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South Africa: The New BRIC Kid on the Block

2010 was a major year for South Africa with the successful FIFA World Cup. However significant the event, it pales to the global political positioning South Africa has worked for itself in the past...

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Replicating Asian Business Models in Africa Requires Stable Forex Rates

Government officials the world over have marveled at the Asian economic success story over the past decade.  Developing economies seem to have leapfrogged past many of the predictable obstacles to...

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South Africa: Economy Overview 2011

Real GDP has recovered from -1.7% in 2009 to 2.8% in 2010; this rate of GDP growth remained clearly below potential, estimated around 4% per annum for South Africa. GDP is expected to grow at a rate of...

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Onlines Sales in South Africa Grow Big

Businesses worldwide were negatively affected by the global economic crisis of the past few years.  Online retail sales, however, continued to grow during this turbulent economic time and are still on...

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Southern Africa Region Economic Landscape 2011

  The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) is a trade and development bloc, whose aim is economic integration following the independence of Southern Africa states. SADC is made up of fifteen...

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Success in the Consumer Market of Kinshasa, DR Congo

  With a population exceeding 12 million people (based on recent census data), Kinshasa, the capitol of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is among the top three cities in Africa.  At first...

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South Africa: Mineral Industry Overview

The Republic of South Africa remained one of the world’s leading mining and mineral-processing countries. In 2009, South Africa’s estimated share of world platinum production amounted to 79%; kyanite...

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South Africa: Export Trade Flows to World in 2010

South Africa’s total export trade flows (merchandise) to the world totaled $71,484,309,310 in 2010. The following table provides South Africa’s export trade flows with individual countries around the...

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South Africa: Import Trade Flows from World in 2010

South Africa’s total import trade flows (merchandise) from the world totaled $79,869,793,510 in 2010. The following table provides South Africa’s import trade flows with individual countries. For...

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Powering Trade with Solar in South Africa

The first phase of a massive rooftop solar energy project is currently underway in Durban. KwaZulu-Natal. The project was launched just ahead of COP17, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change...

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South Africa Becoming a Renewable Energy Hub

South Africa is fast becoming a preferred renewable energy investment destination for both private and public sector investors – good news for the country’s growing electricity demands, emerging clean...

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New Portable Waste Plant Innovation in South Africa Makes Fuel

Scientists from Wits University’s Centre of Materials and Process Synthesis (Comps) and the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa), have developed new technology that can produce liquid...

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South Africa’s Largest Desalination Plant Opens

South Africa’s biggest seawater desalination plant has opened in the seaside town of Mossel Bay in the Western Cape province. This facility will ensure that the economic hub achieves greater water...

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First Green Transport Service in South Africa

A group of forward-thinking entrepreneurs have established South Africa’s first carbon-neutral transport service. The Green Cab is the idea of a group of women who decided to pool their expertise to...

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LED-Lighting Switches on in South Africa

South Africa is set for a boom in the use of LED lighting following the announcement of Africa’s largest energy-saving lighting deal – a joint initiative between local power utility Eskom and global...

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Russia to Send Trade Delegation to Oil & Gas Africa 2012 Conference and Expo

The Russians are coming! Recent new oil and gas discoveries all over Africa are attracting investors and developers from around the world. Russia is the latest country to show an active interest in the...

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Innovolt Launches Presence in South Africa; Move Signifies Company’s Global...

ATLANTA, March 2012 /PRNewswire/ –Leader in Electronics Power Protection and Management Extends Technology to Areas in Need Innovolt, a pioneer and leader in intelligent electronics power protection...

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South Africa 2012: Government Leaders and Key Ministries

The following list includes the key government leaders – the head of state, his/her cabinet and key ministries – of South Africa as of April 10, 2012.   Pres. Jacob ZUMA Dep. Pres. Kgalema MOTLANTHE...

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South Africa’s Energy Sector Small Independent Power Producers Program Comes...

There has been a lot of movement in South Africa’s renewable energy sector due to South Africa’s green policy and government contracts to produce renewable energy. In SA’s Integrated Resource Plan, at...

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South Africa: Economic Cooperation, Regional Integration, & Trade 2012

Given the shift of global power towards developing countries, South Africa’s trade policy would be underpinned by deepening functional integration in the region, on the continent, and with emerging...

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