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ManufacturingSouth Africa
The Textile Industry in South Africa – Delayed Gratification
A first reflection on the latest WoW report addressing The Textile Industry in South Africa is that the industry is part of the Clothing and Textiles Competitiveness Programme (now rebooted...
Information and communicationKenya
The Telecommunications Industry in Kenya
Will the country remain the Silicon Savannah of Africa? The biggest achievement in Kenya’s Telecommunications industry has been the mobile money application, M-Pesa, a solution that was initially meant for...
Mauritius
Mauritius Snaphot
Mauritius is an island nation of 1.3 million people with a GDP of US$13.5bn. It has previously been a colony of France and the UK, and to quote a resident,...
Human health and social work activitiesSouth Africa
The Pharmaceutical Industry in South Africa
“Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.” – Hippocrates Introduction to the Pharmaceutical Industry in South Africa Property rights cover a vast domain...
Other service activitiesSouth Africa
Management Consulting & Business Advisory Services including Knowledge Management in South Africa.
One cannot talk about management consulting without reflecting on the role of this sector South Africa’s state capture as well as what management gurus such as Peter Drucker consider important....
Accommodation and food service activitiesSouth Africa
The Sugar Industry in Eswatini – Has Sugar turned Bittersweet?
Worldwide consumption of sugar kept growing despite the increasing awareness of the unwelcome link between sugar consumption and obesity. What is interesting is that sustained growth worldwide is coming from...
Information and communicationSouth Africa
Cloud Computing – Nature’s gift to technology
Way back in 1798 Malthus phrased his Malthusian trap: “The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.” The world population...
Financial and insurance activitiesSouth Africa
Short term Insurance – The answer to what you have but cannot afford to lose
The frightening statistic we get from the latest WOW report on the short-term insurance industry is that about 70% of vehicles on the South African roads are uninsured. The issue...