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Small Business Survival Toolkit Part-4 – macroeconomic strategy

The fourth part of the Small Business Survival Toolkit series tackles the subject of South Africa’s macroeconomic strategy with Professor Adrian Saville. Compiled by Tarren Bolton Professor Adrian Saville, Chief Investment Officer of Cannon Asset Managers, and GIBS visiting professor, has extensive asset management experience across all major asset classes and jurisdictions. Adrian consults widely […]

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Countrywide upliftment initiatives in a month of goodwill

Vodacom has planned a month of activities across the country to celebrate the spirit of Nelson Mandela Day. Activities include the support of children’s initiatives, feeding schemes, centres for the elderly, gender based violence and literacy. Gauteng 7 July: Greening of an ECD centre – Grasar Day Care Centre in Olievenhoutbosch: Staff to donate two

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African Youth Leaders – Surrounding yourself with a community

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Akan Nelson is the Founder and CEO of Evolve Credit, which produces credit infrastructure and software for lenders in Africa to manage their entire lending business, end-to-end. As a product of the African Leadership Academy, Akan believes in surrounding yourself with a community. He was born and raised in Nigeria and has spent time studying

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Leave a lasting legacy this Mandela Day by donating a teddy

Community & Impact, Nelson Mandela Day 2022 / admin

Legacy Pride, a registered NPC and Legacy Group initiative, is calling on South Africans to donate a teddy to children in need this Mandela Day. The funds raised from each donated teddy will not only bring the joy of a cuddly toy to each child, but will also provide them with much needed nutrition with

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Answering the desperate call for school shoes in rural communities

Community & Impact, Programmes / admin

Old Mutual Insure has a responsible business programme that enables the company to be responsible towards its customers, employees, broader communities, and the natural environment. Its aim is to deliver cutting-edge Corporate Social Investment, to contribute to inclusive, transformative, impactful, and sustainable socio-economic development in communities where it operates, and does this through a deliberately

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African Youth Leaders – 1.3 million trees against climate change

Environment, Thought Leadership / admin

Africa’s youngest climate change activist and Kenya’s youngest Mashujaa (national hero) is changing the world of environmental awareness and sustainability, one tree at a time. Ellyanne Chlystun-Githae Wanjiku is 12 years old and loves riding her bicycle around Hillview Estate in Nairobi, just as any young person in grade seven loves to do when they’re

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African Youth Leaders – Empowering women in a digital world

Environment, Thought Leadership / admin

Ian Mangenga is the founder and CEO of Digital Girl Africa, a digital hub that bridges the gap between women in Africa and technology through critical digital skills training and tech career guidance. She founded the company in 2018 after realising that she had lost passion for the work she was doing at the time.

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Small Business Survival Toolkit Part-3: Resilience in decision-making

Small Business Development & ESD, Thought Leadership / admin

In this third part of the Small Business Survival Toolkit series, Dr Charlene Lew looks at resilience in decision-making. As a faculty member at GIBS, Charlene writes, publishes, and teaches extensively in the space of decision-making, and shares some valuable insights. Compiled by Tarren Bolton In this third part of the Small Business Survival Toolkit

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Addressing youth unemployment through social investment

Small Business Development & ESD, Thought Leadership / admin

The number of South Africa’s youth that are Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET) is unsustainable and a proverbial ticking timebomb. Shamiso Chideme, Social Investment Specialist at Tshikululu Social Investments, unpacks how social investors can find meaningful and realistic opportunities for young people to find purpose and dignity in their lives, and at the

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The invisible impact: Climate change and women

Community & Impact, In the News / admin

The time has come to mainstream gender perspectives into climate change strategies. April 2022 saw floods cause untold devastation in KwaZulu Natal. Over 430 people lost their lives, many are still missing and before any real repair could be done, further floods hit the area again last week. These floods caused drownings, landslides, destruction of

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