Access Masters Helps You Find The Best Graduate School With Interactive Personalised Meetings
Want to get hired at your dream job? Make friends? Start something new? The international Master’s degree is the answer you’re looking for. Master’s graduates earn more, and 93% land a full-time job within 3 months of graduation, according to AACSB. Access Masters invites you to an interactive online event on 23 August in South […]
In The Right Hands, Pure Malt Becomes Pure Art
Three of SA’s top visual artists come together to present a new art medium, “Pure Malt” For the first time in South African art history, three of the country’s top artists will simultaneously showcase artworks using 1000s of malt grains in their works. In a unique national art installation, the artists – Sindiso Nyoni, Yay […]
Vaccine Gap Exposes Opportunities And Challenges For Pharma In Africa
By Julie Oppenheim (Bowmans South Africa), Daniel Mwathe (Bowmans Kenya) and Micael Sehul (AAAOL, Ethiopia) Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine challenges have been a bitter pill for many governments to swallow as they watch developed countries race ahead with their vaccination programmes. In the United Kingdom, almost 70% of the total population had received at least one […]
How Business Incubators Are Helping Entrepreneurs In Africa
Small & medium enterprises (SMEs) are the engine of economic growth in Africa, particularly when small businesses develop their potential to expand and contribute to job creation. According to the World Bank, formal SMEs contribute up to 40% of GDP in emerging economies, and this number is much higher when including informal businesses. The Brookings […]
A Multi-Pronged Approach To Welcoming Women Into The Chemicals Sector
By Wezi Khoza, Chairperson, CHIETA Despite decades of effort, the gender disparity in technical fields is still sizable. According to a study by the World Economic Forum, women in the engineering, manufacturing and construction industry are outnumbered – for every ten men, there are just three women. This does not bode well for chemical industries, […]
What’s Next In AI: IBM Research Africa To Host Virtual AI Seminar Series In August
Artificial intelligence has transformed the world—there is no doubt about that As AI continues to mature, nations around the globe—especially in Africa—should rely on it more than ever to drive large-scale transformation and competitiveness. From agriculture and remote health services to translating languages, AI can play an important role in helping Africa tackle economic problems. […]
Bolt Raises Over R10.3bn From Investors
Bolt, the first European super-app, has closed a R10.3bn (€600m) funding round, increasing the company’s valuation to more than R68.6bn (€4B). Bolt will use the funds to boost its new 15-minute grocery delivery service, Bolt Market, and to accelerate the expansion of its existing mobility and delivery products. The funds were raised from new investors […]
Empowering Movies And Role Models For Women This Women’s Month On HUAWEI Video
In honour of National Women’s Day on 9 August, Huawei will be dedicating the entire month to all the great women in South Africa. So, it seems only fitting that we highlight our favourite female-centric movies – ones that portray the kind of inspiring, ceiling-smashing women that we want to emulate in real life – […]
Putting Smiles on the Faces of South Sudanese Who’ve Only Known War
South Sudanese soldiers harass civilians with the intention of extorting money from them, says Kuech Deng Atem, 26. He hopes to disarm soldiers with jokes. Atem, commonly known by the stage name Wokil Jeesh Commando, became a soldier when he was 10 years old. He and other children were trained in Aweil and Mapel and […]
Zanzibari Women Take Advantage of a Changing Climate
Nasir Hassan Haji never thought of herself as a farmer or a swimmer, she realised she had surprised herself by becoming both. Alongside 12 other women in Jambiani village on the Indian Ocean coast, Haji has come to rely on the climate-resilient, natural sponges bobbing on thick ropes where they grow for months before the […]
