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By David Mparutsa, Head of Enterprise and Supply Chain Development, Absa Corporate & Investment Bank; and Cynthia Abbiew, Enterprise & Supply Chain Development Manager, Absa Ghana Ghana’s economy has hogged headlines in the past few months amid soaring inflation, a decline in growth and an aggressive monetary policy tightening, prompting the country’s Government to approach […]
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African Energy Week (AEW) is the African Energy Chamber’s interactive exhibition and networking event that seeks to unite African energy stakeholders, drive industry growth and provide opportunities for securing business deals. Your AEW delegate pass will grant you access to the Invest in Angola Panel Session – Sponsored by ANPG and Sonangol on October 19, 2022 from 09:00 […]
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Zuko Mdwaba, Area Vice President at Salesforce South Africa The increasing frequency and unpredictability of extreme weather events demonstrates that no one is spared from climate change. To help mitigate this crisis our planet urgently needs smart solutions. Every organisation, government and individual has a role to play. For companies, their brand, reputation, and financial […]
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After only appearing as a featured artist this year, Versatile is set to drop new music on the 28th of October 2022. Listen to Big Star here: https://paradise.fanlink.to/BigStar Versatile (Nhlakanipho Ntanda) is an Afro Fusion/ Amapiano recording artist and producer from Soweto, South Africa. Growing up in Pimville, surrounded by a lot of different cultures […]
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In the last three decades, South Africa has made significant progress in becoming one of the most industrialized, technologically advanced, and diversified economies on the continent. With this boon, the country has however experienced a surge in population growth and urbanization, which in parallel, has resulted in an escalation of solid waste generation – placing […]
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The MultiChoice Talent Factory Academy is a multi-disciplinary training programme that was launched in 2018 to develop the next generation of storytellers in Africa The MultiChoice (www.MultiChoice.com) Talent Factory (MTF) Academy held its annual graduation ceremonies in October this year. The graduations celebrated the talent and hard work of 57 students across three academies in […]
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By Sarthak Rohal, VP – IT Services at In2IT Technologies Today’s workforce has come to expect streamlined processes, flexibility, and digital connectivity from wherever they may work (whether in the office or remotely) in order to facilitate productivity. Throughout the pandemic, it was this ability to work remotely that broke social distancing boundaries and enabled […]
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“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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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