Standard Bank, Africa’s largest financial services organisation, is a founding signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Banking – a framework aimed at driving sustainable economic development and ensuring prosperity…

The African Investment Forum’s new digital platform will connect project sponsors with investment opportunities in Africa, vastly improving the quality of project information and documentation. The Platform also provides an…

There has been an explosion of African startups all over the continent, but international investors are missing out by looking for the same business models that work in Silicon Valley,…

One of the most common complaints I hear from start-ups is the lack of financing. It is therefore good to see that ABAN, the largest network of Angel Investors in…

In a report earlier this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) called the AfCFTA  free-trade agreement a “game changer” if African governments are able to bring down tariffs and boost…

We have reported on this new initiative, set up following the WTO’s summit in Argentina at the end of 2017. Called the “JSI”, the initiative is designed to reduce barriers…

I attended the joint UCT Marketing Institute and M&C Saatchi Abel’s new study into South Africa’s top million households on 10 September. The report considers that the top million South…

Our series of interviews with Women and Ecommerce arranged by our EFA Board Member, Mpho Sekwele, has proved extremely popular. This month to celebrate Women’s Month, Mpho did one interview…

The great Seth Godin said recently: “Online marketing has become a messy mix of direct marketing, SEO, tricks, tips, code and guesswork. It’s an always-moving target and it’s mostly focused…