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South Africa’s top mid-size creative agency at the Loerie Awards in both 2019 and 2020, FoxP2, has recently secured investment and increased its black ownership from 45% to 51%. This encouraging move to further transform the local advertising industry was made possible by a 10% private shareholding acquired by the Vumela Fund, established by FNB […]

AVIRO Health has announced that the pre-series A funding round, from ASISA ESD Fund, Tuksnovation, and TIA, has been successfully closed. In a statement, the company said the funding would improve and expand Aviro Pocket Clinic, a digital counselling service made available through health providers, in the public and private sector, that empowers patients with

3 POPIA do’s and don’ts of managing your marketing database: As of 1 July this year, South African companies must be fully compliant with the requirements of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). This is the realisation of a process that began in 2013 with the government looking to introduce certain conditions for how

The pandemic may have set gender parity progress back by a generation, according to the World Economic Forum. There’s also been an increase in gender-based violence, primarily linked to lockdowns. And there’s an increasing financial gap between men and women.  As the global economy slowly recovers and we embrace the new normal, how are women

Do your research, know the risks and you may well reap the rewards! “How do we help our youth who are innovative to start a business to navigate these difficult times?”. This was the opening comment from the then acting Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) Commissioner, Mr Olano Makhubela, at the launch of Global Money

As South Africa celebrates National Women’s Day today, power and automation engineering firm ABB is focusing on building a future that prioritises diversity and inclusion by championing the hiring of female engineers. Nearly half of hired engineers in the company’s electrification business in Southern Africa are female. Jacky Mbanga, Human Resources Business Partner for ABB

LEADING THE MAMAS MAMAS Alliance, the CSI agency with a network of 37 NGOs across the country, has appointed Kabelo Mosate as their new MD. Mosate has worked in the NGO sector for the past seven years, having previously been the Education Manager for the National Education Collaboration Trust. “What drove me to the sector