If you don’t like what China is selling – don’t buy it Published by Nurmara Daily Brief on 24 October 2019 Tanzania has issued a strict set of conditions for a planned $10 billion, Chinese-funded port in the town of Bagamoyo.
Africa is struggling to bridge the ‘digital divide’ Published by Nurmara Daily Brief on 23 October 2019 For the 50% of the world’s population estimated to lack internet access, the biggest barrier is cost.
Startup snapshot: Online fashion store Doeks & Prints focuses on African designs Published by Staff Writer on 23 October 2019 Doeks & Prints is an online fashion store, based in South Africa.
Russia’s Africa summit is not about East versus West Published by Nurmara Daily Brief on 22 October 2019 Moscow’s renewed interest has spooked the West.
How these two sisters started their own diamond cutting and polishing shop Published by Marize de Klerk on 21 October 2019 A passion for diamonds drove South African sisters Mathole and Ramodipa to drop their careers as an investment banker and an optometrist.
Top tips for budding entrepreneurs: From the founder of South African soda startup Published by Staff Writer on 21 October 2019 Greig Jansen, founder and CEO of the Pura Beverage Company, offers his best pieces of advice.
Africa is feeling the strain of global uncertainty Published by Nurmara Daily Brief on 21 October 2019 The International Monetary Fund has cut its growth forecast for sub-Saharan Africa to 3.2%.
Equity investment in SMEs: An interview with two African fund managers Published by Staff Writer on 19 October 2019 How private equity capital can be used to bring SMEs to scale.
Time to stop giving South Africa the benefit of the doubt? Published by Nurmara Daily Brief on 18 October 2019 South Africa’s struggling state-owned power utility Eskom plans a third day of load shedding on Friday.
Let’s not exaggerate Africa’s free trade credentials Published by Nurmara Daily Brief on 17 October 2019 It will take years to meaningfully boost regional trade.
World Food Day is nothing to celebrate for Africa Published by Nurmara Daily Brief on 16 October 2019 Today is World Food Day, an annual celebration of international action to reduce global hunger.
Q&A: Djembe Consultants CEO on how he put together a new kind of African communications consultancy Published by Staff Writer on 16 October 2019 Djembe Consultants is a communications consultancy with a difference, committed to amplifying an African narrative based on opportunity, growth and innovation.
African governments are too complacent about debt Published by Nurmara Daily Brief on 15 October 2019 There are clear signs that African economies are lurching towards a debt crisis.
Investment trip to Ghana: A lot has improved but the cost has been high Published by Cavan Osborne on 15 October 2019 Ghana’s economy has been boosted by the doubling of offshore oil production and of course the government’s willingness to spend.
