South Africa

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.

Nigeria and South Africa need to make up and get on with it

Published by Nurmara Daily Brief on 3 October 2019

Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari starts a three-day visit to South Africa today.

Where to invest in Africa? Ranking the top 10 countries

Published by Staff Writer on 1 October 2019

South Africa falls to third place as Tanzania drops out of the top 10.

Same story different day for South Africa

Published by Nurmara Daily Brief on 11 September 2019

Moody’s on Tuesday warned that South Africa’s tenuous credit rating at one notch above ‘junk’ depends on the pace of economic reform.

Startup snapshot: Forget about buying stuff and say hello to renting with Rentoza

Published by Staff Writer on 11 September 2019

Rentoza was started by a group of South Africans who were convinced the stuff hiding in their garages should be paying rent for taking up so much space.

Africa’s tourism sector needs less talk, more action

Published by Nurmara Daily Brief on 10 September 2019

Morocco has agreed a partnership with Ctrip – China’s biggest online travel agency – part of a plan to attract more Chinese tourists.

Digital ‘leapfrogging’ is easier said than done

Published by Nurmara Daily Brief on 9 September 2019

Countries in Africa are trailing ‘considerably behind’ developed markets in their share of the digital economy.

What to make of South Africa’s ‘new’ growth plan?

Published by Nurmara Daily Brief on 29 August 2019

South African finance minister Tito Mboweni has announced an economic growth plan aimed at kick-starting the country’s stalling economy.

Startup snapshot: Doing away with paper sales receipts

Published by Staff Writer on 23 August 2019

Johannesburg-based Snapslip Holdings is a digital receipting and analytics application.

Nonye Mpho Omotola: Forging an era of collaboration between Nigeria and South Africa

Published by Nonye Mpho Omotola on 19 July 2019

The aim should be to leverage off each other’s strengths, instead of being threatened or being unduly critical of each other, argues Nonye Mpho Omotola.