Pierre Heistein
Pierre Heistein is a macroeconomic analyst and economic writer specialising in sub-Saharan Africa. He works as an independent specialist for a range of leading consultancies, including 10EQS Consulting Services in the US and Oxford Analytica in the UK. He wrote a weekly column for Business Report, South Africa from 2011 to 2017. He is a co-founder of The 12.01 Project, which produces documentaries on social issues.
Book Review: Informal economies

Book Review: Informal economies

by | Oct 12, 2017

Kasinomics: African Informal Economies and the People Who Inhabit Them. By GG Alcock, Tracey MacDonald Publishers, 178 pages The traditional medicine market in South Africa is worth R2.9 billion a year, and serves 27-million consumers and employs 133,000 people. Yet,...

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Pierre Heistein
Pierre Heistein is a macroeconomic analyst and economic writer specialising in sub-Saharan Africa. He works as an independent specialist for a range of leading consultancies, including 10EQS Consulting Services in the US and Oxford Analytica in the UK. He wrote a weekly column for Business Report, South Africa from 2011 to 2017. He is a co-founder of The 12.01 Project, which produces documentaries on social issues.
Book Review: Informal economies

Book Review: Informal economies

by | Oct 12, 2017 | ,

Kasinomics: African Informal Economies and the People Who Inhabit Them. By GG Alcock, Tracey MacDonald Publishers, 178 pages The traditional medicine market in South Africa is worth R2.9 billion a year, and serves 27-million consumers and employs 133,000 people. Yet,...