conservation tourism in Africa

Tourism

What Covid-19 travel bans have done to conservation tourism in Africa

Alexander Richard Braczkowski and Duan Biggs 20 Oct 2021

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Competition Law

Competition policy enforcement is increasing across Africa

Angelo Tzarevski and Zareenah Rasool 19 Oct 2021

Global demand for cashews is booming. How Ghana can take advantage to create jobs

Agro-processing

Global demand for cashews is booming. How Ghana can take advantage to create jobs

James Boafo and Kristen Lyons 21 Sep 2021

Aviation

UNCTAD, IATA extend partnership to facilitate global trade

12 Aug 2021

Past trends reveal greenshoots of hope for SA's tourism industry

Tourism

Past trends reveal greenshoots of hope for SA's tourism industry

19 Jul 2021

Wessel Badenhorst, office managing partner, Hogan Lovells

Mining

How to get SA's foreign direct investment in mining right

Wessel Badenhorst 8 Jun 2021

Workers in a tea plantation in Rwanda. The crop is one of the country's main exports

Economy

Africa's free trade area offers great promise. But only if risks are managed with resolve

John Luiz 27 May 2021

Inaugural Commonwealth Women's Entrepreneurship Summit set for May

Community

Inaugural Commonwealth Women's Entrepreneurship Summit set for May

4 May 2021

Infrastructure spend: insights from the effect of a bridge across the Zambezi on maize prices

Agriculture

Infrastructure spend: insights from the effect of a bridge across the Zambezi on maize prices

Sam Jones 9 Mar 2021

SA's logistics industry battles to regain momentum amidst Covid-19

Logistics & Transport

SA's logistics industry battles to regain momentum amidst Covid-19

9 Mar 2021

Africa can finance its development but needs a paradigm shift

Economy

Africa can finance its development but needs a paradigm shift

Matilda Moyo 22 Dec 2020

Ships moved more than 11bn tonnes of our stuff around the globe last year, and it's killing the climate. This week is a chance to change

Shipping

Ships moved more than 11bn tonnes of our stuff around the globe last year, and it's killing the climate. This week is a chance to change

Christiaan De Beukelaer 18 Nov 2020

Printing

Recovery of the print, imaging and document industry is complex and long but encouraging

Chris de Beer 14 Oct 2020

Religious tourism has been hit hard in the pandemic as sites close and pilgrimages are put on hold

Tourism & Travel

Religious tourism has been hit hard in the pandemic as sites close and pilgrimages are put on hold

Faizan Ali and Cihan Cobanoglu 28 Aug 2020

Why the African free trade area could be the game-changer for the continent's economies

Economy

Why the African free trade area could be the game-changer for the continent's economies

Muazu Ibrahim 3 Aug 2020

Global disruption can have local implications

SMEs

Global disruption can have local implications

Soromfe Uzomah 27 Jul 2020

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Economy

Vultures, doves and African debt: here's a way out

Danny Bradlow 7 May 2020

Developing data centres for Africa

Data & Analytics

Developing data centres for Africa

6 May 2020

How Mauritius' outward-focused economy survived previous shocks

Economy

How Mauritius' outward-focused economy survived previous shocks

Harshana Kasseeah 29 Apr 2020

Mauritius’ social welfare system is relatively stronger than most nations’ Getty Images

Markets & Investment

Mauritius heads into coronavirus storm with strong social welfare buffers

Myriam Blin 20 Apr 2020

Tourism

AU study: Covid-19 could cost Africa $500bn, damage tourism and aviation sectors

Kingsley Ighobor 17 Apr 2020