Stuck on Default Standard Chartered Mozambique gas emissions to outstrip those of UK UK banking group Standard Chartered in 2021 funded fossil fuel expansion projects that will emit five times the entire UK’s annual carbon emissions ... across the project lifetimes, led by LNG development in Mozambique, a new report claims.
Terms of Trade Credit Suisse: South African reforms can strengthen rand in long term South Africa has a rare chance to use investment inflows and improved terms of trade as a basis for reform which can produce a stronger rand ... in the long term, Credit Suisse director Alexey Pogorelov tells The Africa Report.
Down with Downtime South Africa: MTN leads telecoms consumer sentiment, Eskom constrains the industry MTN has the best levels of consumer sentiment among South Africa’s telecoms companies but Eskom's load shedding is harming perceptions of the ... industry, according to the South African Telecommunications Sentiment Index from Deloitte and DataEQ.
ROLLING REFORM South Africa: African Rail Industry Association welcomes Transnet rail sale Transnet has announced that it will sell slots of its rail network to third parties in an effort to liberalise the the rail sector, but the African ... Rail Industry Association (ARIA) argues that current terms placed on the table by the state owned company may limit investor appetite. Article 4/4 of "Logistics in Africa"
an impasse South Africa: Small business’ ability to create jobs limited by red tape, says Black Business Council
an impasse South Africa: Small business’ ability to create jobs limited by red tape, says Black Business Council
tweeter-in-chief Elon Musk: the African who wants to unleash Twitter African-born billionaire Elon Musk has just bought Twitter, the social network, for $44bn. The information is a source of pride as well as ... concern.
What to do Africa in April 2022: Kenya’s campaigns, Zuma’s and Kanu’s trials, and a new airline takes off The Africa Report's guide to the month of April 2022 on the continent. ...
Just Transition? South Africa: Eskom miners need new jobs for energy transition to succeed Finding a future for South Africa’s coal miners will be essential to achieving energy transition, Saliem Fakir, executive director of the Africa ... Climate Foundation (ACF), tells The Africa Report.
bitter sweet South Africa: Lobby seeks to end sugar tax, save weakened industry While South Africa’s government has delayed plans to hike the country’s controversial sugar tax to April 2023, The South African Canegrowers ... Association (SA Canegrowers), a lobby representing 22,000 farmers, continues to argue for a total withdrawal of the tax to support a sector in decline.
renewal bug Ramaphosa’s ‘step aside’ rule for corrupt ANC leaders ‘not working’ says key ally South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa's key lieutenant in the African National Congress (ANC) has admitted that the party's rule to force ... criminally-charged leaders to step aside has not worked.
slow and steady South Africa: Fiscal stability triggers Moody’s outlook upgrade, draws international investors Fiscal consolidation, improved revenue collection, and debt moderation have earned South Africa a revision on its outlook from negative to stable ... by Moody’s Investors Service, according to the credit ratings agency.