The annual Ibrahim Index of African Governance also pointed to a deteriorating business climate and poor job creation
South Africa, amid fast-changing technology, is producing skilled people, but not enough of them
The World Economic Forum’s Global Information Technology Report 2016, which ranks the quality of education in 139 countries, placed South Africa 137th
What is needed is to increase women’s economic participation and contribution to the national output
The meeting plans to map a way forward on how to help President Ramaphosa to unlock a billion dollar investment plan
The President has less impact on investment levels than he may like to admit
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South Africa’s auditing profession had been ranked first in the World Economic Forum’s Competitive Index for six years but has fallen from grace
Trump will be the star at Davos. Love or hate him, he’s likely to be the only head of state whose speech will be broadcast on all the news channels
In recent years, women have made significant progress towards equality in a number of areas but the global trend now seems to have made a U-turn
Only mass civil action will hound this rogues’ gallery of corporate crooks out of town
Beijing’s deficit of ‘soft power’ – foreign policy and political values – limits its rise to global power
Africa needs to improve governance, build infrastructure, and reduce trade barriers to achieve inclusive growth
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Business confidence is key to corporate spending says central bank boss amid uneasy WEF stand-off
The Zimbabwean president made an appearance at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Durban on Thursday morning.
Readers write in about Marxism and economics, and the World Economic Forum in Davos.
The world’s business leaders gather to shape a financial system that enriches them, causing financial crises and increasing the inequality gap.
While the rich are living it up in Davos, the Davis Tax Committee is trying to get a grip on inequality
Chinese President Xi Jinping, in an hour-long speech on Tuesday, won over a crowd of ardent capitalists gathered at the World Economic Forum.
World leaders will discuss the political turbulence of 2016, which has been decades in the making and not all to do with the 2008 financial crisis.
Meeting in Rwanda, the World Economic Forum has heard how Africa Code Week is helping to make thousands of children digitally literate.
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The Black Business Council says it should have been invited to give input on "South Africa Inc" at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.
Threats posed by post-Cold War instability should be factored into the debates on global economics at Davos
African nations are facing mounting risks as they seek to extend two decades of stellar economic growth.
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Africa is at the centre of many corporate growth strategies and its economy has grown nearly three percentage points faster than global GDP.
Days after the M&G revealed that Eskom bosses plan to attend the WEF summit in Davos, the broke power utility announced the trip has been scrapped.
Maths and science education in SA is dire – but it’s not as bad as the World Economic Forum’s data suggests.
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The department says the report’s research was not based on tests or assessments by pupils, but on interviews with business executives.
President Goodluck Jonathan says the kidnapping of schoolgirls by Boko Haram will mark a turning point in the battle against "terror" in the country.
Ahead of the World Economic Forum in Abuja in May, the event’s Nigerian hosts says a large security operation is under way following a bomb blast.
Ministers Yunus Carrim and Rob Davies and Goldman Sachs’s Colin Coleman spoke to us from Davos on the WEF’s relevance, perceptions of SA, and more.
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Anger towards unions is misplaced. Blame the strikes on the ANC’s abandonment of the left.
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