Professor of economics at the Gordon Institute of Business Science and good friend Dr Adrian Saville often makes the point that the one thing business leaders should pray for is a growing economy, because it has the biggest impact on company earnings. I was reminded of this when finance minister Tito Mboweni told us that the economy contracted 7.2% in 2020 and is estimated to grow by only 3.3% in 2021 and average 1.9% in the following two years. In summary, if you run a South African business and are looking for growth, either find new markets with better growth prospects or start planning how you will eat other people's lunch. Or both...