How African Businesses Can Embrace Sustainability for a Better Future In recent years, the need for sustainable business practices has become increasingly apparent through the introduction of “Closing The Green Gap”. As the world grapples with the realities of climate change and the impact it has on our planet, companies have come to realise that…
Opportunities in the African Energy Sector are presented and discussed in this year’s Africa Energy Indaba Conference (AEI 2022). Managing Director Mr Volker Werth, together with the head of Swiss Business Hub Southern Africa, Mr Daniel Schneider attended day 1 of the 2022 Africa Energy Indaba Conference in Cape Town, South Africa.
Manufacturing companies have different types of expenses that they need to manage in order to run operations. Production costs are considered one of the largest expenses that manufacturing businesses face. Ensuring that you are not compromising the quality of your products on your cost-cutting mission whilst also finding sustainable ways to reduce your production costs…
South Africa’s growing market for recycling solutions provides international technology suppliers and service providers with a multitude of business opportunities. Through private initiatives, the recycling market in South Africa is growing into a market with large potential. There is an increasing demand for high-quality secondary raw materials consisting of recycled plastics as well as paper…
Food and Beverage industry in Africa Africa has experienced good economic growth in recent years. The continent is home to 4 of the 10 fastest growing economies in the world. Ethiopia and Rwanda occupy the first two places worldwide. In addition, Côte d’Ivoire and Tanzania are two other African economies in the top 10. The…
The African Continental Free Trade Area On the first of January 2021, the long-awaited African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which was planned since 2015, came into effect. The number of member countries makes this the largest Free Trade Area in the world since the founding of the World Trade Organisation. The free trade area…
Nigeria’s Renewable Energy – A country with more than 200 million citizens yet it has been reported that the country’s average electricity consumption is only 150 kWh per capita – almost half the amount of what it’s peer countries in Western Africa are consuming who have a significantly lower population. With only 12 GW installed,…
The E-Commerce market encompasses the sale of physical goods via a digital channel to a private end user (B2C). Incorporated in this definition are purchases via desktop computer (including notebooks and laptops) as well as purchases via mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. The Covid-19 pandemic is quickly changing the buying behaviour of people…
Am 7. Mai kündigte das südafrikanische Ministerium für Bodenschätze und Energie (DMRE) an, dass die Entwicklung eines Fahrplans für ein nukleares Neubauprogramm bald beginnen werde, da die Prüfung möglicher “robuster Finanzierungsoptionen” bereits begonnen habe. Ziel des Landes ist es, bis 2024 insgesamt 2.500 MW an Atomstrom zu beschaffen. Die Ankündigung wurde von der Nuclear Industries…
Kenia verbessert durch sgr-bau reisemöglichkeiten und somit potenzial für landwirtschaft, tourismus und produktion Das kenianische Projekt der Normalspurbahn (SGR), Phase 2A, befindet sich derzeit in der letzten Bauphase. Damit soll eine Verbindung zwischen der Hauptstadt Nairobi und der Resortstadt Naivasha in der Region des Grabenbruchs hergestellt werden. Es wird erwartet, dass durch den Bau der…
