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jse.co.za. JSE Limited (previously the JSE Securities Exchange and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange) [3] is the largest stock exchange in Africa. It is located in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa, after it moved from downtown Johannesburg in 2000. [4] [5] In 2003 the JSE had an estimated 473 listed companies and a market capitalisation of US ...
In November 2011 the FTSE NSE Kenya 15 and FTSE NSE Kenya 25 Indices were launched, after NSE consulted local asset owners and fund managers, focusing on diverse domestic investment in East Africa. In March 2012 the delayed index values of both new indices were made available on the NSE website www.nse.co.ke. [citation needed]
A quarter of South Africans live on less than US$1.25 a day. South Africa's mass unemployment dates back to the 1970s, and continued to rise throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Unemployment has increased substantially since the African National Congress came to power in 1994, increasing from 15.6% in 1995 to 30.3% in 2001.
Inflation appears to be coming down after signs of sticking early this year. Americans aren’t convinced it will continue to cool. A slew of big-box retailers have lowered prices on items in ...
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) swept to power in 1994 on a pledge to “build a better life for all,” winning almost 63% of the vote in the country’s first democratic ...
The economy of Africa consists of the trade, industry, agriculture, and human resources of the continent. As of 2019, approximately 1.3 billion people [11] were living in 53 countries in Africa. Africa is a resource-rich continent. [12] [13] Recent growth has been due to growth in sales, commodities, services, and manufacturing. [14]
The World Bank aims at giving a broad picture of development across Africa, including 53 countries in five different country-groups. While most of the data is provided by the World Bank, a lot of it comes from different sources which is then put together under the World Bank Africa Development Indicators.
Political corruption in Equatorial Guinea is high by world standards and considered among the worst of any country on earth. It has been described as "an almost perfect kleptocracy" in which the scale of systemic corruption and the rulers' indifference towards the people's welfare place it at the bottom of every major governance indicator or ranking, below nations with similar per capita GDPs.