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SMEs face new opportunities, challenges as key economic events unfold in February

Entrepreneurship

SMEs face new opportunities, challenges as key economic events unfold in February

5 Feb 2025

Image source: Petr Malinak –

ESG & Sustainability

Investing in Africa's bright, green energy future

Angela Simpson and Matthew Martin 12 Feb 2024

Source: Rand Merchant Bank.

Banking

Rand Merchant Bank breaks new ground in Africa with World Bank partnership

5 Feb 2024

Source: World Bank

Sustainability

Djibouti inaugurates first wind farm, pioneering renewable energy ambitions

11 Sep 2023

Source: Reuters.

Economy

#BRICS2023: Brazil's Lula in favour of Argentina joining Brics bloc

24 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters. A view shows an ecoguard walking on a path in the Arboretum Raponda Walker during a press visit of this protected forest aera on the eve of the opening of the One Forest Summit in Libreville, Gabon, February 28, 2023.

Banking

Gabon launches tender for Africa's first debt-for-nature swap

Marc Jones and Rachel Savage 26 Jul 2023

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Corporate & Commercial Law

#AfricaMonth: 11 reasons to celebrate Africa's bright future

Baker McKenzie Africa Team 24 May 2023

Image source: Aleksandra Alekseeva –

Corporate & Commercial Law

What's driving Africa's private equity market growth?

Angela Simpson and Lydia Shadrach-Razzino 19 May 2023

DRC oil-blocks auction draws warnings of environmental catastrophe

Coal, Oil & Gas

DRC oil-blocks auction draws warnings of environmental catastrophe

Benoit Nyemba and Aaron Ross 29 Jul 2022

Global scramble for metals thrusts Africa into mining spotlight

Mining

Global scramble for metals thrusts Africa into mining spotlight

Helen Reid and Clara Denina 9 May 2022

Gibs South Africa's Economic Outlook Conference: Charting the Road to Recovery hosted by Prof Saville

Higher Education

Gibs South Africa's Economic Outlook Conference: Charting the Road to Recovery hosted by Prof Saville

Issued by Gordon Institute of Business Science 2 Jul 2021

Job seekers stand outside a construction site ahead of the release of the unemployment numbers by Statistics South Africa, in Eikenhof, south of Johannesburg, South Africa, June 23, 2020. Reuter/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Economy

South Africa's weak growth could fuel socioeconomic tensions - Moody's

Mfuneko Toyana 19 May 2021

Rovuma LNG project

Coal, Oil & Gas

LNG production in Mozambique and the political risk of Islamic militancy

Theo Neethling 30 Mar 2021

Restorative justice lies at the heart of how we ought to think about water management

Infrastructure & Utilities

Restorative justice lies at the heart of how we ought to think about water management

Professor Anthony Turton 26 Mar 2021

Tina Fordham, partner, Avonhurst

Markets & Investment

Study: SA's post-Covid market risk raises red flags

25 Mar 2021

President Joe Biden

Coal, Oil & Gas

Keeping an eye on Biden's plans for Africa

22 Jan 2021

Terence Williams, CEO of Aon South Africa

Insurance & Actuarial

10 current and future risks influencing the insurance market

Terence Williams 26 Nov 2020

Sandton, South Africa's financial hub

Markets & Investment

Trends in fund domiciliation and capital raising

6 Nov 2020

Oil & gas industry slow to address cyber threats

Coal, Oil & Gas

Oil & gas industry slow to address cyber threats

Alec Basson 17 Sep 2020

Energy investment opportunities that can drive Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainability

Energy investment opportunities that can drive Sustainable Development Goals

Alan Sproule 3 Jun 2020

What will it take for South African businesses to survive in 2020?

Business Plans

What will it take for South African businesses to survive in 2020?

Terence Williams 25 Feb 2020

Cathleen Cox, John Welborn, David Awram, Peter Ruxton

Mining

#MiningIndaba2020: Gold(en) opportunities in West Africa

Nicci Botha 6 Feb 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Markets & Investment

SA investor behaviour could erode savings as geo-political tensions mount

10 Oct 2019

Expectation vs. reality: Expanding your business abroad

How To Start Up

Expectation vs. reality: Expanding your business abroad

3 Oct 2019

Bhavtik Vallabhjee

Markets & Investment

Power projects need a clear regulatory framework and stable environment

13 Jun 2019

Markets & Investment

African countries need to manage the rising power of credit rating agencies

Dr Misheck Mutize 23 Apr 2019

Moody's blues could hit SA

Markets & Investment

Moody's blues could hit SA

29 Mar 2019

87% of journalists in the Middle East, Africa and Asia view the industry negatively

Research

87% of journalists in the Middle East, Africa and Asia view the industry negatively

12 Dec 2018

There already exist some promising new antibiotic therapies, and more are in the pipeline. However, our economic model prevents researchers from moving them out onto the market.
(Shutterstock)

Healthcare

Humanity under threat from antibiotic-resistant infections

Gerry Wright 19 Nov 2018

Alain Ebobissé is the CEO of Africa50.

Markets & Investment

The recipe for long-term growth in Africa

Alain Ebobissé 18 Jul 2018

John Lentaigne, chief underwriting officer, ATI Roundtable

Markets & Investment

International lenders warn on capacity constraints in Africa

29 Jun 2018

By ICAPlants, CC BY-SA 3.0,

Materials & Equipment

MIGA backs Nigerian float glass plant

6 Jun 2018

#AfricaMonth: Africa communications is rising too

Africa Month

#AfricaMonth: Africa communications is rising too

Robyn de Villiers 30 May 2018

Imad Mesdoua, senior political risk consultant at Control Risks.

Research

Political risk impacts on dealmaking in Africa

10 Apr 2018

Capital & Counties drops 4% despite weathering Brexit fall-out

Markets & Investment

Capital & Counties drops 4% despite weathering Brexit fall-out

Alistair Anderson 22 Feb 2018

Media

2017 Daily Maverick South African Persons of the Year: The Whistle-blowers

Jessica Bezuidenhout & Rebecca Davis 22 Dec 2017

Aliko Dangote speaking during the Afreximbank annual general meeting in Kigali, Rwanda.

Branding

How to create a thriving pan-African business

10 Aug 2017

Globalisation is irreversible, despite protests

Management & Leadership

Globalisation is irreversible, despite protests

24 Jul 2017

Property funds find value in SA

Markets & Investment

Property funds find value in SA

Alistair Anderson 26 Jun 2017

Weak laws 'hinder investment in Africa'

Land & Property Law

Weak laws 'hinder investment in Africa'

Alistair Anderson 22 Jun 2017

$300m term loan facility to boost agriculture in South Africa

Agriculture

$300m term loan facility to boost agriculture in South Africa

14 Jun 2017

Isabelle Mateos y Lago, managing director and chief multi-asset strategist at BlackRock

Markets & Investment

Cutting through the political noise

30 May 2017

Standard Bank House Price Index overview for April 2017

Markets & Investment

Standard Bank House Price Index overview for April 2017

Siphamandla Mkhwanazi 23 May 2017

Insuring infrastructure projects from concept to completion

Insurance & Actuarial

Insuring infrastructure projects from concept to completion

26 Apr 2017

Renewed vigour in mining sparks opportunities

Mining

Renewed vigour in mining sparks opportunities

Kim Cloete 7 Mar 2017

Sibanye's Mimosa platinum mine

Mining

Sibanye meets US antitrust condition

23 Jan 2017

How to avoid a downgrade in 2017

Markets & Investment

How to avoid a downgrade in 2017

Trudi Makhaya 21 Dec 2016

Access to trade and information is of great interest to the agricultural community

Agribusiness

Access to trade and information is of great interest to the agricultural community

29 Nov 2016