The 2025 Grant Thornton Women in Business report – now in its 21st year – is out and the numbers are startling. Globally, women currently hold just 34% of senior leadership positions, up 0.5 percentage points from 2024. At this pace, we’ll not see gender parity in senior management roles in mid-market companies until 2051. […]
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Aions Creative Technology has pivoted to become a dedicated seed fund manager under Aions Ventures to strengthen its position as a leading force in early-stage investment with a strategic focus on expanding its impact across Africa. By identifying, funding, and accelerating high-potential startups, Aions Ventures ensures sustainable economic growth and job creation in underserved markets.
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Steinmüller Africa’s R10.5 million investment in Corporate Social Investment (CSI) projects in 2024 reflects a sustained commitment to purposefully invest funds to create a long-lasting impact in the communities the business serves. Cape Business News The largest portion of the budget (R9.5 million) was spent on schools and education and excludes the nearly 1 000 bursaries
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In a landmark initiative to uplift and back grassroots rugby, Sanlam and the Motsepe Foundation have partnered with the Boland Rugby Union to distribute a remarkable array of equipment to its 221 official affiliated clubs. This significant event took place at the Boland Rugby Stadium on 22 February 2025 ahead of the Annual General Meeting
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Applications for the GIBS Social Entrepreneurship Programme 2025 are now open and will close on 25 February 2025. When it comes to socio-economic development, 2025 is a year full of possibility for South Africa as it breaks new ground by taking on the presidency of the Group of Twenty (G20) forum. This is the first
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State subsidy can help transform a child’s future – but ECD programmes must register to be eligible to access it and other support “If Africa is to seize its moment and replicate the success of economies like China’s, it must start with ensuring that every child, regardless of their background, has access to quality early
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In a powerful demonstration of its commitment to corporate social investment and advancing digital transformation, the Johannesburg Property Company (JPC) has generously donated desktop computers and laptops to schools in Regions D and A. This initiative equips learners with the essential tools they need to thrive in the digital age, with each school receiving 20
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Small business development specialist Edge Growth is proud to announce the launch of The Art of Scale, a book written by Edge Growth co-founder Jason Goldberg. This compelling, hands-on guide celebrates the profound advances in South Africa’s and other African SME ecosystems over the last decade, as well as Africa’s contribution to thought leadership on
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In a country with a large underbanked community and millions of businesses still reliant on cash-only transactions, the launch of a groundbreaking association promises to contribute to an inclusive financial sector for all and progress the digitisation of payments in South Africa. The Association of South African Payment Providers, known as ASAPP, was officially launched
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In a groundbreaking development for regional healthcare, the first pay-per-use PET-CT scanner in South Africa has been commissioned through an innovative Equipment-as-a-Service model introduced by EASE. The state-of-the-art technology, installed in collaboration with Ikani Consulting Trading as Nuclear Med Group and Precision Nuclear Oncology and Theranostics (PNOAT), a leading provider of Nuclear Medicine services, brings
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