Holding Ourselves Accountable: Deloitte Reaches Significant Milestones In Its Audit Quality And Transformation Journey
“We have prioritised fostering a culture of quality at all levels within Deloitte for some time now. This priority will not change, and further efforts will be made to ensure that our focus is intensified, and our quality practices are deeply embedded in our way of working,” Ruwayda Redfearn, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Deloitte […]
Standard Bank And Woolworths Debut SA’s First Sustainability-Linked Transactional Deposit Structure
Standard Bank has partnered with Woolworths Holdings Limited to successfully execute the first sustainability-linked transactional deposit structure in South Africa. The transactional deposit structure links the interest Woolworths earns on their deposits to the achievement of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) targets. The KPIs and sustainability performance targets (SPTs) agreed between Woolworths and Standard Bank, […]
DPA Kenya Ltd Will Develop The Biggest Rooftop Solar Project In Kenya For The Devki Group
In November 2021, DPA Kenya Ltd, co-owned by DPA (Distributed Power Africa) a key player in distributed renewable energy solutions and EDF (Électricité de France), the French multinational electric utility has signed an agreement with the Devki Group to provide renewable energy solutions for a factory based at Nairobi. In this agreement, DPA Kenya Ltd […]
SMEs Are Key To African Development
Technology and entrepreneurship present new independent employment paradigm By Simone Cooper SMEs are Africa’s employment lifeline, providing an opportunity for the continent to positively leverage its demographic dividend for growth and sustainable prosperity. The African Development Bank reports that while 10 to 12 million youth enter Africa’s workforce each year, only three million formal jobs […]
SA Harvest Celebrates 30 Million Meals And Third Birthday On World Food Day
Sunday 16 October marks the global commemoration of World Food Day, the date of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) – a date that is focused on increasing awareness of world hunger and poverty and inspiring solutions for world change. It also marks the three year anniversary of food rescue and hunger relief organisation SA Harvest and […]
Factors Contributing To Immigration Application Inefficiencies In Sub-Saharan Africa
By Nompumelelo Mdletshe and Tarissa Wareley At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, immigration facilities around the world suffered widescale processing delays under pressure from travel restrictions, new regulations, and lockdowns. Two years later, many countries are still reporting backlogs in the finalisation of applications. Sub-Saharan Africa is no exception, with various other factors unique […]
Farmers Surpass Global Food Security Target In Two Years Through Agroforestry
Trees for the Future Releases Latest Data on Hunger, Poverty, and Landscape Restoration In a report released Thursday, Trees for the Future (TREES) shares the short and long-term effects of agroforestry systems on hunger, poverty, and landscape restoration. The report confirms that TREES’ Forest Garden Approach effectively achieves the triple bottom line of food security, economic resilience, and environmental impact. “Farming and agricultural land use are key factors in […]
The Ever-Expanding Imagination of Blitz Bazawule
Ghanaians are natural storytellers, but the artist Blitz Bazawule has an exceptional gift, which he’s applied to multiple media, including music, film, and now literature. Inspired by magical realism, he weaves complex, wildly entertaining stories that are rooted in reality but enhanced by the unknown. As a youngster in Accra in the 1980s, Blitz Bazawule […]
West African Style Comes Home Through the Eyes of Interior Designer Eva Sonaike
For London-based, Nigerian designer Eva Sonaike, it’s all about color. Tapping into the traditions of West Africa, she creates interiors and home furnishings that utilize bold colors and patterns that are uplifting and unabashedly African. In a world where the dominant home décor aesthetic has been minimalist or country house chic for seasons, Eva says […]
US Museums Return Trove of Looted Treasures to Nigeria
This past week, three US museums announced their plan to return 31 Benin bronzes to Nigeria, marking a significant advance in the movement to repatriate African artworks stolen during colonialism. In a joint ceremony in Washington, DC, the National Gallery of Art, the National Museum of African Art, and the Rhode Island School of Design […]
