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Latiefa Baadjies, regional manager for the central region at Old Mutual Insure, talks about protecting the agricultural sector and Old Mutual Insure’s Agri-insurance.
‘We’re looking for a guarantee rather than an injection of capital – although that is part of the consideration because it might be cheaper for the shareholder to do it that way – so we have the ability to raise relatively cheaper funding’: chief strategy officer Sydney Soundy.
‘This is a very positive signal from China, which is demonstrating confidence in the future of China-Africa collaboration’ – Coco Ke Liu from HLB International.
Informal survivalist operations are becoming competitive businesses capable of driving industrial expansion and inclusive economic development.
‘We need to focus on rebuilding capacity before we can hope to see higher economic numbers’ – Citadel chief economist Maarten Ackerman.
‘We will still be paying 30% on products going into the US market, but where we would have paid another 2.5% or even 6.5% or more for some sectors, we’re now back zero in most cases’: Wolfe Braude of Agbiz.
Jannie Stockenström, beleggingshoof van WIPHOLD, gesels oor die R1,4 miljard Zaad-groep verkryging.
‘At times we were seeing wind speeds of 120km an hour at the Port of Cape Town, which made it impossible to operate – but vessel diversions to the Eastern Cape are decreasing and our recovery efforts are being led by an expert’: Jabu Mdaki, CEO of Transnet Port Terminals.
‘The reality is that on our side we have been, in my view, a lot less proactive than we should have been and could have been’ says Dr Iraj Abedian, economist and founder of Pan-African Investment Services.
Tourists are looking for new experiences, and agritourism is poised to become the country’s next big tourism growth market.