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‘The Art of Scale’ to equip businesses with essential tools

Small business development specialist Edge Growth is proud to announce the launch of The Art of Scale, a book written by Edge Growth co-founder Jason Goldberg. This compelling, hands-on guide celebrates  the profound advances in South Africa’s and other African SME ecosystems over the last decade, as well as Africa’s contribution to thought leadership on […]

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Joburg Theatre and CHOC celebrate book handover

Joburg Theatre and CHOC Childhood Cancer Foundation SA have celebrated the first official handover of books collected during their festive season book drive. The event took place at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, where the first collection of books found their new home in the hands of brave children and teenagers undergoing cancer treatment. The

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2024 Xero Beautiful Business Fund winners revealed

Xero, the global small business platform, has announced the 28 small business and non-profit winners of the 2024 Xero Beautiful Business Fund, each winning a share of a R8,000,000 global prize pool. The winners represent a diverse group of organisations committed to driving meaningful change and redefining what’s possible in the field they operate in.

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Leadership matters, says Eskom Chairperson at Serious Social Investing Conference

204 days of no load shedding, the expected end of any risk of load shedding by March 2025 and 2024 seeing Eskom finally breaking even or becoming profitable. These were the bold statements made by Chairperson of Eskom, Dr Mteto Nyati, who delivered the keynote address at the Serious Social Investing Conference in Johannesburg. The

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Fostering economic inclusion in South Africa through the creative arts economy

In 2022, the creative economy accounted for 6% of all jobs in South Africa and contributed 2.97% of the country’s GDP. Despite this contribution to the nation’s economy, the creative industries are often sidelined in trade and industry: in many cases, lack of funding, limited access to resources and inadequate infrastructure cause workers in the creative

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MTN Foundation empowers women to conquer the ICT world

South African women are making their presence felt in South African business, but it still remains true that women remain underrepresented in the world of tech to develop and transform the industry, says the MTN Foundation, which has launched the 2024 edition of its R1 million Women in Digital Business Challenge. The event reinforces the

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The importance of long-term data to improve mathematics proficiency in South Africa

Monitoring of 15-year maths education enhancement programme shows positive results. By Sarah Cairns – Social Investment Specialist: Education and Lebohang Letsela – Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist at Tshikululu Social Investments Despite high spending on education relative to other countries, South Africa scores poorly on most international education rankings. In 2004, the Centre for Development

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Empowering the future: SAS sponsors the #Coding4Mandela Tournament

SAS has again demonstrated its commitment to empowering youth in South Africa to succeed in the digital era, through its sponsorship of the 2024 #Coding4Mandela Tournament. Increasing its involvement – from sponsoring a satellite event in 2023 to sponsoring the lead event hosted at the Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg this year – is testament to

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