Blog

ConstructionMalawiManufacturing

Contents [hide] The WOW report on the Manufacture of Cement in Malawi demonstrates that the country has the material required to produce cement and the labour force necessary to carry...

ManufacturingSouth Africa

Contents [hide] Introduction The manufacture of spices industry in South Africa creates a positive trade balance, with exports consistently exceeding imports. The graph below, taken from the WOW report, illustrates...

Arts entertainment and recreationSouth Africa

Contents [hide] Introduction For many years, the liquor industry in South Africa was dominated by South African Breweries, later to become SABMiller, which was bought by AB InBev in 2016....

Real estate activitiesSouth Africa

Contents [hide] Introduction Given the number of research organisations and publications, one would be stating the obvious by emphasising the importance of the real estate industry to the South African...

Agriculture forestry and fishingSouth Africa

Contents [hide] The starch industry is an unsung hero in the South African economy and is largely unnoticed. The WOW report on The Starch Industry in South Africa does it...

Electricity gas steam and air conditioning supplyMining and quarryingSouth Africa

Contents [hide] Importance of the Coal Mining Industry in South Africa The WOW report on The Coal Mining industry in South Africa makes it abundantly clear that the coal mining...

South AfricaTransportation and storage

Contents [hide] Challenges in the South African railway transport sector The importance of railway transport in South Africa What is the future of South Africa’s railway transport The railway transport...

Financial and insurance activitiesSouth Africa

Contents [hide] Statistics on the relationship between private equity and average GDP growth The difference between entrepreneurship and venture capitalists There is no magic in finance or private equity Private...