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 | | Meat Naturally and Agricool Finance were awarded joint first place in the 10th Annual Social Innovation Awards, while Leafline Washable Sanitary Wear scooped first place in the Disability Empowerment Awards... read |  | | Mastercard Foundation and African Leadership Academy call on young African entrepreneurs to join the Anzisha Prize Fellowship program... read |
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 | | Sibongile Mongadi and Kathryn Malherbe have broken down barriers and added tremendous value to the scientific community with healthcare innovations...read |
|  | | Launched in September 2020, the winners in the Space-Tech Earth Observation Innovation Challenge have been announced...read |
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| |  | SEAN SANDERS In the early 1990s, when the internet was still in its infancy, there was some hesitation in adopting this new and unfamiliar technology with limited use in our personal and work lives... Read |
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 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG From the bright minds behind Mielie Mailer comes Oh Oat, a locally-produced oat milk brand with a sustainable approach to packaging... Read |
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 | TOLU OYEKAN The spread of Covid-19 in many African countries has been more contained and the death toll slightly reduced than some had expected in 2020. Experts have predicted that the economic fallout of the pandemic for Africans will be different... Read |
 | FABIO LONGANO Who knew a year ago, when we left our offices "for a couple of weeks" to work from home, how different our lives, and our businesses would be now? Read |
 | In order to assist African media entities to build sustainable community radio, Durban-based tech company, immedia has invested R10m to help African media entrepreneurs live-stream shows, grow and engage with audiences using cloud-enabled digital tools... Read |
 | Although investment activity was subdued across the board in 2020, it was an extraordinary deal making year for South African venture capital firm, Empowerment Capital Investment Partners... Read |
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 | JAMEEL KHAN, ISSUED BY SAICA A recent survey from FinFind, in partnership with Saica Enterprise Development (Saica ED) and various other partners, sampled 15,000 SMMEs across all sectors in all provinces and received a response rate of almost 10%... Read |
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 | Small and medium enterprises (SME) owners across the country gave a unified sigh of relief, as certain lockdown restrictions were eased in South Africa earlier this month... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY LUMMINOS Julia Kerr Henkel, MD of Lumminos Coaching and a certified Dare to Lead facilitator, trained by Brené Brown, is hosting a series of Dare to Lead trainings in March, May and July this year... Read |
 | Successful marketing is just as much about following the right processes as it is about creative (and effective) outputs. You can't expect magic to happen without applying some method... Read |
| Small and Medium-sized Enterprises |
 | ISSUED BY 356 OAK HOLDINGS The Covid-19 pandemic has already significantly impacted local businesses and will have a notable and potentially lasting impact on our economy... Read |
 | DHIRAJ MATHAPERSADH, ISSUED BY SAICA Which regulatory bodies are small businesses required to be compliant with... Read |
 | ISSUED BY INNOVATE DURBAN On 11 February 2021, Innovate Durban hosted the virtual launch of the second edition of the Innovation Publication... Read |
 | 2020 saw an increase in entrepreneurship and small business startups. This is unsurprising given that Covid-19 has had a severe impact on our livelihoods... Read |
| Social Entrepreneurship |
 | Pride Factor, a South African skills development and training platform has rebranded as Empowered Youth and opened an office in England... Read |
| Starting Up |
 | Lockdowns and restrictions have left many of us looking for things to do to fill the time, but what do you do once you've baked your fourth banana bread of the week, exhausted every theme for a Zoom quiz, and watched everything on Netflix? Read |
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 | KEYMANTHRI MOODLEY & THERESA ROSSOUW Covid-19 vaccine supplies are available in various parts of the world. But it's clear that distribution is not symmetrical... Read |
 | MUSA KALENGA & SAMUEL SEGUN There is a great potential for programmatic advertising in Africa, especially since the continent is seeing a growth in smartphone penetration... Read |
 | MATTHEW LAROTONDA After a year in which coronavirus restrictions caused a slump in diamond exports, Botswana's president said on Thursday that the country needs to diversify its economy... Read |
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 | ANDY GRAY National medicines regulatory authorities are gatekeepers that protect the public from unnecessary harm from health products. They do so in the best tradition of the injunction to "do no harm"... Read |
 | PATRICIA WILLIAMS In the 2020 budget tax proposals, it was stated that "substantial tax increases are unlikely to be effective... New tax increases at this time could harm the economy's ability to recover"... Read |
 | Following a year of pandemic and lockdowns, South African employees and companies are looking ahead to the annual Budget Speech on 24 February with a sense of foreboding... Read |
 | President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled the progress of the country's infrastructure plan to stimulate the economy and promote growth during his State of the Nation Address (Sona), which includes smart cities... Read |
 | Analytica Lab Africa, Ifat Africa and Food & Drink Technology Africa have been rescheduled to November 2021... Read |
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