Cape Town's plan to become the most business-friendly city in Africa - Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis

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South Africa has been slipping on rankings of the world 'Ease of Doing Business rankings' occupying 84th place out of 190 economies according to a 2022 World Bank report. This report has since been replaced by a new "Business Ready" ranking and the city that plans to stand out and become the easiest place to do business in Africa, is Cape Town. Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has launched an ease of doing business index that will track ten critical indicators for ease of doing business. Hill-Lewis told BizNews the index will have a special focus on enabling greater infrastructure investment. He also said that he is still confident that Cape Town will be the first city in South Africa that stop the first four stages of load-shedding Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
9 May 2023 12PM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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