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The ‘business confidence’ effect

Accounting & Auditing

The ‘business confidence’ effect

Pieter Faber, Issued by SAICA 11 Mar 2025

Deputy finance minister Ashor Sarupen visited the National Construction Summit to deliver a R63bn Construction Mafia warning. Source: x.com

Construction & Engineering

Treasury estimates economic cost of Construction Mafia at R63bn so far

Lindsey Schutters 19 Nov 2024

Bata Founder's Day: Celebrating unity with a global workforce

Fashion & Homeware

Bata Founder's Day: Celebrating unity with a global workforce

Issued by Bata 31 Aug 2024

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

How an election-packed 2024 is shaping up for world markets

Libby George, Dhara Ranasinghe, Karin Strohecker, Naomi Rovnick,and Marc Jones and Yoruk Bahceli 10 Apr 2024

When the going gets tough...it's time to get going

SMEs

When the going gets tough...it's time to get going

Harry Welby-Cooke, Issued by ActionCOACH SA Business Coaching 8 Apr 2024

Ghana's Cocobod to use $200m World Bank loan for cocoa farm rehabilitation

Agro-processing

Ghana's Cocobod to use $200m World Bank loan for cocoa farm rehabilitation

Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 19 Feb 2024

Source: Supplied. Lew Geffen, Sotheby’s International Realty CEO Yael Geffen.

Markets & Investment

#Sona2024: Geffen slams Ramaphosa's address - calls for tangible solutions

13 Feb 2024

Ghana's cocoa board inks $800m loan, seeks quick drawdown

Agriculture

Ghana's cocoa board inks $800m loan, seeks quick drawdown

Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 21 Dec 2023

Image source: Jakub Jirsak –

Cyber Law

Cybersecurity breaches: Can you afford not to be insured?

Andrew Naidoo 8 Dec 2023

Source: iStock.

Economy

South Africa's economic crisis deepens: Recession looms

Katja Hamilton 6 Dec 2023

Residential Property

#GBCSA2023: Driving residential green certification in 2024

Katja Hamilton 21 Nov 2023

Zimbabwe horticulture sees green shoots, targets $1bn exports

Horticulture

Zimbabwe horticulture sees green shoots, targets $1bn exports

Nyasha Chingono 17 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.

Banking

African Development Bank approves $102.6m support programme for Ghana

Christian Akorlie and Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 10 Nov 2023

Cyber risks could derail the adoption of the Production Possibility Frontier

Cybersecurity

Cyber risks could derail the adoption of the Production Possibility Frontier

Issued by Bullion PR & Communication 9 Nov 2023

Printing

Print Media Report: South Africans' consumption patterns shift

6 Jul 2023

File photo: Farmers use a threshing machine as they harvest their wheat crop at a farmland on an island on the River Nile next to the capital city of Cairo, Egypt 11 May 2023. Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo

Hospitality

Qatar in talks with Egypt's wealth fund over hotels investment - sources

Hadeel Al Sayegh, Andrew Mills and Patrick Werr 15 Jun 2023

The Nature Park on the corner of Fenton Road and Pope Street in Salt River was the first garden started by Neighbourhood Gardens. Photos: Matthew Hirsch / GroundUp

Food, Water & Energy Security

Community gardens bloom from vacant lots in Salt River

Matthew Hirsch 15 Jun 2023

Lipstick effect predicted to bump up beauty sales this Mother's Day

Health & Beauty

Lipstick effect predicted to bump up beauty sales this Mother's Day

11 May 2023

2023 FNB Youth Start-up Accelerator calls for entries

How To Start Up

2023 FNB Youth Start-up Accelerator calls for entries

8 May 2023

Beiersdorf's 'Care Beyond Skin' brings benefits to Thanda and the Mtwalume community

ESG

Beiersdorf's 'Care Beyond Skin' brings benefits to Thanda and the Mtwalume community

Issued by Symbiotic Communications 5 May 2023

FoodForward SA shows huge surge in impact, as SA food crisis deepens

Food, Water & Energy Security

FoodForward SA shows huge surge in impact, as SA food crisis deepens

Issued by FoodForward SA 29 Mar 2023

Tottenham sponsorship deal unlawful and invalid - Minister

Tourism

Tottenham sponsorship deal unlawful and invalid - Minister

24 Mar 2023

Ghana's power producers urge government to pay $1.4bn debt

Energy

Ghana's power producers urge government to pay $1.4bn debt

Christian Akorlie 24 Mar 2023

How to recession-proof your construction company

Construction & Engineering

How to recession-proof your construction company

Roelof van den Berg 14 Mar 2023

South African Restaurant Industry Report: Overcoming the challenges of 2023

Food & Wine

South African Restaurant Industry Report: Overcoming the challenges of 2023

2 Mar 2023

MTN commits to $1bn Ghana investment after government scraps tax claim

Mobile & Apps

MTN commits to $1bn Ghana investment after government scraps tax claim

16 Feb 2023

Retailers

Second-hand markets are on the up (and even Zara has jumped on the bandwagon)

Teresa Sádaba 6 Feb 2023

Image source: Getty Images

HR & Management

Rebranding HR as the focus shifts from processes to people

Sonia Tshabalala 26 Jan 2023

Ghana to default on most external debt as economic crisis worsens

Economy

Ghana to default on most external debt as economic crisis worsens

Christian Akorlie and Cooper Inveen 20 Dec 2022

Strong relationships, dynamic systems key to successful SA liquor trade

Research

Strong relationships, dynamic systems key to successful SA liquor trade

5 Dec 2022

Source: Supplied.

Finance

Gates Foundation calls for bold and immediate action at COP27

9 Nov 2022

Re.Bag.Re.Use initiative receives international recognition

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Re.Bag.Re.Use initiative receives international recognition

20 Oct 2022

You can't shrink your way to greatness

Marketing

You can't shrink your way to greatness

Issued by Brandfundi 10 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters. The central business district in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos, Nigeria February 10, 2019.

Economy

Sub-Saharan Africa's growth to drop to 3.3% this year, World Bank says

Rachel Savage 5 Oct 2022

Newspapers

Racism in South African newspapers persists - even after decades of Black media ownership

Prinola Govenden 13 Sep 2022

Tongaat Hulett suspends Zim sugar cane pre-payments

Agriculture

Tongaat Hulett suspends Zim sugar cane pre-payments

Nelson Banya 16 May 2022

Image source: Kei Scampa from

Competition Law

Rapid development of competition law across Africa

Lerisha Naidu, Angelo Tzarevski, Sphesihle Nxumalo and Zareenah Rasool 11 May 2022

Africa faces hard knocks as rich countries take manufacturing back home

Supply Chain

Africa faces hard knocks as rich countries take manufacturing back home

Jonathan Munemo 28 Apr 2022

Rising hunger looms in Sudan, with little aid in sight

Food, Water & Energy Security

Rising hunger looms in Sudan, with little aid in sight

Nafisa Eltahir and Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah 4 Apr 2022

Kantar BrandZ lesson 7 of 7: Capitec Bank on making a meaningful difference with an entrepreneurial mindset

Branding

Kantar BrandZ lesson 7 of 7: Capitec Bank on making a meaningful difference with an entrepreneurial mindset

Issued by Kantar 2 Mar 2022

Demand for African developers at an all-time high - Google report

Development

Demand for African developers at an all-time high - Google report

21 Feb 2022

#SONA2022: Minerals Council urges speedy implementation to avert economic crisis

Mining

#SONA2022: Minerals Council urges speedy implementation to avert economic crisis

11 Feb 2022

#StartupStory: Pulse Communications

#StartupStory

#StartupStory: Pulse Communications

Evan-Lee Courie 24 Jan 2022

Source: ©African Energy Indaba A panel discussion at the 2020 Africa Energy Indaba

Energy

2022 Africa Energy Indaba to focus on energy solutions

13 Jan 2022

Image source: © alicenerr –

Mining

Rescuers work to retrieve bodies at collapsed Sudanese gold mine

29 Dec 2021

ESG

KFC Add Hope out-of-home campaign had SA guessing

9 Dec 2021

	
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