Africa Should Bargain Hard For Covid Vaccine Equity: Lessons From Indonesia During Avian Flu
By Victoria Fan and Steve Kuo Many countries around the world have punished most of the African continent for the scientific discovery of the Omicron variant through the imposition of travel bans. These travel bans are more injury upon the injury of low vaccination in Africa. Even well-intentioned rallying phrases such as “vaccine apartheid” or “vaccine equity” still […]
Omicron & Developing Countries – Where Threats Are The Greatest
By Alexander Kozul-Wright On 25 November, news emerged from South Africa of a new COVID-19 variant. It has since been identified as Omicron, a Greek alphabet derivation the World Health Organization (WHO) reserves for virus variants “of concern”. For now, scientists are still racing to understand Omicron’s virulence. There is, however, growing concern that its high […]
Economist Impact And Mastercard Study Reveals That Middle East And Africa Is A Fertile Ground
For The Growth Of Super-Apps Super-apps offer a single location from which a consumer can engage in diverse commercial transactions, from calling a cab to paying an electricity bill Wide-ranging study by Economist Impact, the research and analysis arm of The Economist Group, commissioned by Mastercard Middle East and Africa reveals that super-apps have emerged […]
Six Simple Steps Small Business Owners Can Take Today To Get Ahead On Their 2022 Taxes
Colin Timmis, General Country Manager and professional accountant, Xero South Africa The South African Revenue Service (SARS) 2020 revenue outcome highlighted the severe economic impact of COVID‐19 on a struggling economy. As a result, expectations of tax base growth have deteriorated since the 2020 Budget Effective tax collection and expanding the tax-payer base are key […]
Reid Hoffman Awards The First South African Technology Entrepreneur Prestigious Global Accolade
Over the weekend, 32-year-old Melvyn Lubega, an Endeavor Entrepreneur who co-founded technology unicorn Go1, made history by becoming the first African to be awarded Endeavor’s most prestigious accolade, The Lindas. Melvyn is also one of just three Entrepreneurs to be awarded this coveted title in 2021 and is in excellent company, with other awardees Sergio Furo (Creditas), founder of […]
Standard Bank Drives Sustainable Growth Of Africa’s Sugar Value Chain
Many communities within sub-Saharan Africa rely on sugar not only as a source of calorific energy, but for the employment, industrialisation, and trade opportunities its value chain provides. The sugar industry continues to evolve and investment in supporting infrastructure as well as establishing supportive ecosystems and regulatory frameworks can help improve its global competitiveness and […]
Zimele Launches Retail Sector Skills Development Programme
Anglo American Zimele is pleased to announce the launch of its retail skills development programme aimed at unlocking employment opportunities within the sector for youth in our host communities. It is expected that up to 400 youths in hour host communities with benefit from the programme, which is offered in partnership with Reach Summit (Pty) […]
Make Exponential Value Your Retail Resolution For 2022
Jonathan Hurvitz, Teljoy CEO The value of online retail in South Africa more than doubled in the two years with total current value sitting around the R40 billion mark. This rapid growth of online retail was accelerated by the pandemic, but early signs suggest the positive changes are here to stay. And while this is […]
AU Joins Calls Against Discriminating Southern Africa
The measures act “as a disincentive for information sharing in the future, potentially posing a threat to health security on the continent and globally”, the AU said in a statement. SA researchers were the first to discover the highly mutated Omicron coronavirus variant in late-November. EU states, the US and Britain, among other nations such as Israel and […]
Tennis Queen Runs Successful Take-away
Before Natasha Siku first picked up a racket at nine years old as a part of her primary school’s compulsory sports programme, no one could have predicted that she would be playing for the national team by the time she was a teenager. iku was scouted by a tennis coach who happened to be hosting […]
