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South Africa

Starbucks

fresh grinders

South Africa: How Starbucks licensee plans to woo Cape Town

“We respect Cape Town’s café and coffee culture, as we do Capetonians’ sense of style, romance and sophistication,” Adrian Maizey, the ... founder and the CEO of Rand Capital Coffee, tells The Africa Report.

The Waiting Game

Network defies African digital payments drop with DPO purchase

Payment solutions provider Network International’s purchase of African online commerce platform DPO Group, opens the prospect of faster growth ... for both businesses, says Andrew Key, Network International managing director for Africa.

Brand Cull

Some South African brands unlikely to survive COVID warns Havas CEO

A shake-out of medium-sized South African brands is in prospect as COVID-19 prompts consolidation and localisation, Havas CEO for Southern Africa ... Lynn Madeley tells The Africa Report.

New South African bank notes featuring an image of former South African President Nelson Mandela are displayed at an office in Johannesburg

NEW LEAF

South Africa’s Infrastructure Fund is here, minus corruption vows National Treasury

South Africa’s R100bn (about $5.8bn) Infrastructure Fund is here, but there will no repeat of the large-scale corruption witnessed in 2010, ... says National Treasury director-general Dondo Mogajane.

LEANER OPERATION

South Africa’s Sasol loses over $5bn, eyes painful restructuring

In the past few months, group CEO and president Fleetwood Grobler and his team have “navigated volatility I have not seen in over 30 years ... at Sasol”.

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Lebanon Explosion

looming disaster

Lebanon: Chronicle of a tragedy foretold

From the port authorities to President Michel Aoun and the Ministers of Justice and Transport, everyone had access to the file on the 2750 tonnes ... of ammonium nitrate that was being stored in the port of Beirut. And all of them are now blaming each other for the 4 August tragedy.

SOUTH AFRICA TRAINS COLLIDE

NEW DIRECTION

Focus on SADC countries is crucial for South Africa says Transnet CEO

Transnet is shifting its focus to the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), but commitments in Nigeria and Ghana remain priorities, says ... group CEO Portia Derby.

Neighbourly despatch

Repression in Zimbabwe exposes South Africa’s weakness

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa’s despatch of envoys to Zimbabwe in a bid to defuse the latest crisis, in which the government has ... engaged in a vicious crackdown on opponents, journalists and the freedoms of speech, association and protest, has been widely welcomed.

Farmer squeeze

What can be done about the damage Covid-19 is causing to South African agri-SMEs

Covid-19 has prompted widespread discussion of the resilience of food systems and how efficiency and competitiveness have been previously understood. ... Recent decades have seen the growth of increasingly complex food value chains. These are underpinned by just-in-time delivery systems, a growing share of food products sold through supermarkets, and increasing concentration of ownership among powerful, large food manufacturers.

Network boost

‘COVID-19 is fast-tracking digital transformation’ and fuelling growth – Telkom CEO

Listed telco Telkom expects growth in ICT driven by the rise in remote work, despite a dire economic outlook, says group CEO Sipho Maseko. ... />

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