A reduction in costs and the undeniable environmental benefits have resulted in a steady transition from traditional to renewable sources of power in recent years...
With the year's biggest international award shows done and dusted, I chatted to the regional jurors ahead of the upcoming Loeries Creative Week. Next in the series is this year's Live, PR and OOH juror Lanre Adisa, also CEO/CCO of Noah's Ark Communications, Nigeria...
Leigh Andrews 17 Jul 2019
Hosted by the City of Tshwane, the 5th annual African Capital Cities Sustainability Forum (ACCSF) is currently under way...
Food safety studies in Ethiopia reveal that unlocking consumer demand for safe food is critical to stopping the millions of deaths and illnesses from foodborne pathogens across the continent...
Arie Havelaar and Ashagrie Zewdu Woldegiorgis 10 Jun 2019
Addressing the well-being needs of Africans through a true collaborative effort between business, government, communities and the people who inhabit this continent will unlock future value...
With 2019 already in full swing, thoughts inevitably turn to what to expect later this year...
Riaan Graham 14 Mar 2019
2018 was full of surprises and 2019 will have many more, says Andries Brink...
With the continent having one of the fastest urbanisation rates in the world, Africa's cities need to brace themselves for millions more people over the next few decades...
The African city of the future: finding real alternatives to creating mere replicas of Dubai, Shanghai and Singapore...
Professor Vanessa Watson, of the School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, UCT, is part of an exciting speaker line-up at the upcoming African Real Estate & Infrastructure Summit in Cape Town from 2-3 November...
South Africa's grand plan to change the face of urban development is set to create vibrant spaces that are geared towards inclusive living and growth in the country's towns and cities...
Growing urbanisation could be a big opportunity for Africa...
Finding the balance between the opportunities and the risks is the right way to do business in Africa. These are the key trends driving investment in Africa...
Robyn de Villiers 15 Jan 2016
Concerns about 'red tape' and perceived corruption are still top of mind for investors who are looking to enter African markets...
Yossi Schwartz, chairman of Y&R South Africa and Africa, announced that Y&R Advertising and VML have partnered with leading, multi-disciplinary communications agency, Creative Edge Ltd, based in Nairobi...
The number of Africans with $30 million in assets - the ultra high net worth individual - is anticipated to rise by 53% to 2,858 by 2023, far outstripping the average pace of growth across the rest of the world...
According to the WWF's biennial Living Planet Report 2014, populations of fish, birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles have declined by 52% since 1970.
For the first time, the global demand for milk is set to overtake the available supply over the next decade. Milk supply is expected to lag demand by 2017, predominantly due to growth from Asia and Africa.
In a presentation to a recent global retail conference in London, organised by the International Council of Shopping Centres (ICSC) and Thompson Reuters, Belinda Clur, managing director of Clur Research International, identified a new property sector opening up in African markets as retailers growing their presence there need or build their own distribution warehouses.
A new city, with police stations, universities and cemeteries, could soon rise on the outskirts of Cape Town.
Johannesburg and Cape Town will grow in size by 2020 to rank along with the largest emerging market cities, with consumer-spending markets that will be a magnet for investment by consumer-goods companies, a report on the continent's growing economies predicts.
Michael Bleby 28 Jun 2010