Continuing the Small Caps Webinar Series, we feature the management team behind one of South Africa's best run construction businesses.
Afrimat is a leading black empowered Group with its main business and core competence in open-pit mining. It is listed on the ‘Construction & Materials’ sector of the JSE Main Board since 2006.
Ntokozo Khumalo hosts Andries…
Listed property groups in South Africa have been under enormous pressure in 2020, particularly as the impact of COVID-19 has started to reach the real-economy and impact on the South African middle-class.
JSE-listed Calgro M3 arguably offers something a little bit different and has long been regarded by analysts and portfolio managers as one of the…
The next company in our investment series is ZARX-listed Dale Capital Group.
Dale Capital Group is a publicly-quoted Private Equity Investment Holding Company, which has had a successful private equity track record in Southern Africa with a history of principal investment dating back to 1996. In 2007, the company was listed on the official market…
In this video, we're going to take a closer look at the fits and starts electric vehicles have experienced over the past few decades, why some automakers are choosing to make hybrids vs. electric cars, and why all-electric vehicles are likely the future.
The very first electric cars debuted in the early 1800s and began…
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Author: Willem Fourie , University of Pretoria
South Africa will present its first progress report on the Sustainable Development Goals at the United Nations on July 17. This report will provide a rather extensive snapshot of the country’s progress towards the 169 ambitious targets.
The development goals were adopted in 2015 by 193 United…
Today's edition of the Saxo Morning Call features Saxo Bank Head of Commodity Strategy Ole Hansen and technical analyst Kim Cramer Larsson discussing the US dollar, rising yields, and where they see the global outlook as Q4 progresses.
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The small and mid-cap sector in South Africa receives limited coverage by the local investment community but there are a handful of interesting new businesses which have come to market in the past 2 years which investors may want to keep their eyes on.
The JSE-listed healthcare sector is primarily dominated by Mediclinic (Market capitalisation of…
The agriculture and farming sectors in South Africa remain some of the most contentious with many concerns around commercial viability, property ownership rights and the ability to create sustainable business models.
While the sectors face a number of headwinds, new technology and innovation mean that South Africa can tackle a number of challenges including input costs…
Earlier this week it was announced that South Africa would finalise another round of agreements with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) which could unlock nearly R60bn in investments and create nearly 60 000 jobs.
There is no question that there is enormous potential for building businesses who supply energy on the African continent.
Amar Inamdar is an investor, advisor…
We recently posted on LinkedIn that one of partners had enjoyed some recent successes accessing government Research & Development (R&D) funds on behalf of clients. This generated a couple of enquiries around what incentives are available for South Africans building businesses that generate Intellectual Property (IP) rich businesses and need funding to get their products…
In South Africa, it is easier to be a pessimist than an optimist.
We could argue rightly so: Politicians are driving us nuts with their infighting, State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) are falling apart, unemployment is stubbornly high and the pace of transformation in industries is without a doubt still too slow.
While a change in leadership of…
Black Economic Empowerment (BEE), scorecards and “Charters” are all contentious topics in South Africa and yet with a little leap of faith, we can turn a “grudge” purchase into actual economic activity.
Let’s [a little tongue in cheek**] simplify the current approach to compliance (as I see it happening):
- We build a business but don’t want to…