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ESG & Sustainability
Impact manager Acre raises $100m for African climate infrastructure

Virginia Furness 17 Apr 2024

An aerial view shows a deserted and flooded traditional homestead following heavy rains in Garsen, Tana Delta within Tana River county, Kenya 23 November 2023. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo
ESG & Sustainability
Huge debt costs mean climate spending could make emerging nations insolvent

Libby George 16 Apr 2024

When the going gets tough...it's time to get going
Entrepreneurship
When the going gets tough...it's time to get going

Harry Welby-Cooke, Issued by ActionCOACH SA Business Coaching 8 Apr 2024

Source: Gareth Matthews, head of RMB Private Bank.
Finance
Euromoney: RMB Private Bank wins crowning title yet again

28 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied.
Property
Sustainable redistribution of land remains crucial to human rights in South Africa, as political parties jostle for voter support

Peter Setou 27 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied.
Healthcare
To tackle poverty, Africa needs welfarist policies and people-centred development - Adesina

4 Apr 2024

Safaricom dominates Ethiopia mobile money with M-Pesa
ICT
M-Pesa Safaricom, Onafriq ink deal to boost Ethiopian remittances

20 Mar 2024

The intersection of art and entrepreneurship
Lifestyle
The intersection of art and entrepreneurship

14 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. Kwaku Debra, expert at Partners in Performance.
Finance
South Africa’s banks need to get better at cost controls

11 Mar 2024

One of 16 local citizen scientists collects data from Mamelodi in Pretoria. The data collected from each site will help the City of Tshwane develop an effective plan to mitigate the effects of climate change. Photos: Jabulile Mbatha / GroundUp
ESG & Sustainability
Volunteers collect data to mitigate effects of global heating in Tshwane

Jabulile Mbatha 11 Mar 2024

6 trends driving Africa’s growth in 2024
Logistics & Transport
6 trends driving Africa’s growth in 2024

Amadou Diallo 19 Feb 2024

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo is seen outside the headquarters building in Washington, US, 4 September 2018. Reuters/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
ESG & Sustainability
IMF reaches $1.3bn agreement with Ivory Coast for resilience, sustainability facility

Portia Crowe 19 Feb 2024

Ghana's Cocobod to use $200m World Bank loan for cocoa farm rehabilitation
Agriculture
Ghana's Cocobod to use $200m World Bank loan for cocoa farm rehabilitation

Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 19 Feb 2024

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Finance
Velmie's new platform transforms banking for fintechs, banks

16 Feb 2024

AICPA & CIMA and Topco Media deliver the premier sustainability conference in South Africa
Finance
AICPA & CIMA and Topco Media deliver the premier sustainability conference in South Africa

Issued by AICPA & CIMA 13 Feb 2024

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ESG & Sustainability
#Sona2024: Govt to extend and improve R350 social relief grant

9 Feb 2024

Topco Media sets the stage for robust dialogue at the Future of Sustainability Conference 2024
Marketing & Media
Topco Media sets the stage for robust dialogue at the Future of Sustainability Conference 2024

Issued by Topco Media 7 Feb 2024

Source: Rand Merchant Bank.
Finance
Rand Merchant Bank breaks new ground in Africa with World Bank partnership

5 Feb 2024

Retail trend riptides: time to sink or swim
Retail
Retail trend riptides: time to sink or swim

Nicola Allen 25 Jan 2024

Ghana wants to make importing food like rice and tomatoes more costly: expert explains why it’s a bad idea
Retail
Ghana wants to make importing food like rice and tomatoes more costly: expert explains why it’s a bad idea

Sylvanus Kwaku Afesorgbor 23 Jan 2024

Alison Mellon, Knowledge and Learning Lawyer: Banking and Finance, and Thomas Erskine, Candidate Legal Practitioner, Bowmans
Legal
#BizTrends2024: Legal insight into banking and finance for 2024

Alison Mellon and Thomas Erskine 9 Jan 2024

Virusha Subban is a partner and head of Tax in Baker McKenzie's Tax Practice Group in Johannesburg
Legal
#BizTrends2024: Africa's growing role in global trade dynamics

Virusha Subban 8 Jan 2024

Overwhelmed African ports grapple with surging ship traffic amid Red Sea crisis
Logistics & Transport
Overwhelmed African ports grapple with surging ship traffic amid Red Sea crisis

Wendell Roelf 27 Dec 2023

Tourists and locals visit a market in the Medina in Marrakech, following last month's deadly earthquake, Morocco. Source: Reuters/Susana Vera
Tourism & Travel
Despite quake and Gaza, Morocco tourism is up

Ahmed Eljechtimi 18 Dec 2023

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Finance
AfDB greenlights $300m loan to bolster SA's energy governance and climate resilience

13 Dec 2023

Communities in South Africa's coal heartland in Mpumalanga will be most affected by the energy transition.
Energy & Mining
SA secures $300m loan for Energy Governance and Climate Resilience

12 Dec 2023

AEC: 'African nations must reject promises of aid and handouts to abandon their oil and gas as COP28 wraps up'
Energy & Mining
African Energy Chamber is an outspoken advocate for African oil and gas

NJ Ayuk 10 Dec 2023

Source: iStock.
Finance
South Africa's economic crisis deepens: Recession looms

Katja Hamilton 6 Dec 2023

Exxaro and Council of Geoscience sign MOU for sustainability
Energy & Mining
Exxaro in sustainability and decarbonisation partnership with Council of Geoscience

5 Dec 2023

Joseph Nganga addresses the crowd at the BESS Consortium launch. Source: Supplied.
Energy & Mining
#COP28: African countries commit to battery storage consortium

4 Dec 2023

Aysha construction began in 2016 with majority investment from Exim Bank of China.
Energy & Mining
Ethiopia signs $600m UAE deal to expand Aysha wind farm project

Dawit Endeshwa 3 Dec 2023

Source: Sam Forson/Pexels
Energy & Mining
Treasury secures $1.6bn in loans to support Just Energy Transition

23 Nov 2023

Investment signing ceremony. Source: Supplied.
ICT
#ATF2023: IFC and RMB in R900m deal with Liquid to expand affordable broadband

16 Nov 2023

Call for a national early childhood feeding scheme
Education
Call for a national early childhood feeding scheme

Sonia A. Rao 16 Nov 2023

South Africa to miss 2030 emissions goal as it keeps coal plants burning
ESG & Sustainability
South Africa to miss 2030 emissions goal as it keeps coal plants burning

Promit Mukherjee 9 Nov 2023

'COP28 UAE' logo is displayed on the screen during the opening ceremony of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) under the theme of 'United on Climate Action Toward COP28', in Abu Dhabi, UAE, 16 January 2023. Reuters/Rula Rouhana/File Photo
ESG & Sustainability
Impasse broken on climate fund before COP28 but tough road ahead

Valerie Volcovici and Kate Abnett 7 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.
Finance
#MTBPS: South Africa's fiscal crisis: Rising debt and urgent reforms unveiled

Katja Hamilton 1 Nov 2023

World Bank approves $1bn loan to help SA tackle power crisis
Energy & Mining
World Bank approves $1bn loan to help SA tackle power crisis

Anait Miridzhanian 25 Oct 2023

Transforming lives through sanitation: Rocla's mission in Africa
ESG & Sustainability
Transforming lives through sanitation: Rocla's mission in Africa

Issued by Rocla 25 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied. Lineshree Moodley, Visa’s country head for South Africa.
Finance
Standard Bank Top Women Conference 2023: Unveiling global solutions for gender disparities

Katja Hamilton 19 Oct 2023

Source: Reuters.
Finance
The World Bank and the IMF need to keep reforming to become fit for purpose

Danny Bradlow 18 Oct 2023

#AEW2023: OPEC says energy-starved Africa needs fairer climate treatment
Energy & Mining
#AEW2023: OPEC says energy-starved Africa needs fairer climate treatment

Wendell Roelf 17 Oct 2023

A child collecting chunks of coal looks on at a colliery while smoke rises from the Duvha coal-based power station owned by state power utility Eskom, in Emalahleni. SOurce: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko
Energy & Mining
World Bank in talks for $1bn loan to end SA load shedding

Rachel Savage and Jorgelina do Rosario 16 Oct 2023

Source: Reuters. Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, addresses the media on the fourth day of the annual meeting of the IMF and the World Bank, following last month's deadly earthquake, in Marrakech, Morocco.
Finance
Cautious welcome: World Bank and IMF return to Africa, but questions remain

Carlos Lopes 12 Oct 2023

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Healthcare
Moroccan pharmaceutical firm Sothema mulls east African plant

10 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied. Carel Kleynhans, chief executive officer of Divercity; Kushinga Kambarami, green building consultant, IFC; Lenore Cairncross, green building lead for Africa, IFC; Diep Nguyen-van Houtte, senior manager for climate business at IFC; and Richard Dube, investment associate, Divercity.
Property
IFC and SA developers explore Edge-certified green housing projects in Joburg

4 Oct 2023

Connecting cultures: Amapiano, from South Africa to the world...
Lifestyle
Connecting cultures: Amapiano, from South Africa to the world...

Vanashree Govender, Issued by Irvine Partners 27 Sep 2023

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