Africa rising – unparalleled opportunity for investment through the use of geospatial information

The sun is rising on the “dark continent” Historically, Africa was been known as the...

Geo-Intelligence: monitoring development in Africa.

Geospatial systems & data provide intelligence for planning, development, maintenance of services & infrastructure. It...

GeoMAPS: Where Location, Strategy and Innovation meets opportunity!

We are living in a world where understanding the consumer AND location is critical to...

Metropolitan municipalities’ revenues ails – and its not COVID-19

In an attempt to delay the spread of COVID-19, South Africa entered its first "lockdown"...

Retail network optimization in SA must be more holistic

To ensure that a retail networks’ outlets are optimum in location and number, requires a...

A data framework ensures a holistic approach to retail network optimization in South Africa

Over many years of research in the retail sector, the concept of the Diamond of...

Webinar: A more sustainable method to retail network development in SA

In a new webinar by Africascope, geospatial specialist Craig Schwabe explores several issues associated with...

Townships bearing the socio-economic burden of Covid-19

Between February to June 2020 the poor were ten times more likely to lose their...

Understanding the theory of retail development is key to sustaining the retail sector in South Africa

In recent times I have been reminded how important it is to understand the theory...

Retail network optimization – a more sustainable method to retail network development in South Africa

Craig Schwabe explores several issues associated with the retail sector in South Africa, including declining...