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08 Mar 2022

Debt raised in Africa in 2021 points to possible economic turnaround, says PwC report

PwC’s annual Africa Capital Markets Watch report shows that African markets have continued with a modest recovery through 2021.
21 Feb 2022

South African boards focus on purpose and trust - while fighting to retain their key talent: PwC report

The PwC Non-Executive Directors report for 2022 – which annually surveys boardroom trends in South Africa – is centred around three main themes: Purpose, Retention and Risk.

05 Aug 2021

SA’s boards are placing ESG high on the corporate agenda

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced boards to change how they work and operate. Some of these changes are temporary while others look to be more durable. Most board members have done a great job with many of the challenges thrown at them while others have struggled navigating the complexities.
18 Feb 2021

African capital market activity lower in 2020

Overall, African equity capital market (ECM) activity in 2020 was the lowest it has been in the last decade, recording a significant decline in both volume and value. The drop in equity markets was largely driven by the impact of the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as global and economic uncertainty.

17 Mar 2020

MPC preview: Interest rate cut - not “if”, but “by how much”

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) gathers for its next bi-monthly meeting on March 17-19.
16 Mar 2020

Policy responses to COVID-19: What cards can South Africa afford to play?

South Africa is in a grip of panic over the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The situation prompted an extraordinary address to the nation by President Cyril Ramaphosa on the evening of March 15.
03 Mar 2020

Recession arrives ahead of COVID-19 panic

Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) reported on March 3 that the South African economy slipped into recession during the second half of 2019.

10 Jan 2020

Meet Shirley Machaba, PwC's Southern Africa CEO

This week on Marketplace Africa, CNN International’s Eleni Giokos meets Shirley Machaba PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Southern Africa CEO. Machaba’s position as a female CEO is unique in the industry. She speaks about the distinctiveness of her role, “I’m the very first female CEO within the profession, particularly the big four (auditing firms).” Her appointment as CEO...
02 Dec 2019

A weaker GDP in Q3 2019?

By PwC Strategy& economists. Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) will release the country’s latest gross domestic product (GDP) data on Tuesday, December 3. The South African economy expanded by 3.1% quarter-onquarter (q-o-q) during 2019Q2. This was a much stronger outcome than expected and allowed South Africa to ward off a dreaded recession. The largest contributor to...
26 Aug 2019

Africa’s private business leaders optimistic about future growth and embracing digitalisation

The leaders of private businesses in Africa lead their counterparts in Europe in their embrace of digital change. Four in five (81%) of respondents to a PwC survey of private businesses (across nine key economies on the continent) said they see digitalisation as “highly relevant” to their future, compared with 65% in Europe. And a...

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