“I resign as president of the Republic with immediate effect. Even though I disagree with the decision of the leadership of my organisation.” These words of ex-president Jacob Zuma brought to end nine difficult years in the short history of the South African democracy.
The African middle class are thriving, and with that brings new opportunities. But who exactly are the African middle class? And how can we understand more about them?
The average global economic assessment of national economies surveyed in 28 countries is up three points this wave with 49% of global citizens rating their national economies as ‘good’.
The majority (73%) of South Africans think things in the country are on the wrong track. Financial/political corruption currently occupies the top spot for concern with 68% saying this.
Recognising that successful package design must perform well in-store and drive saliency on the mobile devices where people increasingly shop, Ipsos Marketing has developed a behaviourally driven pack testing solution.
The latest Ipsos Global @dvisor poll was carried out in 28 countries around the world at the end of 2017. It asked over 21,500 online adults aged under 64 their predictions for 2018.
Almost half of South Africans (49%) agreed that the class of 2017 have a bright future ahead of them. However, 21% of South Africans disagreed that a bright future awaits the 2017 Matriculants.
