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Africa Thinks Here
On-the-ground business intelligence in South Africa & Eswatini, since July 2019.
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Southern Africa has no shortage of coastline, fish stocks or aquaculture potential. What it has lacked, until recently, is a shared regional signal that the blue economy is an investable growth sector rather than a conservation footnote. That signal arrived in Luanda...
For thirteen years, SADC's Real Time Gross Settlement system has run on a single currency. Every cross-border transaction among the bloc's fifteen participating states — Zambian copper sold to South Africa, Malawian tobacco financed through Johannesburg,...
SADC's own statistics describe the problem its member states convened to solve this week. Intra-regional trade across the bloc's sixteen economies sits at around 20 percent of total trade — a share the region wants to exceed, against roughly 30 percent among...
SA’s draft Public Procurement Regulations 2026 aim to create a single procurement framework; the comment period was extended to 15 July 2026.
South Africa chairs regional integration while migrants flee its cities. How to measure the diplomatic-trust and implementation risk around SADC commitments.
Currency and bond markets lag social-risk events in South Africa. Why operators should build operational indicators that detect unrest before the rand reprices.
Treasury DG Mogajane mapped SA’s turnaround: a third primary surplus, positive ratings outlooks, 19GW new power, 365+ days without load shedding.
Policing anti-migrant unrest and the private security it forces divert resources from growth. How to quantify containment costs as a national productivity loss.
Diplomatic tension with Nigeria could turn into consumer or regulatory retaliation on South African brands. How to stress-test revenue, licences, sentiment.