The message from our featured companies in August remains the same as the message we have been hearing for the past six-months: Be patient, a turnaround the economy is coming but it may take some time. Since taking office, President Ramaphosa has...
Editions
July 2018
Creating a sustainable manufacturing sector, capable of meeting international standards, and building export competences is a key component of President Ramaphosa’s strategy to attract investment to South Africa. And it looks like it is working...
June 2018
Last month saw Durban’s Albert Luthuli Convention Centre host Africa’s Travel Indaba. One of the largest tourism marketing events on the African calendar and designed to showcase the widest variety of Southern Africa's best tourism products, the...
May 2018
In May’s Enterprise Africa we have an exclusive interview with CEO of Dimension Data’s MEA business. This major IT and tech player has been named as a Top Employer and Grant Bodley tells us that the company will continue investing in its people so...
April 2018
April’s Enterprise Africa focusses on a particularly important issue for South Africans – water. For months, the government has been warning of the impending ‘Day Zero’ in Cape Town, when the taps will run dry, but thanks to a concerted effort by...
March 2018
President Ramaphosa is in office and the business community is largely buoyant - hallelujah! His talk is of ending corruption and state capture, creating jobs, and reviving a numb economy. "We should put all the negativity that has dogged our...
February 2018
The start to 2018 for Southern African business has been hectic and frantic but always exciting. Now appears to be the time to be in business. In South Africa, Jacob Zuma’s time in office is coming to an end and pro-business, anti-corruption ANC...
December 2017
Welcome to the December/January bumper edition of Enterprise Africa, which is the biggest and best magazine we have ever produced! With more stories, more interviews, more leading companies, more exclusives and more reach, Enterprise Africa...
November 2017
uclear power is a subject that polarises opinion. Much like the global political environment nowadays, it tends to fall into a binary choice – Trump or Clinton, Remain or Leave, to build more nuclear power stations or not. In fact, the arguments...
October 2017
Fantastic news from some of South Africa’s industry leading organisations in the October edition – expansion is on the agenda. The businesses that have been able to look past the short-term economic plight of the country are those that are going to...
September 2017
In September sees President Zuma head out to China to lead South Africa’s delegation at the 9th BRICS Summit in Xiamen City. The President will hope to build on the already strong ties that South Africa has developed with Brazil, Russia, India and...
August 2017
In June, Stats SA announced that South Africa had officially entered a period of technical recession. In April, the country’s credit rating was downgraded by Standard & Poor’s to a ‘Junk Status’ investment grade. The Rand continues to fluctuate...
July 2017
July’s Enterprise Africa is about milestones; celebrating companies that have reached significant markers in their history thanks to an ongoing focus on quality and a steadfast commitment to ambitious expansion plans. First up, it’s Petra Diamonds...
June 2017
June’s Enterprise Africa is stuffed full of stories from companies that are experiencing exciting positivity. While mainstream media remains focused on negativity of economic slump and political turmoil, we are talking to organisations that are...
May 2017
The theme for the May edition of Enterprise Africa is entrepreneurship. All of the companies we speak to have grown from nothing to become leaders in their chosen sector, facing major challenges along the way, some that are totally unavoidable and...
April 2017
A key theme of April’s Enterprise Africa is international expansion. A number of popular South African brands are developing to the point where movement into new geographical markets has become the next logical step on the growth path. One market...
March 2017
“While the global economic environment remains uncertain, indications are that we have entered a period of recovery. We anticipate an economic growth rate of 1.3% in 2017,” said President Zuma as he delivered his State of the Nation Address in Cape...
February 2017
We’re excited and eager to hear what President Zuma will say during his State of the Nation Address this month. With many fearing that the economy will face significant challenges through 2017, the hope is that more spending will be announced,...