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Creating Shared Value: The Case Of Andrew Akoto-Addo Of The Ghana Tech Lab

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Opportunities are enormous in Africa but there are very few pathfinders. Needless to say, Africa has the world’s most youthful and vibrant population with a predominantly suitable vegetative cover that other continents desire to increase the standard of living of its people through diverse economic activities. To state the obvious, we have failed to harness […]

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SAICA Enterprise Development is looking for SMMEs in the energy space

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Are you a black-owned SMME involved in the Energy sector and are you looking to join SAICA Enterprise Development’s (SAICA ED) specialised programme? This programme is geared toward passionate business owners who are seeking support and growth opportunities for themselves and their businesses through expert industry-related business, financial and personal coaching. This Energy sector programme

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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!

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

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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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The serious social state of South Africa: Challenges and opportunities in our country’s social fabric

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Scenarios are important instruments that establish consequences of different paths countries may traverse. Scenarios are good for mobilising a country towards a socially desirable end. Public mobilisation is the essence of politics and when mobilisation is driven by science based quantified foresighted outcomes, political choices become rational choices, rather than beerhall noises. Scenarios matter everywhere.

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