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Source: Reuters.

Taxation & Regulation

Trump threatens extra 10% tariffs on BRICS as leaders meet in Brazil

Lisandra Paraguassu and Manuela Andreoni 8 Jul 2025

Source: Archive

Aviation

Airlines forecast profit growth in 2025, headwinds persist

9 Jun 2025

Food security in SA: Bridging the gap between national and household food availability

Food Security

Food security in SA: Bridging the gap between national and household food availability

Dawie Maree 3 Jun 2025

Source: Supplied. Amol Prabhu, Country CEO: South Africa & Market Head for Barclays.

Markets & Investment

How global volatility and international family businesses are shaping private and investment banking in Africa

24 Apr 2025

Source: Supplied. Johanna Kyrklund, Group Chief Investment Officer at Schroders.

Finance

Trump’s tariffs are a game of snakes and ladders; long-term investors must remain calm

Johanna Kyrklund 23 Apr 2025

#BizTrends2025: Exploring key trends in the apple and pear industry

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Exploring key trends in the apple and pear industry

Roelf Pienaar 28 Jan 2025

Mental health

Happiness surges in the USA on Inauguration Day, but declines in South Africa, Index reveals

23 Jan 2025

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Trump policies may cause an initial global and US economic downturn

14 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Post-Trump election: Emerging economies on edge

Raymond Parsons 7 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Trump victory spells trouble for the rand and Brics allies

7 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Oil falls on stock build, firm dollar as Trump win projected

Emily Chow 6 Nov 2024

South Africa must push agricultural exports within Brics

Agribusiness

South Africa must push agricultural exports within Brics

Wandile Sihlobo 23 Oct 2024

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Agribusiness

SA farmers want WTO dispute declared over EU citrus rules

Nelson Banya 4 Aug 2023

Actom battery energy storage. Source: Supplied

SMEs

Local suppliers play crucial role in electricity grid transition

17 Jul 2023

Travel

Is freedom of air transport in Africa a pipedream?

25 Apr 2023

Image supplied. Cesar Vacchiano, President and CEO of Scopen International talks about the marketing economy in Latin America

Advertising

Latin America's marketing economy: huge opportunities despite challenges

19 Apr 2023

Africa's agribusiness sector should drive the continent's economic development: 5 reasons why

Agribusiness

Africa's agribusiness sector should drive the continent's economic development: 5 reasons why

Lilac Nachum 24 Feb 2023

South Africa's farm exports are an economic lifeline - with weak spots

Agribusiness

South Africa's farm exports are an economic lifeline - with weak spots

Wandile Sihlobo 20 Sep 2022

Southern African countries can do better at infrastructure: what the choices might look like

Infrastructure & Utilities

Southern African countries can do better at infrastructure: what the choices might look like

Lesley Wentworth and Deon Cloete 31 Aug 2022

Travel

Airline tie-up for Kenya and South Africa: possible rewards, and risks

18 Jan 2022

South Africa to see rise in exports in 2021 and beyond

Supply Chain

South Africa to see rise in exports in 2021 and beyond

10 Dec 2021

What EU's farm-to-fork strategy will mean for SA agriculture

Agribusiness

What EU's farm-to-fork strategy will mean for SA agriculture

Wandile Sihlobo 27 Oct 2021

Food Security

South Africa's food security conditions

Wandile Sihlobo 19 Feb 2021

Covid-19's impact on logistics is creating ripple effects in other industries

Supply Chain

Covid-19's impact on logistics is creating ripple effects in other industries

2 Sep 2020

By H18 Upliftment, CC BY-SA 4.0,

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

5 ways coronavirus is deepening global inequality

Kunal Sen 19 Aug 2020

How Mauritius' outward-focused economy survived previous shocks

Economy

How Mauritius' outward-focused economy survived previous shocks

Harshana Kasseeah 29 Apr 2020

Dion Chang, founder of Flux Trends.

Trends

#BizTrends2020: The politics of rage; the quest for middle ground

Dion Chang 6 Jan 2020

The border closure has affected goods from other West African countries. Wikimedia Commons

Markets & Investment

Nigeria's border closure has implications for Africa's economic integration

Tahiru Azaaviele Liedong 28 Oct 2019

Global trade's growth rate may have slowed due to trade rows

SMEs

Global trade's growth rate may have slowed due to trade rows

Tim Bowler 24 Oct 2019

Dion Shango, CEO, PwC Africa

Markets & Investment

Africa's CEOs still looking for growth amid uncertainties

9 Sep 2019

New study: Cutting chicken imports could spark large increases for consumers' accounts

Agriculture

New study: Cutting chicken imports could spark large increases for consumers' accounts

26 Jul 2019

NHI

#bhf2019conference: UHC - what's working, what's not?

Nicci Botha 24 Jul 2019

Technology is not enough to unlock the power of data

Data & Analytics

Technology is not enough to unlock the power of data

Yudhvir Seetharam 22 Jul 2019

Mining

Vast subsidies keeping the fossil fuel industry afloat should be put to better use

Alex Lenferna 16 Jul 2019

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Research

More work lies ahead to make Africa's new free trade area succeed

By Frank Mattheis and Ueli Staeger 7 Jun 2019

Ian Matthews, head of business development, Bravura

Markets & Investment

SA's economy is a casualty of US trade wars

5 Jun 2019

Bianca Botes, corporate treasury manager at Peregrine Treasury Solutions

Markets & Investment

Geopolitics and the rand

19 Mar 2019

Despite economic challenges, Cape Town can still turn risk into opportunity

Tourism

Despite economic challenges, Cape Town can still turn risk into opportunity

14 Mar 2019

Agriculture

Agriculture Minister enjoys rare exposure to fruit industry

Konanani Liphadzi 31 Jan 2019

Higher education institutions need to unpack the link between education, employability and entrepreneurship

Higher Education

Higher education institutions need to unpack the link between education, employability and entrepreneurship

Dr Ahmed Shaikh, Issued by Regent Business School 16 Jan 2019

Trends

#BizTrends2019: Climate paradox or progress?

Simon Clarke 7 Jan 2019

#AEC2018: Africa's "easy decade" of economic growth is over

Marketing

#AEC2018: Africa's "easy decade" of economic growth is over

6 Dec 2018

African brands are among fastest-growing globally

Branding

African brands are among fastest-growing globally

16 Oct 2018

Arthur Kamp, economist at Sanlam Investments

Markets & Investment

Cutting through the noise: economic trends to focus on

2 Oct 2018

Dr Mukhisa Kituyi, UNCTAD Secretary-General.

Research

Africa has phenomenal potential for intra-continental trade

Zipporah Musau 30 Aug 2018

Is East African agriculture at risk of playing second fiddle to oil wealth?

Agribusiness

Is East African agriculture at risk of playing second fiddle to oil wealth?

6 Aug 2018

Branding

Research shows BRICS has established itself as a global brand

1 Aug 2018

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Markets & Investment

Brics Summit hailed as a huge success

30 Jul 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping, BRICS Summit, South Africa.

Research

The next decade of BRICS

30 Jul 2018

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Markets & Investment

Global issues dominate day one of Brics Summit

26 Jul 2018