Tag: Global economy

Innovative interventions needed to turn around underperforming growth trajectory (Engineering News) Against the backdrop of a profoundly challenging macroeconomic environment wher...

SA Canegrowers maintains sugar tax increase will destroy jobs (Engineering News) Ahead of Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s Budget Speech on February 21, industry body the Sou...

The organizers of the World Economic Forum (WEF) do not always get the selected theme quite right. Some years, the great and the good who attend the annual uber-capitalist event in...

The WTO’s Understanding on Dispute Settlement (DSU) provides World Trade Organisation (WTO) members with a legal framework for resolving trade disputes that arise between them wh...

Investment in infrastructure gains momentum (SAnews) President Cyril Ramaphosa says investment in infrastructure is gaining momentum, and new and innovative funding mechanisms wil...

Italy-Africa Summit Italy unveils its plan for the development of Africa (Africanews) Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Monday unveiled Italy’s big development plan for Africa ...

Last week, the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) took place in Davos, Switzerland. In recent years, Africa was at the forefront of discussions, but this year la...

Sustaining growth for South Africa’s vibrant fintech industry (Daily Maverick) Fintech enterprises frequently leverage cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence, bl...

South Africa must build renewable energy momentum, and then move on to other sectors (Engineering News) The rapid pace at which South Africa is building renewable energy projects,...

Structural reforms remain key for SA economy (SAnews) Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has reaffirmed South Africa’s commitment to engaging in structural reforms that will fost...

Cape Town calls for deadline on private sector port involvement (Engineering News) The City of Cape Town says it wants a “clear deadline” from Transnet and national government...

South Africa’s trade balance is thinning and in need of urgent resolve (The Mail & Guardian) A review of South Africa’s trade data for the period 2018 to 2022 revealed tha...

Crumbling South African rail prompts Botswana to forge new route (Engineering News) Botswana has received unsolicited bids from investors to build a rail line to a Namibian port t...

South Africa to seek bids for new nuclear power station (Reuters) South Africa will launch a bidding process for an extra 2,500 megawatts (MW) of nuclear power by March, as the co...

Freight Logistics Roadmap approved to be published (SAnews) The Freight Logistics Roadmap – aimed at addressing the serious challenges in that industry – has been approved for...

White Paper on electric vehicles released (SAnews) Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel has released a White Paper that outlines a comprehensive electric vehicle...

South Africa: Cape Town Port Fully Operational After Delays In Container Offloads (allAfrica) Operations have returned to normal at the Port of Cape Town after reported delays exp...

Despite no consensus on global plastics instrument, South Africa is making progress (Engineering News) While the third meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC)...

Kenya has vast growth potential in aviation and technology (The Standard) The air transport industry in Africa is on the resurgence, and aviation is definitely the next infrastruc...

Raising South Africa’s Economic Prospects by Curbing Crime (World Bank) The impact of crime on South Africa’s economic prospects is high and broad-based, according to a World ...