Almost a third of European retailers view Africa as an important future destination in the next three to five years, reveals leading real estate advisor, CBRE.

VAST Networks, Africa’s first truly open access Wi-Fi network provider, officially launched today allowing venues to deliver secure, high-quality and high-speed bandwidth to end users.

Rapid urbanisation, population growth and an undersupply of formal retail space continue to drive growth in the retail sector across Sub-Saharan Africa.

The Urban Investments Partnership Conference, co-hosted by the Departments of Cooperative Governance and the Department of Finance was held today at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand, Johannesburg.

The Reserve Bank has kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.75% per annum.

Warren Schultze, CEO of Eris Property Group (Pty) Ltd, recently appeared on CNBC Africa discussing the opportunities available to investors in Africa and Eris involvement with Momentum in launching an African Real Estate Fund focused on Sub-Saharan Africa.

The half point increase in the repo rate announced by the Reserve Bank on Wednesday (29 January 2014) certainly sent a shock wave through markets.

Details on government's planned infrastructure development, South Africa's credit rating and growth forecast are some of the issues business hopes to gain clarity on when Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan tables the 2012 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) tomorrow.

Ten years ago, the construction sector was moving at half speed after two decades of reduced activity levels, ever since the great 1970s infrastructure boom had ended

South African retail investment trusts offer better value than their UK and Australian counterparts, according to Angelique de Rauville.