The Effects Of ”Lights Off” For The Retail Industry
As we flip flop between candles powering up and diesel drumming to a now common beat – with the longest run of loadshedding in South Africa recently under our belts – the massive impact this has had on business has been nothing less than debilitating leaving our economy in a precarious position. With loadshedding recently […]
Mastercard And Cellulant Partner To Empower Millions Of Consumers Across Africa To Join The Global Digital Commerce Market
Partnership will enable customers to pay globally with a Mastercard virtual payment solution linked to the Cellulant wallet, Tingg Mastercard’s technology will enable consumers to shop online with or without a bank account, through a simple and secure payment experience Mastercard and Cellulant have partnered to allow millions of Cellulant customers across Africa to shop […]
Facts About The Africa Palm Oil Initiative (APOI) & The Evolution And Expansion To The Africa Sustainable Commodity Initiative (ASCI)
Globally, 1.6 billion people depend on forests for their jobs and livelihoods, while in many African countries 50–60% of the population work in agriculture. However, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that the rate of deforestation between 2015 and 2020 was 10 million hectares per year; with agricultural commodities such as palm oil, rubber […]
Thirteen C40 Cities Commit To Boosting Public Health By Slashing Waste Emissions
Thirteen C40 cities have signed up to the Pathway Towards Zero Waste, committing to a 2030 target of providing timely city-wide waste collection services, treating at least 30% of organic waste and reducing waste disposal emissions by at least 30% With waste representing up to 35% of overall municipal emissions in Global South cities, this […]
Why Estate Planning Is Crucial In Times Of Unexpected Events
By: Sean Hanlon, BrightRock Executive Director: Sales and Distribution In the past two years, the need for sound financial planning has become very evident. Events such as the unexpected KZN floods, the July 2021 riots and the COVID-19 pandemic have all put estate planning in the spotlight, with a greater call for financial advisers to […]
Tech For Good: Tipping The Scale On Children’s Mental Health Through Digital Reading
In South Africa, where two out of three children face mental health challenges and approximately one in seven have a treatable mental health condition – most children will carry the brain burden through to adulthood, due to the country’s chronic lack of specialists and facilities to support the unique needs of young minds. It is no wonder […]
African Women Rise For Climate Justice NOW
The recent Women’s Climate Assembly held in the Niger Delta from 17-20 October 2022 was the largest women’s climate gathering in Africa bringing together well over 100 women activists from 11 countries across West and Central Africa. The groundbreaking event co-hosted by leading women’s movements and local community organisations hosted women community leaders and social […]
Study with Vertical Greening Systems in Low-income Communities in Lagos and Dar es Salaam
According to the latest Intergovernmental Panel in Climate Change assessment report, heat exposure in Africa is projected to increase in terms of person-days. Heat exposure challenges are increased by a shortage of basic services and infrastructure, along with low-quality housing, poor socio-economic conditions and few green spaces in slums and informal settlements. The experiment established […]
Police Investigate Deadly Fire at School for the Blind in Uganda
At least 11 people, mostly children, have died in a blaze that tore through a dormitory at a school for the blind in eastern Uganda as pupils were sleeping, officials said. The disaster occurred at about 1am on Tuesday (22:00 GMT Monday) at the Salama School for the Blind in Mukono district’s Luga village, east […]
Tigray Talks
Peace talks aiming to end the nearly two-year-old war in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia have started in South Africa, although the chances of bringing the conflict to an immediate stop are believed to be low. Representatives of the Ethiopian government and a team sent by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), a political […]
