Thursday, 3 December 2020 saw 141 small businesses led by historically underserved entrepreneurs graduate from the bespoke Funding Accelerator Programme, aptly named Khulisa iBiznis, meaning “Grow your Business”. This 12-month programme was developed and implemented in collaboration with JP Morgan, The Hope Factory NPC and SAICA Enterprise Development (SAICA ED). A catalyst for growth Despite […]
When CCBSA was established in 2016, the company committed to ensuring that it protected jobs and became a valuable partner to its suppliers and customers as well as the best employer and corporate citizen in South Africa.
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Growing entrepreneurial skills, developing businesses and impacting communities − this is the core of what The Hope Factory delivers, and so much more. This non-profit company forms part of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants’ Nation Building division. Socio-economic empowerment The Hope Factory focuses on developing business skills in individuals and assisting them to
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This article is based on a Report titled “No Longer Business as Usual: Private sector efforts to improve schooling in South Africa,” funded by Absa Group Citizenship, and prepared by the Centre for Development and Enterprise. Click here to download the Report , or visit www.cde.org.za The COVID-19 pandemic affected education systems around the globe
Although the full impact of Covid-19 on supply chains remains unknown, what we do know is that the economic and financial ramifications are being and will continue to be felt across global supply chains for some time to come.
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Here is a snapshot of Absa suppliers that have demonstrated true Africanacity, a distinctly African ability to always find ways to get things done …
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The brief was to sew 52 000 masks in a very short time. Absa’s support of this small company enabled its employees to feed their families. And as the Jodi Deerling team worked day and night to fill this enormous order, they gained another invaluable benefit from the project. They realised that they are also family to each other.
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2020 will forever be remembered as the year of Covid-19. Efforts to keep economies afloat, infection and death rates down, as well as to create a vaccine have been the primary focus worldwide. In the chaos, the progress made in the fight against HIV has been gravely threatened. And it appears that children will pay
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In 2012, King Price stepped into the South African insurance industry as the first insurer to offer car insurance premiums that decrease monthly. The fuel that powered this innovation? Our desire to change lives for the better. Our commitment to #MakingADifference is supported by our vision: Lower premiums; Higher purpose. Thanks to our unique business
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