Kenya Top Africa in Olympic Medal Standings
By Maurice Oniang’o Team Kenya collected ten medals in the just-concluded Tokyo Olympics, topping Africa in medal standings. Kenya won four gold medals, four silver, and two bronze, earning the position 19 out of 86, followed by Uganda with two gold medals, one silver, and one bronze, and attaining position 36 overall. Kenya started the […]
Digitalisation Of SMME Enablement Is Key To Their Integration In Corporate Supply Chains
By Hepsy Mkhungo, CEO of One Linkage If South Africa is to successfully drive job creation and achieve sustainable economic growth, the key is to enable large corporate support for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMMEs). The small business sector is instrumental to creating an inclusive economy and a better life for the previously marginalised. While […]
Africa Women Innovation And Entrepreneurship Forum Announces Call For Nominations For AWIEF Awards 2021
The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has taken a decision to extend the deadline for the nominations for the 2021 annual AWIEF Awards to 6 September 2021. Currently, in its fifth edition, the prestigious AWIEF Awards recognise, honour, and celebrate women entrepreneurs and business owners in Africa and across various industry sectors for […]
Women Are Savvy Savers, Says FNB
Over 10.27% of women have at least 1 months’ worth of income As we celebrate Women’s Month in August, we’re giving a nod to all our savings-savvy women out there – the mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and aunts. Money Management Product Head, Ester Ochse shares some insights from FNB. Women tend to have a slightly higher […]
Affordable, Inclusive, And Online: University Of The People Opens Admissions
Calling all eligible South African students to apply for the 2021 / 2022 academic year Enrolments for the 2021-2022 academic year are now open worldwide, including South Africa, for University of the People – the first non-profit, tuition-free, American-accredited online university. Open to all qualified applicants, the university offers affordable, accessible, quality higher education opportunities, […]
Southern African Migrants Excluded As Covid-19 Pandemic Grows
By Kevin Humphrey Migrants across the Southern Africa region are massively disadvantaged as they find themselves excluded from vaccine programmes – even when the global vaccine initiative COVAX often funds these programmes. This is the latest in a long list of struggles migrants have experienced since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Migrant is a catch-all […]
To Reverse Food Insecurity Build A Climate Resilient Agricultural Sector
By Esther Ngumbi The number of people facing acute food insecurity has hit a five-year high, according to a recently released annual report by the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC) – an international alliance of the United Nations, the European Union, and governmental and non-governmental agencies working to tackle food crises. In addition, the report noted that 28 million […]
