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ConstructionSouth Africa

Manufacture and wholesale of metal fasteners in South Africa – April 2022

Let’s get to the nuts and bolts of it I must admit that reading the WoW’s 2022 report on Manufacture and Wholesale of Metal Fasteners in South Africa, brought to...

Agriculture forestry and fishingSouth Africa

Trade in Agricultural Raw Materials and Livestock in South Africa – March 2022

“If you tickle the earth with a hoe she laughs with a harvest.” D Jerrold The Agricultural raw materials and livestock sector is not identical with the statistical classification of...

ManufacturingSouth Africa

The Textile Industry in South Africa – Delayed Gratification

A first reflection on the latest WoW report addressing The Textile Industry in South Africa is that the industry is part of the Clothing and Textiles Competitiveness Programme (now rebooted...

Information and communicationKenya

The Telecommunications Industry in Kenya

Will the country remain the Silicon Savannah of Africa? The biggest achievement in Kenya’s Telecommunications industry has been the mobile money application, M-Pesa, a solution that was initially meant for...

Mauritius

Mauritius Snaphot

Mauritius is an island nation of 1.3 million people with a GDP of US$13.5bn. It has previously been a colony of France and the UK, and to quote a resident,...

Human health and social work activitiesSouth Africa

The Pharmaceutical Industry in South Africa

“Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.” – Hippocrates Introduction to the Pharmaceutical Industry in South Africa Property rights cover a vast domain...

Other service activitiesSouth Africa

Management Consulting & Business Advisory Services including Knowledge Management in South Africa.

One cannot talk about management consulting without reflecting on the role of this sector South Africa’s state capture as well as what management gurus such as Peter Drucker consider important....

Accommodation and food service activitiesSouth Africa

The Sugar Industry in Eswatini – Has Sugar turned Bittersweet?

Worldwide consumption of sugar kept growing despite the increasing awareness of the unwelcome link between sugar consumption and obesity. What is interesting is that sustained growth worldwide is coming from...