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#BizTrends2022: Telematics is set to transform society - Here's how

AutoTech

#BizTrends2022: Telematics is set to transform society - Here's how

Cliff de Wit 14 Jan 2022

#BizTrends2022: Sustainable construction is the trend to watch

Trends

#BizTrends2022: Sustainable construction is the trend to watch

Bongani Dladla 6 Jan 2022

Where is the uproar over corporate capture?

Funding

Where is the uproar over corporate capture?

Justin Rovian Naidoo 19 Nov 2021

Energy transitions: The role of institutions and market structures

Energy

Energy transitions: The role of institutions and market structures

Roula Inglesi-Lotz 23 Sep 2021

Stellenbosch Network calls for #IdeasForChange entries

Community

Stellenbosch Network calls for #IdeasForChange entries

17 Sep 2021

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Economy

Credit ratings are punishing poorer countries for investing more in healthcare during the pandemic

Ramya Vijaya 17 Aug 2021

Making a difference in her community

Accounting & Auditing

Making a difference in her community

Issued by SAICA 3 Aug 2021

Inspiring good business at the 20th annual Top Empowerment Awards

Events & Conferencing

Inspiring good business at the 20th annual Top Empowerment Awards

Issued by Topco Media 19 Jul 2021

UN warns excluding women from top jobs threatens Covid-19 recovery

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

UN warns excluding women from top jobs threatens Covid-19 recovery

Sharon Kimathi 8 Jul 2021

Samuel Dhol Ayeun, a trainee doctor who fled from South Sudan to Uganda. ReuterAbubaker Lubowa

Education & Training

"I made it," says South Sudanese who fled to Uganda

Francis Mukasa, 21 Jun 2021

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Covid-19

Why countries best placed to handle the pandemic appear to have fared the worst

Rachel M Gisselquist & Andrea Vaccaro 18 Jun 2021

Skilled researchers offering critical training on better use of data in decision-making

Skills Training

Skilled researchers offering critical training on better use of data in decision-making

Issued by ISER 11 Jun 2021

Judges announced for the 2021 Santam Women of the Future Awards

Events & Conferencing

Judges announced for the 2021 Santam Women of the Future Awards

8 Jun 2021

Egypt's road building drive eases jams but leaves some unhappy

Infrastructure & Utilities

Egypt's road building drive eases jams but leaves some unhappy

Nadeen Ebrahim and Aidan Lewis 18 May 2021

Coal, Oil & Gas

Research exposes negative economic impact of offshore drilling

26 Apr 2021

How online markets are helping local stores survive Covid-19

Retailers

How online markets are helping local stores survive Covid-19

Myriam Ertz, Damien Hallegatte, Imen Latrous and Julien Bousquet 19 Mar 2021

Deriving value for safe, smart cities

Cybersecurity

Deriving value for safe, smart cities

Leona Mentz 16 Feb 2021

#PulpNonFiction: Life and death and the city

#PulpNonFiction

#PulpNonFiction: Life and death and the city

Bronwyn Williams 25 Jan 2021

#BizTrends2021: 5G is coming. Here's what it could mean for SA

Trends

#BizTrends2021: 5G is coming. Here's what it could mean for SA

Samantha Naidoo 21 Jan 2021

High levels of bureaucratic corruption prevail in Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania. Shutterstock/Pro-Stock studio

Public Health

Social norms and poor services drive petty corruption in East Africa's health sector

Saba Kassa, Claudia Baez Camargo & Jacopo Costa 7 Dec 2020

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Energy

Africa's power demand to keep rising between 4-5% per year

3 Dec 2020

Climate change, migration and urbanisation: patterns in Sub-Saharan Africa

Climate Change

Climate change, migration and urbanisation: patterns in Sub-Saharan Africa

Roman Hoffmann 4 Nov 2020

South African Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni. The origins of the country’s fiscal crisis are deeper than Covid-19. Getty Images

Economy

South Africa's waning economic fortunes demand harsh policy adjustments: who will bear the brunt?

Michael Sachs 29 Oct 2020

#BIS2020: Dr Mamphela Ramphele calls for governance by ubuntu

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

#BIS2020: Dr Mamphela Ramphele calls for governance by ubuntu

14 Oct 2020

Public-private partnerships hold the key to future development

ICT

Public-private partnerships hold the key to future development

Ryno Rijnsburger 21 Sep 2020

SEZ's role in the interaction of AI with humans and nation states

4th Industrial Revolution

SEZ's role in the interaction of AI with humans and nation states

Monde Mawasha 14 Sep 2020

IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva and World Bank group president David Malpass have offered debt relief to developing countries.

Economy

Why African countries are reluctant to take up Covid-19 debt relief

Misheck Mutize 30 Jul 2020

C40 Cities launches Mayors Agenda for a Green and Just Recovery post-Covid-19

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

C40 Cities launches Mayors Agenda for a Green and Just Recovery post-Covid-19

23 Jul 2020

WINA Festival announces 2020 winners!

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WINA Festival announces 2020 winners!

19 Jun 2020

A deserted street in Cairo after coronavirus-related restrictions were tightened. Egypt has been one of the hardest hit in Africa. Photo by Mohamed Elraai/picture alliance via Getty Images

Economy

Controlling Covid-19 will carry devastating economic cost for developing countries

Borja Santos Porras 4 Jun 2020

South Africa’s hard, extended lockdown has come at a significant economic cost. Shutterstock

Covid-19

South Africa's Covid-19 strategy needs updating: here's why and how

Imraan Valodia, Alex van den Heever, Lucy Allais, Martin Veller, Shabir Madhi & Willem Venter 14 May 2020

#LockdownLessons: This is a wake-up call about inequality - Feryal Domingo, Inyathelo

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

#LockdownLessons: This is a wake-up call about inequality - Feryal Domingo, Inyathelo

Sindy Peters 11 May 2020

Digital transformation vital to improve service delivery

4th Industrial Revolution

Digital transformation vital to improve service delivery

Andy Dikobo 7 May 2020

For public transport to keep running, operators must find ways to outlast coronavirus

Public Transport

For public transport to keep running, operators must find ways to outlast coronavirus

Yale Z Wong 30 Mar 2020

UK-China alliance plans to build African infrastructure

Infrastructure & Utilities

UK-China alliance plans to build African infrastructure

10 Mar 2020

Using tech for socio-economic prosperity

Technology

Using tech for socio-economic prosperity

4 Feb 2020

Digital

Sap appoints Sohail Carim to drive global public sector business

31 Jan 2020

Businesses need to think local and start small

SMEs

Businesses need to think local and start small

Janine Espin 16 Jan 2020

Rank among South Africa's top transformative companies

Events & Conferencing

Rank among South Africa's top transformative companies

Aziza Banderker, Issued by Topco Media 10 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: New technologies to power smart cities

Trends

#BizTrends2020: New technologies to power smart cities

Taru Madangombe 6 Jan 2020

Ignite our national mojo

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Ignite our national mojo

Dhiru Soni, Issued by Regent Business School 6 Dec 2019

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SA's VMLY&R wins Silver at 2019 Epica Awards

22 Nov 2019

Smart cities embrace 4IR

Smart Buildings & Cities

Smart cities embrace 4IR

19 Nov 2019

Image credit: Epica Awards.

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#EpicaAwards2019: SA's VMLY&R announced as one of the finalists!

13 Nov 2019

Technology

5 trends opening doors for African tech entrepreneurs

Odette Faling 5 Nov 2019

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Trends

10 Government technology trends for 2019-2020

14 Oct 2019

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Markets & Investment

How IMF programmes can increase corruption

Bernhard Reinsberg & Thomas Stubbs 30 Sep 2019

Dr Brian Ruff, co-founder of PPO Serve

NHI

Reaction to the NHI is ill-informed: A constructive discussion is needed

Brian Ruff 20 Aug 2019

Electricity pylon. Wikimedia Commons

Energy

Lessons to be learnt from Ghana's excess electricity shambles

Samuel Asumadu Sarkodie 5 Aug 2019