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Innovating entrepreneurship to marry profit with a purpose for an inclusive post-pandemic future

Community & Impact, Thought Leadership /

Social innovation is transforming entrepreneurship. Profit-led businesses are realising that it no longer makes business sense to do business without a purpose and purpose-led non-profits are realising that their reliance on funding just isn’t sustainable. The happy medium is social entrepreneurship. Social entrepreneurs solve societal problems by carefully and skilfully crafting businesses that marry their […]

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MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet – Leading community loyalty programme sustains donations during pandemic

Community & Impact, In the News /

Despite the tremendous challenges many faced during the Covid-19 pandemic, South Africans continued to make a difference by donating nearly R95 million over 2021. MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet hopes to accelerate its impact in 2022, as the programme celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. To date, the program has raised R890 million for worthy causes. MySchool

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Apply Now for GIBS and Corteva’s Women in Agriculture Programme

Community & Impact, Programmes /

Initiative now in its second year, aims to maximise the potential of women and girls in agriculture In ongoing efforts to sow the seeds of change, Corteva Agriscience is once again working with the Entrepreneurship Development Academy (EDA) at the Gordon Institute of Business School (GIBS) to implement an immersive, tailor-made programme, aimed at advancing

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Student who received R14m from NSFAS sentenced to 5 years in jail

Community & Impact, In the News /

Written by: Gladys Mutele Sibongile Mani was found guilty of theft by the East London Regional Court last month after she spent over R800,000 of the money that she received from NSFAS. JOHANNESBURG – Walter Sisulu University student Sibongile Mani has been sentenced to five years in prison. Mani was found guilty of theft by the

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

Community & Impact, Thought Leadership /

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

Community & Impact, In the News, Programmes /

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

Community & Impact, Environment /

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

Community & Impact, Programmes /

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 /

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

Community & Impact, Environment, In the News, Programmes /

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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