Economy - overview: South Africa is a middle-income, emerging market with an abundant supply of natural resources; well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors and a stock exchange that is the 16th largest in the world. Even though the country s modern infrastructure supports a relatively efficient…
This study examines the impact of the Agricultural Development Programme (ADP) on the farmers in the rural areas of Ondo state, Nigeria, West Africa. It examines the impact of…
Lara Van Pletzen is the newest member of ROI and is excited to represent ROI in the broader metro Atlanta area, having been trained and mentored by the superbly experienced and talented team in Boston, MA. Lara is re-entering the workforce after a period of staying home to raise Pieter and Simone while her husband JJ travelled…
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Media captionAdrienne Murray reports on the part the economy may play in the South African election. South Africans go to the polls this week to vote for a new government at a time when they are celebrating 20 years of democracy. But amid the national celebrations, the economy remains a subject of debate. Although the ruling…
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(sometimes referred to as African Championship of Nations or CHAN ) is a football tournament which was first announced on 11 September 2007. It is administered by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and is played between the best national teams of Africa, exclusively featuring players who are active in the national championships…
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Pretoria (AFP) - South Africa s gross domestic product slowed to a disappointing 1.3 percent in the first months of 2015, official data showed Tuesday, as rolling power cuts dampened manufacturing output. The figure announced by Statistics South Africa was sharply below growth of 4.1 percent in the last quarter of 2014 as the…
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A woman carries fruit to sell in the market in Lagos, Nigeria. Photograph: Sunday Alamba/AP Two years ago Ghana s statistical service announced it was revising its GDP estimates upwards by over 60%, suggesting that in the previous estimates about US$13bn worth s of economic activity had been missed. As a result, Ghana was suddenly…
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Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44, 344, ), 471, 442 sq mi (1, 221, 037 sq km), S Africa. It borders on the Atlantic Ocean in the west, on Namibia in the northwest, on Botswana and Zimbabwe in the north, on Mozambique and Swaziland in the northeast, and on the Indian Ocean…
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The right kind of interventionism by C.W. | LONDON SUB-SAHARAN Africa (SSA) can be a great place to do business. Mauritius is 20th on the World Bank’s “Doing Business” 2013 ranking. Rwanda is a better place to do business than France, a country with a per-capita GDP about 61 times higher. Another report from the bank shows that…
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