Africa In 2017: Trends To Watch
Trends Across The Continent 2017 is likely to bring a cyclical recovery to sub-Saharan African economies, after a sluggish 2016,…
South Africa Politics To Trigger Downgrade
IMF Forecast Lowered As Economy Remains Weak South Africa’s economy remains weak. The current GDP growth forecast by the International Monetary…
South Africa Politics To Trigger Downgrade
Political Risk Rising Investors have been buying the South African rand in recent weeks, clearly overlooking political risk that for months has been…
Transforming Trade in Africa
For a continent as big and diverse as Africa, regional integration is a mammoth task. But the longer African nations…
Shorter Settlement for JSE
On Monday, July 11th, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) formally completed its move to a shorter settlement cycle in which…
South Africa PMI Higher, First Time in a Year
On June 3, Standard Bank released its monthly Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for South Africa, which shows that the beleaguered…
Clouds Over Emerging Market Growth
A period of exceptionally weak growth across emerging markets (EM) may be ending, but the current outlook is nothing to…
After South African Court Ruling, Calls For Zuma To Step Down
South Africa has descended into its worst political quagmire since the removal of President Thabo Mbeki eight years ago. His…
South Africa’s Economic Woes: Growth Slides, Fiscal Space Shrinks
South Africa’s economic woes are increasingly looking more terminal than structural, raising concerns about the government’s ability to keep a…
Zandi: Collapse in Commodities Has “Crushed” Some Emerging Markets
The slide in emerging markets carried over into 2016 and showed little sign of slowing as a decline commodities rattled…
Video: Nicky Newton-King, Part 2
In Part 2 of our exclusive with JSE Group CEO Nicky Newton-King, she explains the “world-class” offerings of the Johannesburg…
China’s Slowdown Is Africa’s Reality
Fast and steady economic growth across the African sub-continent stoked hopes and visions of a new era. Investments were flowing…
