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The GIBS Entrepreneurship Development Academy Invites You to a Research Launch

The Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) Entrepreneurship Development Academy (EDA) in partnership with the Walmart Foundation, will be hosting an in-person research launch to showcase our work in developing township-based entrepreneurs, and would like to invite you to attend. The research, titled “PIVOT or PERISH: How Entrepreneurs Overcame Lockdown Uncertainty in South Africa’s […]

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Mamas Alliance urges more corporates to extend support to rural NGOs

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There is a desperate need to channel funding to community organisations and NGOs within South Africa’s more rural areas. This is according to German More, a Fundraising Consultant at CSI Agency MAMAS Alliance, who reiterates that poverty within so many of our rural communities in South Africa is devastating. This is also mirrored in the

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Supporting the green transition of the African mining sector

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Adding to the dynamic nature of the mining sector in Africa are important considerations around climate change and the role it plays within the ESG space. The understanding of climate change risks and opportunity and the disclosure of climate change-related risks in particular, is increasingly becoming a requirement by regulators. In parallel, there is a

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A woman’s place is… in the workplace!

Community & Impact, Environment, In the News, Professionals, Thought Leadership, Thought Leadership / admin

In honour of International Women’s Day, we bring you industry leaders’ perspectives on workplace equality and inclusion. While gender equality in the workplace has made strides in recent years, there is still a long way to go before we achieve full equality and inclusion, and we must continue to discuss it. We will only achieve gender

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Enhancing digital transformation of the transportation industry in South Africa

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According to a study conducted by the Gautrain, by 2025, at the current rate, South African freeways will slow to the shocking top speed of 10km per hour. This means that a drive from Pretoria to Rosebank will take up to four hours! This distressing picture was painted by Gautrain Chief Operating Officer Thabo Kgobe

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Providing hope and support to migrant and refugee children in South Africa

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Children, regardless of their countries of origin, need to be treated equally According to The Refugee Children’s Project (RCP), there is a growing number of child migrants in South Africa. This advocacy and relief organisation attributes this growth to many push and pull factors, including economic hardships of migrants’ countries of origin, the death of

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Master the Art of Slaying in Your Lane

ESD initiatives, Events, Incubation Hubs, Small Business Development & ESD / admin

Entrepreneurs can learn from the Chinese bamboo tree that takes five years to grow its root system underground, before suddenly shooting up almost overnight and growing by up to a metre in height per hour for a short while. “Most people don’t realise all the nurturing and time that goes into what seems to be

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Increased spend on economic development over medium term is modest, but intended to be potent

Community & Impact, In the News / admin

Expenditure on economic development will increase at an average annual rate of 8.5% over the next few years, from R201-billion in 2021/22 to R256-billion in 2024/25, the National Treasury revealed in its Budget 2022 document published on February 23. This function in government’s capital allocation promotes faster and sustained inclusive economic growth to address unemployment,

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Property Point urges Finance Minister to bolster failing SME strategy

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Property Point, the leading business accelerator in South Africa, called on Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to throw his weight behind small businesses by allocating sufficient resources to the office of the Presidency and the Department of Small Business Development. This call comes on the heels of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address, in

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Fundamentally good businesses in 2022 and intentionality when it comes to shared value

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Shared value is a concept sometimes summarized as when profit meets purpose, or more academically in a 2011 issue of the Harvard Business Review as ‘policies and operating practices that enhance the competitiveness of a company while simultaneously advancing the economic and social conditions in the communities in which it operates’. But what does this

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