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Richard Harney, partner, Kaplan & Stratton, Advocates Nairobi, Kenya - member of the Lex Africa network
Kenya is sub-Saharan Africa's third largest economy, after South Africa and Nigeria. Its economy is principally agriculture based with tea, coffee and horticulture providing the main export commodities. Tourism is also a major foreign exchange earner. Nairobi is the third largest centr...
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North West Province, strategically located between Botswana on the north and four of South Africa's nine provinces, has made significant progress in rebuilding an economy that was sustained by artificial means, and in creating an attractive investment destination. Traders speaks to Brenda Mambaso Executive Director Trade and Investment Generation Unit, Chappy Holtzhausen, Executive Director Mar...
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Please provide an overview of Angola's basic economic indicators, including GDP, GDP growth (annual %), population growth, unemployment, GDP per capita.
It is well known that Angola is a potentially rich country, characterised by abundant natural resources. It has vast reserves of oil, gas, diamonds and other minerals, as well as considerable hydroelectric potential, varied agricultural ...
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conflict zones and post conflict reconstruction
Tagbo Agbazue,
Programme Manager, Africa Corporate Sustainability Forum (a programme of AICC)
Conflict presents an exceptionally difficult set of dynamics for businesses within the African terrain, and is a reality facing many South African busi¬nesses operating across the continent. It raises some pressing ...
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Sizwe Mncwango, MD Masana Petroleum Solutions
The practicalities of empowerment may differ from one country to another, depending on prevailing socio-economic and political conditions, but the principle behind empowerment never changes - inclusion of all shades of opinion, no matter how estranged, in the process of creating a holistic programme for the greater good of all.
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Traders speaks to Andrew Mather, managing director WSP Group SA, to ascertain the reason for WSP's decision to expand its Mauritian operation, as well as to better understand the new services it plans to offer.
How long has WSP been active in Mauritius?
WSP has had a presence in Mauritius for over 10 years. Initially we operated with a staff component of five, and offere...
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Duncan Bonnett, Whitehouse and Associates
Three decades after it first came into being - and then fell apart - the East African Community has become a reality. Moreover, the timing is good, with economic stability and development more prevalent in all three countries now than at any time in the last twenty years. A snapshot of three well-known markets that offers exciting opportunities.<...
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The African Growth and Opportunity Act - AGOA - has frequently been touted as the panacea for Africa's flagging participation in international trade. But a more balanced assessment of bilateral trade with the United States shows that, notwithstanding its considerable worth, AGOA's impact has been somewhat more muted.
Despite the publicity surrounding it, or even because of it, AGOA is st...
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According to the 14th edition of the annual mergers and acquisition survey entitled Ernst & Young Mergers & Acquisitions: A Review of Activity for the Year 2004, South Africa's black economic empowerment (BEE) momentum continued unhindered in 2004, with the number of transactions increasing 29% to 244, from 189 the year before. BEE deal value increased from R42.2 billion in 2003 to R52.9 bi...
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Hany Besada, Business in Africa Researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)
The following article is based on the findings of a study entitled Glimpse of hope in West Africa: the experience of South African firms doing business in Ghana conducted by SAIIA.
Relations between South Africa and Ghana have improved substantially since 1994 in light of the...
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analysis of South African business in Africa
Andrew McGregor, managing director, Who Owns Whom
An analysis of the Who Owns Whom's database of South African business in Africa shows an interesting trend in terms of the countries that are attracting the most interest. The information published in the recently released 25th edition of Who Owns Whom analyses the total of 232 fixed...
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Duncan Bonnett, Whitehouse and Associates
It is a region of Africa that often gets overlooked by companies planning their expansion strategies. Traditionally amongst the poorest, least developed, unstable, inaccessible and in some instances corrupt countries in Africa, the region has only recently emerged as one that global companies are taking a renewed interest in.
The Economic and Mo...
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Paulette Lopes, Faria de Bastos, Sebastiao e Lopes Lawyers, a member of the Lex Africa network
The Business Environment
Angola is located in the southern part of Africa, neighboured by the Republic of Congo Brazzaville to the north, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the north and northeast, Zambia to the east, Namibia to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the west....
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The Association of SADC Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASCCI) recently published a pilot business climate survey for the SADC region, revealing a favourable regional economic climate. The manufacturing firms participating in the survey expressed optimistic economic expectations for the next twelve months.
Participants and methodology
The BCS was conducted amongst manufacturing...
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Pieter Steyn, director, Werksmans Incorporated
In recent years, South African businesses have expanded significantly into Africa and South Africa has become the biggest source of foreign direct investment into Africa. In Africa, South Africans can and do effectively compete with European, American and other businesses. As such, in order to fully take advantage of such opportunities, it is i...
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The Namibian economy is anchored on five priority sectors that are central to the country's developmental goals. These are: agriculture, fisheries, mining, manufacturing and tourism.
The agricultural sector presents vast opportunities in auxiliary services, such as value-added local processing of livestock for leather and tallow products such as glue and gelatine. Other areas of interest a...
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Duncan Bonnett, Whitehouse and Associates
It is easy to forget that a decade ago South African companies
were still, to a large degree, operating under the constraints of
isolation from the international business system. Indeed, some
countries still maintained sanctions against South Africa until
after the elections of April 1994. As we enter the second decade
of de...
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The South African Government through TISA – the
trade and investment agency of the Department
of Trade and Industry (DTI) – benchmarked itself
against other governments on the support given
to local manufacturers in exporting their products.
Through this exercise, the value of using Internet
portals in promoting the country’s manufacturers to
potential buyers internationally, ...
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