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SA: Statement by the Sonke Gender Justice Network, NGO promoting gender equality and HIV/AIDS prevention, calls for applications to the second MenEngage Africa Training Initiative course (21/05/2013)

STATEMENT

Sonke Gender Justice Network, the MenEngage Africa Network and the Women’s Health Research Unit at the University of Cape Town are proud to host the second MenEngage Africa Training Initiative...

Water resources management is everyone’s business: Fostering greater stakeholder cooperation

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2013 the International Year of Water Co-operation. In Sub-Saharan Africa, where an estimated 330 million people do not have access to safe drinking...

Daily podcast – May 21, 2013.

PODCAST

African National Congress secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said on Monday that President Jacob Zuma doesn’t have to explain his ties to the Gupta family. He said the National Executive Committee...

Obama to travel to Africa in late June

US-AFRICA RELATIONS

President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will travel to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania in late June and early July to reinforce US ties with countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the White...

Swazi government's prayers answered

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

The African National Congress (ANC) issued a statement earlier this month saying that ‘the democratization of Swaziland must preoccupy the work of the African National Congress’ and calling for...

New growth ‘bargain’

REAL ECONOMY: ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

A leading International Monetary Fund (IMF) official last week urged South Africa’s social partners of government, labour and business to pursue a “broad national bargain” to overcome the...

SA manufacturers have turned export attention to Africa - survey

MANUFACTURING

A new Manufacturing Circle survey shows that South African manufacturers are responding to the market opportunities opening up as a result of strong growth in the rest of Africa, which has already...

Prospecting for solutions: The challenges of South Africa’s mining industry

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

In 1994, South Africa completed the monumental shift out of the oppressive apartheid system and towards democracy in an attempt to tilt the scales towards freedom and equality.(2) Under the...

Investment in infrastructure key to unlocking Africa’s oil and gas potential

OIL & GAS

Africa needs to invest heavily in its infrastructure if it is to grow its oil and gas production, as well as increase demand for these energy resources, Thomson Reuters head of business development...

The balancing act in low income countries: Financial stability vs. growth

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Over the past decades Africa has increasingly opened up its economy to international trade and finance. This change has often been at the bequest of, or under pressure from, the International...

Eskom CEO calls for ‘super grid’ to power up sub-Saharan Africa

ELECTRICITY

The CEO of South African power utility Eskom, Brian Dames, said on Tuesday that countries in sub-Saharan Africa should work together to establish a “super grid” to boost electricity supply in...

Daily podcast – May 14, 2013.

PODCAST

Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said low levels of labour productivity were among the most binding constraints of economic growth and of South Africa’s international competitiveness. He said...

IFC boosts lending to Africa as private sector interest rises

INVESTMENT

The World Bank's investment arm will increase lending to sub-Saharan Africa by up to a quarter this year as private sector companies flock to the fast-growing region, its vice-president said....

Realising Africa's Wealth – Building Inclusive Businesses for Shared Prosperity (May 2013)

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Involving low-income communities in markets and businesses across Africa is essential for economic growth to translate into sustainable development, according to a United Nations Development...

The informal sector in South Africa: Women street traders in Durban – Part 1

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The informal sector is a versatile and dynamic sector which includes a variety of economic activities. Durban is credited as being the first city in South Africa to develop a policy for street...

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