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...
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’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’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...
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...
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...
“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...
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,...
In this, the biggest edition of Enterprise Africa ever to be released, we talk to some of Southern Africa’s industry captains to find out how they are steering their businesses towards a thriving 2017. Just a few of our exclusive interviews come...
In the past, we’ve learnt that people are the foundation of any business and building structures and cultures around your people is one of the only real proven methods of growing and expanding. However, developing people is different from creating...
As another month comes and goes, we talk to another set of the country’s biggest and best and we hear the same thing we’ve been hearing all year – a successful business is built on people. The way management interact with employees is changing;...
This month we learn about company culture and ‘the way we do things around here’. Obviously, the culture in one business is totally different to the next, and each organisation has to sculpt its own identity through the development of a value...
This month our focus turns mainly to the travel and transportation industries and we hear from some of the country’s biggest and most important companies in this space. Transnet and CEO Siyabonga Gama tell us more about a pleasing set of financial...
This month we follow the theme of ‘international expansion’; growing beyond the borders of South Africa and the African continent; building relationships and markets in countries that are different and not what we’re used to. While many of the...
There seems to be a lot of ‘doom and gloom’ talk when people mention the state of the South African economy right now. “Growth rates are slow, unemployment remains high, the currency is in turmoil and ratings agencies are uncertain over the future...
This month, our lead feature comes from Shell South Africa, one of the country’s leading petroleum companies. But we’re not talking about the rising fuel cost or the tumbling global oil price. We’re not even talking about fracking. We are talking...
Last month we had the opportunity to taste some fine South African wine and needless to say it didn’t disappoint. The country is blessed with some of the finest winemakers and wine making conditions in the world and it shows in the quality that...
The big news from last month was of course President Zuma’s State of the Nation Address (SONA). There were big announcements in the business sector and when Finance Minister followed up with a budget speech that also announced spending, it looks...