Online retail in South Africa
The coronavirus outbreak and economic lockdown had a profound impact on the online retail industry, and it is estimated that online retail sales grew by around 40% during lockdown and international forecasts suggest that year-on-year growth may be in the region of 100%. A key impact of the crisis has been the huge increase in ecommerce adoption among businesses and consumers who otherwise may not have entered the online market for some time.
Read MoreThe Production, Processing and Preserving of Red Meat in South Africa
The livestock value chain is increasingly vertically integrated as livestock farming operations own many elements of the value chain from livestock breeding to the delivery and sale of fresh or processed products to wholesale and retail customers, selling directly to consumers, selling cooked produce to customers in owned food outlets or through food service operations.
Read MoreThe Construction Industry in Angola
Historically the Angolan construction industry has grown at 9% a year but there has been a material decline as infrastructure projects have ground to a halt due to the fall in the oil price, its primary export, and the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic has resulted in the cost of a bag of cement more than doubling in Angola, while construction materials, many of which are imported from China have quickly sold out.
Read MoreThe impact of the Covid 19 virus on individual industries
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