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On-the-ground business intelligence in South Africa & Eswatini, since July 2019.
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Industry accounts for only 13 percent of SADC's regional GDP, a figure the bloc's own secretariat put on the record on the same day it opened an event named, without irony, Industrialisation Week. The eighth edition convened at the Novotel Hotel and Spa in...
A truck queue at a single border post is not usually where regional economics gets made. Yet at Beitbridge, the crossing joining South Africa and Zimbabwe on the North-South Corridor, the SADC Secretariat has just spent two days doing exactly that arithmetic. The...
Southern Africa slaughters tens of millions of cattle, goats and sheep every year, and the region's abattoirs generate a correspondingly large volume of hides and skins. Yet SADC retailers stock finished leather goods — shoes, bags, upholstery — made...
In an age of fast talk and fleeting trends, The Compass Room 360 made a bold and refreshing entrance into South Africa’s business leadership space with its inaugural Accountability Room event on 5 July 2025. Hosted at The Premier Hotel Quatermain in Morningside,...
The Southern African Development Community likes to quote its combined size. At the 34th Committee of Ministers of Trade, held in Harare on 5 June 2025 alongside the 24th Ministerial Taskforce on Regional Economic Integration, officials put the figure at more than...
In the quiet chaos of many SMEs, there's a common scene playing out: invoices filed, receipts boxed, and spreadsheets buried deep in email threads. The "books" are up to date - or so it seems. But when it's time to make a decision, the numbers say little. They weren't...
Across clinics, pharmacies, hospitals, and retail chains in Southern Africa, one name echoes with quiet consistency: Genesis Pharmaceuticals. Founded in 2011; built on principles of quality, accessibility, and regional reliability, Genesis has grown into one of the...
A Kingdom Built on Algorithms and Egos Once upon a time in the jungle of America’s digital kingdom, two mighty rulers reigned supreme: King Julien of MAGAstan, and his tiny, techie admirer Mort from Teslaland. Their alliance? Unholy, unlikely, and undeniably viral....
In June 2025 Botswana cut its 2025 growth forecast to near zero. A prolonged diamond downturn did not just dent revenue; it exposed how much the budget still rests on one stone.