<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>the CSI community of Africa</title><link>http://retail.bizcommunity.com//410/348.html</link><description>Africa Corporate Social Investment news</description><ttl>15</ttl><category>CSI news - Africa</category><image><url>http://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/11/logo5.gif</url><title>Bizcommunity.com</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/</link></image><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:20:45 +0200</pubDate><item><title>Partnership boosts Jet Community Awards</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/66/41718.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://mars.bizcommunity.com/c/0911/39670.jpg?r=0" width="55" height="70" align="left"  /&gt;Free-to-air TV station e.tv this year joined forces with Edcon Group to take the seven-year-old Jet Community Awards to another level - to create awareness around community projects participation and give exposure to those who are working hard under difficult conditions to improve the lives of ‘forgotten' people living in socially-disadvantaged areas of Southern Africa.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/66/41718.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&amp;c=66&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=41718"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/66/41718.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:20:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/410/348.html</source></item><item><title>World Food Day - join FoodBank in caring</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/348/40924.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://mars.bizcommunity.com/c/0910/38243.jpg?r=0" width="55" height="65" align="left"  /&gt;FoodBank is planning an extensive media and publicity campaign, as well as launching its donations platform internationally to highlight World Food Day, an UN-sponsored event to highlight the issues of food security and global hunger that culminates on Friday, 16 October 2009.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/348/40924.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&amp;c=348&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=40924"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/348/40924.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:32:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/410/348.html</source></item><item><title>EABL to launch CSI program</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/414/422/40769.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;East Africa Breweries (EABL), through its corporate social investment division - EABL Foundation, has confirmed plans to step up environmental promotion and awareness programs in four East African countries.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/414/422/40769.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=414&amp;c=422&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=40769"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/414/422/40769.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:26:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/410/348.html</source></item><item><title>2009 Jet Community Awards entries double</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/416/422/39587.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://mars.bizcommunity.com/c/0909/36059.jpg?r=0" width="54" height="70" align="left"  /&gt;According to the organisers of the Southern Africa grassroots awards programme, the annual Jet Community Awards, entries have doubled since the 2008 competition. Almost 1000 entries were received from community projects and non-profit organisations (NGOs) from South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/416/422/39587.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=416&amp;c=422&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=39587"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/416/422/39587.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/410/348.html</source></item><item><title>Entries open for 2009 Jet Community Awards</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/422/34944.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://mars.bizcommunity.com/c/0904/29040.jpg?r=0" width="55" height="65" align="left"  /&gt;The 2009 Jet Community Awards Programme is open for entries from South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland. The annual Jet Community Awards aims to reward individuals or organisations who build and empower vulnerable individuals in their local communities.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/422/34944.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=410&amp;c=422&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=34944"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/422/34944.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:21:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/410/348.html</source></item><item><title>Old Mutual, NEPAD Business Foundation invest in Africa</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/87/31819.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Old Mutual has sponsored R1.5 million to the NEPAD Business Foundation (NBF) and is one of the NBF's main founding partners. Old Mutual operates in six countries in Africa including, South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Malawi, Swaziland and Zimbabwe and is headquartered and domiciled in London, UK.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/87/31819.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=410&amp;c=87&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=31819"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/87/31819.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:48:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/410/348.html</source></item><item><title>Outsourcing IT provider scoops top SMME ICT Achiever Award</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/348/31376.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Netsurit, a leading South African largest managed outsourcing IT provider specialising in small to medium enterprises (SMEs), has won the Top ICT SMME in Africa Award, which recognises entrepreneurial leaders in the information technology arena.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/348/31376.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=410&amp;c=348&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=31376"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/348/31376.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:32:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/410/348.html</source></item></channel></rss>