Tag Archives: South Africa

Johannesburg Stock Exchange has felt the heat from the recent xenophobic attack against other nationals in South Africa. www.bnnbloomberg.ca has reported that the growing violence meted out on African nationals living in South Africa is being felt on the Johannesburg stock exchange. According to reports, Africa’s largest mobile phone operator, MTN Group Limited fell as much as 2%, after the …

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Mercer (www.Mercer.com) South Africa (Consulting) (Pty) Ltd has announced on 25 October 2017 that it has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with EZ37 Solutions Limited (www.EZ37solutions.org), a Nigeria based Human Resources firm. Under the terms of the agreement, global human resources consultancy Mercer, will utilize the deep knowledge of the local Nigerian market and the wide relationships already in …

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By Betty Abah I was blessed to be a part of a compelling session on women’s safety online at the 2017 Forum on Internet Freedom (FIFAfrica17) which held in Johannesburg, South Africa between September 27 and 29 this year. And I was the moderator. What a golden seat to sit on, what a familiar-turf-matter to take on! Fact is women …

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(BBC) South Africa has fallen into recession for the first time in eight years after economic growth shrank by 0.7% between January and March. The downturn, due to weak manufacturing and trade, follows a 0.3% fall in GDP in the final quarter last year. It is the first time that economic has slowed for two consecutive quarters – the technical definition of …

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Nigeria have left out Chelsea star Victor Moses from their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa next month. Speculation has been rife in recent weeks over the whether Moses would be available for the June 10 match in the southern city of Uyo. The 26-year-old has been Nigeria’s most outstanding player in Europe this past season but …

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  South African economy has regained the position of Africa’s largest in dollar terms, as the value of the nations’ currencies moved in opposite directions, this is coming barely two years after losing it to Nigeria. According to Bloomberg report, based on GDP at the end of 2015 published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the size of South African’s …

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