Enter the dragon Two hundred and forty Chinese firms have invested in more than 400 Nigerian projects between 1998 and 2012, making it the African country with the most Chinese investment. A report… Read more
Forward thinking Seventeen billion. That’s how many rands could be added to South Africa’s economy each year if companies implemented flexible working hours. A study by mobile workspace solutions firm Citrix Systems… Read more
Business solution SMMEs are the backbone of Africa’s commerce industry. Yet, 95% of entrepreneurs don’t have access to loans because they operate with personal cash, which is untraceable, costly to handle and… Read more
Once bitten… Arachnophobia is fairly common. However, a fear of spiders generally pales in comparison to the dangers of malaria. Now mosquito-eating spiders – Evarcha culicivora, to be precise – may actually aid… Read more
Evasion techniques Nigeria has close to 500 000 registered companies. Unfortunately for the government, however, only around 120 000 of them pay their taxes. In an effort to combat tax evasion, the country’s Federal Inland… Read more
