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The case for family businesses
Denis Worrall, chairman of Omega Investment Research, says South Africa’s family businesses should be celebrated.
Denis Worrall on Africa’s changing business environment
Over the past three or four years and gaining momentum has been a significant change in international business perceptions of Africa.
Denis Worrall on South Africa’s “indifferent year”
At the end of 2011, and the beginning of a new year, Europe is in a mess and likely to get much worse before it gets better. Africa, by contrast, is solvent.
Should you invest in Nigeria?
What are some of the negatives and some of the positives of getting involved in Nigeria right now?
Johannesburg no longer Africa’s ‘Big Apple’
Up to four or five years ago there was really only one access point to Sub-Saharan Africa – and that was South Africa, with Johannesburg being Africa’s Big Apple. That has changed.
Not much clarity about SA’s stance on nationalisation
If you were a foreigner willing to make an investment in a mining project what would you do? – especially if you were offered something in Ghana and South Africa.
Getting South Africa’s mining industry back on track
“At a time when resource commodities have been hitting the highs, South African mining companies should at least be smiling on the way to their banks. Not the case.”
Zimbabwe back on the front burner
With Zimbabwe scheduled to have elections in 2011, Dr Dennis Worrall looks at how the international community should respond to the current political situation in the country.
