Microsoft backs black-owned South African software companies
It may be a bit of a mouthful but “equity-linked broad based black economic empowerment” looks like a step in the right direction for South Africa. And it could be a good thing for investors too. A new...
View ArticleChina cements its Africa link, sees South Africa as a springboard for African...
China’s new investment in South Africa pales alongside the landmark $5.5bn stake that the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China acquired in Standard Bank two and a half years ago. Nevertheless, the...
View ArticleLife Healthcare: the “pure emerging market play”
Not so long ago, you might have expected Life Healthcare, the South African private hospital operator whose R7bn initial public offer will be the biggest ever seen on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange,...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s economy feels the World Cup vibe
Whether they were football fans or not a few months ago, most South Africans are now – in the words of Charlotte Makoti, a 35 year old recruitment agent from Krugersdorp – “feeling the vibe”. Read more
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World Cup gains fans in emerging markets
The banks of empty seats at some World Cup games will have disappointed the international football authorities. But the sport is as popular as ever on television. And some of the most notable TV...
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Will top vuvuzela maker blow away the competition?
From SAB Miller to Nandos, South Africa has generated a fair crop of multinationals brands. Could the country’s leading vuvuzela manufacturer be set to join them? The high-pitched horn beloved of South...
View ArticleWuhan enters scramble for Africa’s coal
Wuhan Iron and Steel’s investment in Mozambique provides yet further evidence about the scale and quality of the former Portuguese colony’s coal reserves. Steel companies from emerging markets such as...
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World Cup: Adidas ahead in battle of the brands
The Jabulani ball Adidas designed and manufactured for the tournament may have been controversial, but Europe’s largest sportswear manufacturer has had a good World Cup, at least when it comes to...
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South Africa’s unions in power struggle
Is South Africa celebrating its success in organising the World Cup 2010 too early? After all, there is still more than a week to go and trades unions acting for workers of Eskom, the state-owned...
View ArticleFIFA’s aid plans: premier league or Sunday soccer?
Sepp Blatter has a penchant for high flown rhetoric and the president of FIFA, world football's governing body, has been waxing lyrical again this week, arguing that "we are giving hope to the world...
View ArticleSouth Africa nurses World Cup hangover
The sudden exit of football-watching tourists is not the only reason that South Africa’s economy is feeling something of a post-World Cup hangover. Read more
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We also do wine: fun-loving South Africans see exports jump
A strong currency, a poor harvest and a protracted transport strike: South African wine farmers have had their problems of late. But the World Cup has given the wine industry a welcome boost, says Su...
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Local business, global network: Naspers seeks to conquer the emerging world
This week South Africa’s Naspers spent $388m for a stake in Russian internet group Digital Sky Technology – thus confirming its status as one of the country’s most prolific emerging market players. But...
View ArticleOECD on South Africa: mission far from accomplished
South African elites like to see their country as a potential BRIC, one of those rapidly developing countries whose emergence is changing the shape of the world economy. But the latest report from the...
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