Sep 22, 2014
In the current difficult economic climate, many industries are performing poorly as growth stagnates and consumers remain cash-strapped; yet there are measures that companies can deploy to perform counter-cyclical to the economy. According to Douw van der Walt:...
Aug 29, 2014
If the US model is anything to go by, the path to South African economic recovery lies in greater productivity through more flexible labour laws, and exploitation of the energy reserves currently lying in the Karoo. At a Frontier Forum seminar hosted by the IDC and...
Aug 19, 2014
In difficult economic conditions, a company’s ability to deal effectively with issues such as staff retrenchment, down-sizing and redundancy could mean the difference between survival and failure. There are HR and recruitment experts who believe South African...
Jul 30, 2014
Although slow, global economic growth is expected to improve through to 2015 – but South Africa lags behind this trend as it lacks a significant growth driver. This is according to Rian le Roux, chief economist at Old Mutual Investment Group, who says that...
Jul 22, 2014
ICT has assumed an increasingly strategic role in the Kenyan economy in recent years. Between 2000 and 2012, the country’s wider transport and communications sector, of which ICT is a part, grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7,7%, outperforming all...
