Tag: South Africa

  • Life expectancy in Africa

    Life expectancy is an important indicator of a population’s overall health and well-being. Across Africa, there is significant variation in life expectancy, with some countries having higher life expectancies than others. This can be due to a range of factors, including healthcare, education, and economic conditions. One of the factors that has a significant impact…

  • South Africa Property Prices keep falling, here’s why

    South Africa’s property market has been facing a number of challenges in recent years, leading to a fall in property prices. The primary factors contributing to this fall are the country’s struggling economy, high levels of unemployment, and declining consumer confidence. The South African economy has been struggling for a number of years, with high…

  • Mobile money in Africa

    Mobile money is a popular financial service in Africa that enables individuals to send, receive and store money using their mobile devices. There are several mobile money options available in Africa, including: These mobile money options have had a significant impact on the financial landscape in Africa, particularly in terms of financial inclusion. Many people…

  • Financial services in South Africa

    The financial services industry in South Africa has faced several challenges in recent years. Some of the main criticisms include: Overall, while the financial services industry in South Africa has made progress in recent years, there is still room for improvement in areas such as financial inclusion, customer service, and competition.

  • Vodafone in South Africa

    Vodafone Group is a British multinational telecommunications company that operates in many countries around the world, including South Africa. The company’s presence in South Africa can be traced back to the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the South African government began to liberalize the country’s telecommunications sector and open it up to foreign investment.…

  • Nairobi – The New Home of the Multinationals?

    Kenya is on the Indian Ocean with Ethiopia separating it from the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. It benefits from membership of the East Africa Community that includes Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. The capital city Nairobi is in the interior heartland. It is the twelfth largest city on the continent and one…

  • Mobile Working – New idea or one past it’s day?

    With all the current comment by some companies such as Yahoo and their move back to office based working I thought that we should take a closer look at the subject. In 2007, Cisco commissioned a report that identified five categories of mobile workers. All were still strongly tied to head offices and included On-Site…

  • African Talent and The Multinationals – Who is Chasing Who?

    Africa is in the process of resolving a scarcity of talent and restricted data portability. As far back as November 2010 Mobility Magazine predicted that market expansion would combine with skill shortages to stimulate data mobility across the continent. It expected that the main driver would be indigenous talent returning home, with sophisticated expectations for…

  • World cup – South Africa 2010

    The 2010 FIFA World Cup hosted in South Africa was considered a great success by many standards. It was the first time the tournament was held on the African continent, and it was seen as an opportunity to showcase the country’s positive attributes, including its cultural diversity, hospitality, and infrastructure. The tournament was well-organized and…