Economic growth requires structural transformation of the economy, and growing the
manufacturing sector in particular (Tregenna, 2008; McMillan and Rodrik, 2011; Felipe et al …

South Africa is the most unequal country in the world, of those on which comparable data
are collected (World Bank, 2018; Chatterjee et al., 2020; Webster et al., 2020: 8). Wealth is …

The growth of African multinational companies in Southern and East Africa in recent
decades brings with it a great opportunity for development of productive capacity in the …

Abstract Africa has the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The agreement will
lower tariffs and facilitate internal market trade on the continent, and policy makers hope that …

Customers in resource-poor communities still grapple with many information and
communication technology (ICT) failures as they strive to access goods and services in …

The case of South Africa demonstrates why structural transformation is so important and yet
so difficult to achieve. Moving to higher value-adding and more sophisticated, diversified …

Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) in South Africa has undoubtedly been ambitious in
seeking to transform ownership, control, and management of the economy's productive …

Power asymmetries in value chains mean that inequalities in returns, access to key
resources and share of value added are reinforced and skewed against smaller players …

This paper explores ways to upscale South Africa's Black Industrialists Scheme (BIS)–a
government initiative that was established in 2016 with the purpose of developing a pool of …

Abstract The Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) policy has been one of the most direct
attempts to achieve racial transformation in the South African economy. This chapter …