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This analysis provides insights into the 2010/11 industrial policy action plan as well as an overview of the key trends and success factors driving the changing dynamics in the global manufacturing industry. A detailed analysis on the South African manufacturing environment is provided, including a policy interaction and overlap diagram highlightin...

The energy sector in Namibia is dominated by liquid fuel usage, imported electricity and local wood fuel supplies. Namibia's economic growth potential lies in the development of its mines and the discovery of oil and gas. This research service gives a comprehensive analysis of the current energy situation in Namibia as well as the country's future ...

Africa is a rapidly growing market for products globally, and the chemicals industry is expected to significantly benefit from this growth, especially the construction chemical paints and coatings and industrial adhesives sectors. The spurt in growth is the result of rapid urbanisation, a growing middle class, and rising consumer spending. This stu...

This research service provides an analysis of ICT spend by the public sector in South Africa. The objective of the study is to contextualize ICT investment within the sector across 7 categories: cellular connectivity, cloud services, data centres, fixed and non-cellular connectivity, IT hardware, managed services, and systems integration. The analy...

The pharmaceutical industry in Ghana and Nigeria is forecast to represent a combined business opportunity of over $3 billion by 2018, propelled by a convergence of changing economic profiles, increased healthcare spending and investment, and increasing incidence of chronic diseases. Market segmentation is done based on products (OTC, generic, and b...

Due to the recent changes reflected in the National Environmental Management: Waste Act 59 of 2008, the waste sector in South Africa is not yet formalised. These changes encourage the diversion of waste to landfill by avoiding, reducing, re-using, recycling, and processing used materials. This significant change in focus has created opportunities f...

Globally, developed automotive markets are showing slow vehicle sales growth. Meanwhile, the African automotive market is less mature, with untapped opportunities. This Heat Map analysis covers the fastest-growing new vehicle markets on the African continent. It looks at market maturation, sales growth, which models and brands of vehicles are selli...

Universal access to electricity has been central to the African development story, with power being critical to the continent's economic growth. As more than 600 million people (or 44% of the population) lack access to electricity, Africa is racing to add capacity to electrify rural communities and secure baseload supply in urban and industrial zon...

Opening up the power generation sector to independent power producers is imperative as Eskom has shown some of its limits, such as severe funding shortfall, an extremely tight power system, and new-build projects being continuously delayed while power demand shoots. The dominant position of Eskom in power generation, transmission, and distribution ...