In conjunction with RisCura, a global financial investment services provider, Winemag.co.za is pleased to announce the fourth annual White Hot Wine Awards featuring Bordeaux-style white blends. The Graves sub-region of…
While some African countries that are considered great investment opportunities have seen recent currency devaluation, this could create an opportunity for African manufacturers. Import substitution has been a significant part…
“What improves the circumstances of the greater part can never be regarded as an inconvenience to the whole. No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far…
In conjunction with RisCura, a global financial services provider, Winemag.co.za is pleased to announce the second annual Red Hot Wine Awards featuring Bordeaux-style red blends. The Bordeaux region in the…
While the weather phenomenon appears to have passed, El Niño will continue to impact food security, food prices and humanitarian needs well into 2017, says a new Bright Africa special…
The following section has a strong South Africa focus (the country considered best prepared, and where data is most readily available), which is used to illustrate some of the ripple-effects.…
With issues highlighted by El Niño such as food and water security, poor infrastructure and lack of diversification in economies fresh in everyone’s minds, opportunities exist to highlight the importance…
Country responses to El Niño have differed, with some limiting water usage, banning exports of maize, applying for emergency assistance, as highlighted in the preceding sections. Some additional measures implemented…
The mechanics of El Niño Despite its ominous name, El Niño is a natural meteorological event that occurs every seven to eight years. Trade winds across the Pacific weaken, and…
The weather phenomenon El Niño has loomed large in recent global news reports, and while officially considered over, its economic and humanitarian impacts are still mounting, and will continue well into 2017…
