Vehicle sales continued to accelerate last month, with 12% more vehicles sold than in July. Year on year, sales were 37% higher. ...Read More

Patrick Craven and medical economist, Alex van der Heever for more on the impact of the strike ...Read More

The issue of oil revenue transparency and accountability in several countries in sub-Saharan Africa came under the spotlight at a recent gathering of extractives industry leaders in London. ...Read More

Now small business has been called the backbone of the economy, a creator of jobs and a driver of growth. ...Read More

Metropolitan Holdings has reported an 11 percent gain in first-half diluted headline earnings per share as the company boosted the value of new business by more than a third. ...Read More

Agriculture services company Afgri's full year diluted headline earnings per share rose 3%. Profit growth was limited by a bumper maize crop which led to lower prices. ...Read More

The manufacturing sector is back in expansion, according to figures released a short while ago. The Kagiso Purchasing Managers index rose to 50.3 index points last month ...Read More

Despite economic growth losing a bit of momentum, latest numbers out of Standard Bank show a more convincing pick up in house price growth over the last couple of months. ...Read More

There's concern in the market that a proposed wage settlement by government, if accepted by unions, could push the country's budget deficit higher. And that in turn could affect the country's credit ratings. ...Read More

The recent killing of a former militant leader in Nigeria's Niger Delta has raised concerns about the strength of the government's amnesty programme and how it will hold up months before general elections in January. ...Read More

Two words that are likely to loom large in Africa's future are energy and oil. The continent produces around 12 per cent of the world's oil and this share is likely to grow in the future. ...Read More

We have the East African Power Industry Convention taking place on the outskirts of Nairobi this week ...Read More

Striking state workers vote today on an increased wage offer made by the government to try to end a nearly three-week-old strike. The government has increased its offer to 7.5 percent from 7 percent - compared to the union demand for 8.6 percent. ...Read More

Private sector credit growth remains muted, growing at just under 2% last month from a year ago. ...Read More

Numbers out of Pan African Resources this morning show a 29% increase in revenue from gold sales to 68.5 million pounds for the year to June. Headline earnings a share rose 26% to 1.07 pence. ...Read More