{"id":7329,"date":"2025-05-09T09:52:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T07:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/?p=7329"},"modified":"2025-05-09T09:52:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T07:52:34","slug":"german-companies-in-south-africa-positive-business-expectations-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/german-companies-in-south-africa-positive-business-expectations-for-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"German companies in South Africa: Positive business expectations for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The mood among German companies in <strong>South Africa <\/strong>is optimistic: according to the latest<strong> German-Southern African Business Outlook 2025<\/strong>, <strong>64%<\/strong> of respondents expect turnover to increase in 2025. <strong>44%<\/strong> are planning investments, of which one in ten companies are planning investments with a volume of at least <strong>three million euros<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The main drivers of this positive development are political reforms following the 2024 parliamentary elections, with a new <strong>government of national unity<\/strong> focusing on <strong>fighting corruption<\/strong>, <strong>infrastructure programmes<\/strong> and improving the <strong>energy and water supply<\/strong>. Almost <strong>77%<\/strong> of companies anticipate a better economic climate &#8211; even if the majority of respondents only expect moderate improvements.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa offers attractive prospects for German suppliers in particular. <strong>71%<\/strong> of companies are currently focussing on <strong>increasing sales<\/strong> as their primary goal, while <strong>61%<\/strong> would like to <strong>expand their market share<\/strong>. <strong>Reducing costs<\/strong> is also on the agenda for many companies (<strong>42%<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>Respondents cited <strong>political stability<\/strong> (<strong>50%<\/strong>), the reduction of <strong>bureaucratic hurdles<\/strong> (<strong>47%<\/strong>) and stronger <strong>anti-corruption measures<\/strong> (<strong>35%<\/strong>) as particularly important for future growth. A reliable <strong>energy supply<\/strong> and a better <strong>security environment<\/strong> are also moving centre stage.<\/p>\n<p>Another plus point: South Africa is seen as a <strong>gateway to the markets in sub-Saharan Africa<\/strong>. <strong>44%<\/strong> of companies appreciate the access to neighbouring markets, <strong>38%<\/strong> praise the established <strong>supplier network<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to domestic development, international framework conditions also have a positive effect: <strong>A third<\/strong> of companies see growing potential in the <strong>African Free Trade Zone<\/strong> established in 2021. The existing \u201c<strong>African Growth and Opportunity Act\u201d<\/strong> continues to provide 40 of the 55 member states of the African Free Trade Area with <strong>duty-free access<\/strong> to the US market &#8211; an advantage that further strengthens German exporters. The trade agreement runs until September 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/suedafrika.ahk.de\/de\/veranstaltungen\/german-southern-african-business-outlook-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Southern African-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry<\/a> (AHK Southern Africa)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mood among German companies in South Africa is optimistic: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allgemein-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>German companies in South Africa: Positive business expectations for 2025 - Nicola Bernard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/german-companies-in-south-africa-positive-business-expectations-for-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"German companies in South Africa: Positive business expectations for 2025 - Nicola Bernard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The mood among German companies in South Africa is optimistic: [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/german-companies-in-south-africa-positive-business-expectations-for-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nicola Bernard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-09T07:52:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cover_fuer_Website-6-1024x576.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"nicola.bernard\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"nicola.bernard\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/german-companies-in-south-africa-positive-business-expectations-for-2025\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/german-companies-in-south-africa-positive-business-expectations-for-2025\/\",\"name\":\"German companies in South Africa: Positive business expectations for 2025 - Nicola Bernard\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/german-companies-in-south-africa-positive-business-expectations-for-2025\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/german-companies-in-south-africa-positive-business-expectations-for-2025\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cover_fuer_Website-6.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-09T07:52:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/7a09693188c7e9880d798b5b412350a4\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/german-companies-in-south-africa-positive-business-expectations-for-2025\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/german-companies-in-south-africa-positive-business-expectations-for-2025\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cover_fuer_Website-6.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cover_fuer_Website-6.png\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Image source: Unsplash\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nicola-bernard.de\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Nicola Bernard\",\"description\":\"Serviceb\u00fcro f. 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