The Khumovest Private Equity Fund I plans to invest R500 million in small to medium-sized businesses – and is calling for proposals. Their key focus is on growth – investing in supporting and developing established small and medium sized companies. Khumovest is proud to announce the launch of the Khumovest Private Equity Fund I, which […]
Digital transformation will fast-track Africa’s economic growth and prosperity if harnessed appropriately. Today’s headlines concerning new technologies are as attention-grabbing as they are contradictory, with the only clear conclusion being that no one really knows with absolute certainty where these changes will ultimately lead us. The fact remains that the impact of the current digital
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2020 was a nightmare year for almost all sectors of the economy, and education was certainly not spared the onslaught. It is against this backdrop that we are allowing ourselves to consider if the Covid-19 cloud may have created a unique silver lining for the country. Covid-19 has impacted on education in a number of
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Non-profit organisations (NPOs) play a vital role in trying to resolve the challenges and inequalities within our communities and society at large. The important role they play in South Africa cannot be underestimated. Tshikululu Social Investments, the country’s leading social investment fund management and advisory firm, has undertaken a survey of over 170 NPOs around
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By Marcus Coetzee – Management Consultant Back in January 2019, most businesses were pursuing a Corporate Social Investment (CSI) strategy which had been fine-tuned over the years. Then the pandemic hit South Africa in late March. Everything changed. CSI activities pivoted, refocused and were fuelled by adrenalin and empathy. CSI entered crisis mode. Mitigating harm
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This article was first published on CSRNEWSSA. When Covid-19 hit our shores, Siya and Rachel Kolisi fast-tracked the launch of the Kolisi Foundation – a platform to help the country during the pandemic. Siya, who currently captains the South African rugby team, knows what it’s like to go to bed hungry. Growing up in Zwide,
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Covid-19 is an unprecedented global health crisis. In South Africa, the pandemic has resulted in an unparalleled response from all sectors to mitigate the social and economic impact of the pandemic. Since the day President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the national lockdown in March, social investors have played an integral part of the national response.
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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
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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