Africa's top 500 companies: Time to tighten up
Africa's top 500 companies: Time to tighten up. For the fourth year running, the turnover of Africa's 500 largest companies fell in our exclusive rankings. And though the drop was less steep – 6.7% for the companies' 2016 financial year results compared to 12.6% the previous year – it means turnover is back to where it was in 2008.