Raising the stakes While 2016 marked a challenging year for African equity markets due to lower economic growth, the past five years saw a total of 110 initial public offerings (IPOs) raising US$6.5 billion… Read more
Game on The boom in wildlife prices that South Africa experienced between 2011 and 2014 – driven mainly by the growth in trophy hunting – is dwindling as an aftershock of one of the… Read more
Top ranking By 2030, the economies of Egypt and Nigeria are forecast to be bigger than that of Australia and the Netherlands, with estimated GDPs of US$2.05 trillion and US$1.79 trillion respectively…. Read more
Identity parade In the early 1990s, South Africa became the first country worldwide to introduce great white shark conservation but lack of a standardised procedure for collecting data to help estimate population… Read more
The price of love The way to a Kenyan’s heart is apparently through their stomach, with spending in restaurants on Valentine’s Day increasing by 240% since 2014. According to a BizTech Africa report, the… Read more
