Tag: trade and investment

Political uncertainty globally will have ripple effects on Africa, primarily through impacts on commodity prices and global economic sentiment. While the early months of 2017 have seen improved prices for the commodities on which many southern African economies rely, longer term economic sentiment is more mixed. Meanwhile, governance improvements and the embedding of democratic practices and norms will be tested by pockets of instability as succession battles take place across the region.

An anticipated increase in demand for goods and services within Africa has the potential to give innovative companies with turnovers of between R300 million...

According to the 2016 African Economic Outlook report, Africa’s annual GDP growth increased from around 2% in the 1980s and 1990s to above 5%...

Globalisation is a continuing reality, but certain of its effects are increasingly coming under widespread attack and scrutiny. Just this year, Britain voted to...