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ManufacturingSouth Africa
The Footwear Industry in South Africa – March 2022
With climate change and sustainability gaining momentum in boardroom strategic discussions, companies that design and manufacture footwear intentionally seek alternative environmentally friendly materials to replace leather and plastic in their...
Agriculture forestry and fishingSouth Africa
The Manufacture of Pesticides and other Agrochemicals – April 2022
The responsible use of pesticides is a shared and extended responsibility… Anon The WOW report on the Manufacture of Pesticides and other Agrochemicals reveals South Africa as the main gateway...
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...
