Melting pot
In South Africa, the sun’s energy will soon be harnessed to power a very different manufacturing process – aluminium-smelting.... Read more
22 Jun, 2015
Age-old question
Africa’s youth currently account for 65% of the continent’s entire consumer spend, which is estimated at some US$1.3 trillion.... Read more
22 Jun, 2015
Rich pickings
The number of African millionaires has almost doubled since 2001. In fact, there are more than 160 000 African... Read more
22 Jun, 2015
Shop ’til you unplug
Who would’ve thought that South African men shop more online compared to women? A mobile shopping survey run by... Read more
15 Jun, 2015
Bigger phish to fry
Seventeen minutes. That’s how long a typical cyberattack in South Africa lasts. And one in 214 emails sent in... Read more
15 Jun, 2015
Step on the gas
It appears there is no end to the offshore East Africa gas boom. Tanzania recently announced its latest deep-sea... Read more
15 Jun, 2015
Dime a dozen
One hundred trillion Zimbabwe dollars will get you 40 US cents – if it’s exchanged via the country’s central... Read more
15 Jun, 2015
Hard to swallow
What swarming pest, renowned for destroying huge areas of crops, might just turn out to be an answer to... Read more
15 Jun, 2015
Relief at hand
Half a million – that’s the number of backlogged health claims from mineworkers with lung diseases that South Africa... Read more
5 Jun, 2015
Full of energy
In the next five to 10 years, can Mozambique become the liquified natural gas (LNG) regional export hub of... Read more
5 Jun, 2015
