The Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) will participate in the efforts of Minister Pravin Gordhan to strengthen economic growth through increased investment and will be attending the Roadshow to the United Kingdom (UK) and United States of America (USA) with the Minister of Finance.

The Eastern Cape is about to receive a major boost as the German motor manufacturing giant plans to build more than one car model on one super production line using technology never seen in South Africa before.

Insurance and investment company Prudential’s Africa CEO will speak in London this month.

Venture capitalist and start-up guru Mark Shuttleworth pledges R250 million to a fund aimed at helping South African investors and entrepreneurs litigate their way through the difficult labyrinth of exchange controls set by the Reserve Bank, benefitting SA expats in particular

The 2014 African Investing for Impact Barometer was released on 9 September in Cape Town. Its message: investing for impact is on the rise in both South Africa and Nigeria. The financial industry is already abuzz with talk about the trend, and the Barometer is here to clarify what the talk really means.

The Ifa Lethu/UK “Invest In South Africa” Gala Dinner will host some of the globe’s best known speakers who will share their visions for overseas investment in SA

A new bill set to be fast-tracked through parliament within a few months will no longer allow foreigners to buy property or land in South Africa. However, South Africans with foreign spouses might equally be affected

Excited entrepreneurs buzzed with ambition at a gathering in Bryanston, Johannesburg during the final leg of the selection process for the 2014 Medo International Trade Programme (ITP), an opportunity for small enterprises from across South Africa to visit the UK as part of a business and trade delegation aimed at evolving their businesses.

High rates of unemployment and the associated social ills have been a major blight in the otherwise remarkable story that is South Africa post-apartheid.

With our subsidiary Caban Investments Ltd in South Africa in setting up its own business accelerator programme we explore some of the reasons why investors are increasingly becoming more enthusiastic about investing in accelerator programmes.

While some key indicators point decidedly towards negative economic trends, the government insists that SA’s finances are stable for the time being. The question behind all these discrepancies, however, is which came first: chicken or nest-egg?

As past behaviour tends to be the best predictor of future performance, we take a look at the last five years and ask the ANC: ayisafani?

The word pension was first recorded in the 1520’s, meaning: a “regular payment in consideration of past service.”

Can 54 African nations overcome their mutual reserve and opportunism to forge a continent-wide free trade zone, knowing that there will be winners and losers amongst them?

South Africa has finally caught up with its more gung-ho neighbours in East Africa, where the existing lack of fixed-line infrastructure has meant that mobile technology was the default choice. However, in possessing an extensive network of fixed-line telephony, South Africa is alone among the major economies of sub-Saharan Africa in having the potential to develop low-cost fixed broadband

Local telecommunication behemoth Telkom announced plans this week to open their data network services to non-subscribers across all networks — in the form of 60 minutes free and “unlimited” internet access per person per day at Telkom Mobile hotspots.

As the world’s premier internet and software giants compete with local entrepreneurs to bring the internet to rural and urban Africans at meaningful speed – and as the immense creative energies of millions of people are optimised as a result – it is motivating to note that, while governments squat on telecoms monopolies, the message that the status quo is no longer acceptable has hit home at the grassroots.

Mellissa Malaya-Pandya interviews gorgeous London-based South African business analyst Minasha Maharaj.

If you have pounds to put away for five to ten years, a bunch of investment trusts quoted on the London stock market make just about the safest bet.