Tag: South Africa

Growth in South Africa’s economy slows to 0.6 pct q/q in fourth quarter

Tue Mar 1, 2016/Reuters South Africa’s economy grew by 0.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015 after rising 0.7 percent in the three months to September, Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday. Gross domestic product also expanded by 0.6 percent on an unadjusted year-on-year basis in the fourth quarter, […]

South African Firms Scores Highest, Records 69% Rate in Economic Crime in Last Two Years- PricewaterhouseCoopers

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-South African organisations has reported a considerably higher frequency in the incidence of economic crime in comparison to their African and global peers, recording 69 percent rate with more than two (2) in three (3) organisations indicating that they had been victim to economic crime […]

African deal making reaches turning point – major obstacles remain

February 24, 2016/Control Risks Group Holdings Ltd/APO –       290 deals recorded in 2015 – the highest volume since 2007 –       South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya are seen as the most attractive target countries for M & A activity on the continent After several years of steadily increasing M&A activity, African […]