The rise of the fourth industrial revolution is adding intricacy to future economies and their employment outcome...
By Monde Mawasha 21 Sep 2017
Rand Merchant Bank's ninth edition of Where to Invest in Africa is returning to its roots - the sectors that are key to unlocking the continent's growth potential...
19 Sep 2019
South Africa, together with other Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) member countries and Mozambique, has concluded a new trade agreement that will govern bilateral trade with the United Kingdom...
13 Sep 2019
The Eastern Cape Development Corporation recently concluded a two-week long trade promotion tour of Nigeria and China aimed at improving trade between the Eastern Cape and these two fast-growing economies...
13 Sep 2019
Nigeria has received a legal hiding after a UK court awarded a private company a $9.6bn judgement debt against the West African nation...
Oludara Akanmidu 11 Sep 2019
African business leaders are less optimistic about the strength of the global economy and their organisations' ability to grow revenues in both the short and medium term than they were a year ago...
9 Sep 2019
The new African free trade zone came into effect at the end of May 2019. All of the African Union's (AU) member states are now legally bound to allow African goods to be traded without restraint throughout the continent...
5 Sep 2019
High unemployment, pedestrian growth, bailouts of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and the slow implementation of President Cyril Ramaphosa's 'New Dawn' do not paint a very cheery picture...
Jeff Miller 3 Sep 2019
The impact of climate change on the stability of individual financial institutions and the financial system in general is growing. It influences the types of activities that financial institutions will fund and the cost of finance...
Danny Bradlow 2 Sep 2019
A string of successful exploration projects over the last decade has seen the number of African countries with proven oil and gas reserves rise to 28...
28 Aug 2019
The rating agency Fitch recently revised the outlook on South Africa's long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating down from "stable" to "negative"...
Misheck Mutize & Sean Gossel 23 Aug 2019
Reliable energy was highlighted as a key challenge during a week-long trade and investment mission to Zambia by South African companies...
19 Aug 2019
Trade partnerships should be aligned to the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel said...
6 Aug 2019
Access to energy plays a critical role in economic development. But bad government policies have affected energy security in many developing countries...
Samuel Asumadu Sarkodie 5 Aug 2019
Climate change is one of the most pressing sustainability challenges investors are facing today. It presents a systemic risk that is very difficult for investors to diversify away...
Carolina Minio-Paluello 29 Jul 2019
