Blog
Electricity gas steam and air conditioning supplySouth Africa
Innovation in Energy. From an Obscure Commodity to an Attractive Star Performer?
The Who Owns Whom report on battery manufacturing in South Africa has a wealth of information, especially on the wider market and drivers of batteries. There are many different batteries...
Agriculture forestry and fishingSouth Africa
Agriculture, South Africa’s Golden Child
According to the latest WOW Trends report, Agri-Business in South Africa, the agricultural sector provided an Olympian performance in 2020, with annual agricultural production rising to R312.5bn, a 9.9% increase...
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia has the second largest population on the continent after Nigeria, of 155 million people. Its economy grew by 6.1% in 2020, down from 8.4% in 2019, largely because of...
South Africa
South Africa Snapshot
South Africa, with a population of 60.14 million and a GDP of US$302bn in 2020, is the third largest African economy behind Nigeria and Egypt. Although mainly mining based, with...
Nigeria
Nigeria Snapshot
Nigeria is the most populated country in Africa with a population of over 200 million and the largest GDP on the continent of US$448bn. In 2019, the IMF forecast growth...
Botswana
Botswana Snapshot
Botswana has a long-held reputation as a stand-out example of political and economic stability on the continent. It has a small population of 2.4m with a GDP of US$18bn giving...
Accommodation and food service activitiesAgriculture forestry and fishingSouth Africa
The SMMEs struggle continues – the Poultry and egg industry is no different
Like most industries in South Africa, the poultry and egg industry is dominated by a few big players that have been operating for decades, entrenched themselves and diversified by investing...
Real estate activitiesSouth Africa
Is Digitisation and Working from Home Disrupting the Real Estate Sector?
This blog is written at a time when the Real estate sector in South Africa is facing another big knock caused by the massive unrest and looting taking place at...
