Blogs

South Africa

During November 2021, South Africa was very much in the news regarding the Omicron variant of Covid-19, why was that? Dr Tulio and his fellow scientists from the University of...

ManufacturingSouth Africa

Global leaders came out of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26, with a number of goals to decrease carbon emissions, but waste management and recycling, jointly referred to as waste...

EgyptFinancial and insurance activities

Banks have always had the privilege of some kind of special status in economies. They are the custodians of citizens’ savings and funds, so they are highly regulated and supervised....

Egypt

Egypt is situated in North Africa with 2,900km of coastline on the Mediterranean Sea, which links to the Red Sea through the Suez Canal. With GDP of US$363bn in 2020,...

Accommodation and food service activitiesMoroccoWholesale and retail trade repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

One of the most popular movies of all times “Casablanca” with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman put Morocco on the map, and gave viewers a feel of what North Africa...

Algeria

Algeria is a North African country with a 1,600km coastline on the Mediterranean. It has a GDP of US$145bn and a population of 44 million of which just over 500,000...

South AfricaWholesale and retail trade repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, the 4th industrial revolution was just bubbling along. The pandemic fast tracked its adoption and forced even the most sceptical shoppers to find solutions to their...

Mining and quarryingSouth Africa

Responsibility beyond legality The mining and manufacturing of basic precious non-ferrous metals industry remains very important to the South African economy, having had a sterling performance during the pandemic. It...