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South Africa Hosts Historic G20 Summit 2025: Driving Solidarity for Africa’s Future

Johannesburg pulses with energy as South Africa gears up to host the 20th G20 Leaders’ Summit from November 22 to 23, 2025. This event stands out as the first G20 gathering on African soil, a powerful moment that amplifies the continent’s voice in global talks. President Cyril Ramaphosa leads the ....

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South Africa has what it takes to create global cannabis brands

It has been almost four years since the Constitutional Court ruled that South Africans have the right to consume cannabis in the privacy of their own homes, effectively decriminalising the personal use of cannabis. Since then there have been important milestones that have enabled the emergence of South Africa’s fledgling cannabis industry. In 2019 cannabidiol […]

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How Automation Technology Is Set To Redefine The Finance Industry

By Daniel Goldberg, Co-Founder and CEO of Bridgement The financial services sector is the recipient of dramatic digital transformation. We may be familiar with the more consumer-facing elements such as the proliferation of mobile banking and internet banking, but there is a lot more going on behind the scenes with regards to how service providers, […]

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World Entrepreneur Day: Time For ESD To Rediscover Its Purpose In Technical Capacitation Of SMMEs

By Larisha Naidoo, Head of Anglo American Zimele South African corporates have been running enterprise supplier development (ESD) programmes for years, helping to create thousands of SMMEs, who have often thrived and become employers in their own right.  However, we often overlook the accountability that these programmes ought to demonstrate to the communities we serve.  […]

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How Employee Growth And Development Plans Can Help SMEs Attract And Retain Top Talent

For South Africa’s brightest youth, deciding which university to attend or where to live after completing their studies can be challenging. In the same way, choosing whether to work for a large corporate or an SME can be a difficult decision to make. With large companies, individuals may have many opportunities for career progression – […]

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3 Ways That SMEs Can Attract And Retain Gen Y And Gen Z Female Talent

Many companies underestimate the advantages of having a strong representation of women in the workplace and, as a result, miss out on attracting and retaining some of the best talent that South Africa has to offer. Apart from having a larger talent pool from which to find quality candidates for your vacant roles, having more […]

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Open Source: The Future Of Continued Innovation

A growing appetite from organisations for innovation and the requirement for an alternative to traditional proprietary software are two serious driving factors in the growth of open source technology globally.  So says Quintin Brussow, Red Hat Development Lead at hybrid IT systems integrator and managed services provider, Datacentrix, who explains that while many businesses have […]

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