The City of Cape Town yesterday launched the Jobs Connect Workforce Development Programme - a work placement initiative that aims to create job opportunities for Cape Town residents...
The distribution of a Covid-19 vaccine from drugmakers to billions of people around the world is likely to be the supply chain management profession's greatest endeavour ever...
$95bn - this is the average annual loss in Sub-Saharan Africa since 2010 due to pervasive gender inequality in the continent's economic activities...
Sindy Peters 26 Nov 2019
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) recently introduced a high-tech platform to drive engagement among its alumni, with the aim of enabling graduates to leverage on the power of mentoring services that the University provides...
Over the last 100 years, healthcare systems across the African continent have started to evolve and transform slowly, in line with parallel changes experienced in the economic growth and social development of each country...
Anuschka Coovadia 5 Jul 2019
The City of Cape Town has plans to commission a clothing, textile and fashion study in the 2019/20 financial year, to unpack the economic contribution of the sector...
While South Africa's government faces challenges with providing quality education to all, local businesses have increasingly stepped into the learning gap to upskill their staff...
Jackie Carroll 7 Mar 2019
Skills development is of crucial importance in SA, and its legislation stipulates that an employer must plan for organisational and individual learning and development as part of its human resource strategy...
Melinde Coetzee, Issued by Juta and Company 14 Feb 2019
It is axiomatic to state that business models, across all sectors of the economy, are being fundamentally disrupted...
Dr Ahmed Shaikh, Issued by Regent Business School 16 Jan 2019
Mimecast Limited has announced the launch of its Global Citizenship program, that aims to support charitable organisations that are building resilience in communities...
The City of Cape Town is embarking on an innovative approach to boost skills development and employment opportunities for residents through an outcomes-based tender...
In a world where technology is changing every aspect of our lives, would it not be viable to experiment with the use of Massive Open Online Courses in achieving universal low cost tertiary education...?
Mauritz Venter 18 Oct 2016
GE, which has operated in Africa for over 100 years, committed to invest $2 billion in facility development, skills training, and sustainability initiatives across Africa from 2014 to 2018...
Equatorial Guinea is to launch an oil and gas technical training programme, covering critical industry disciplines, which will see students spend two years in Canada at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT Polytechnic)...
Air Seychelles has reported its fourth year of profitability in a row. These financial statements also reflects growth in passenger traffic and strong cargo volumes...
Cape Town's often described as South Africa's 'creativity city' - but it won't be the exclusive titleholder for long. Here's how the Cape Craft and Design Institute (CCDI) intends spreading its design mindset across the country...
Leigh Andrews 26 Feb 2016
In collaboration with the Western Cape government, TEAMtalk media has launched a sports journalism academy. From April 2014, the company will train interns interested in sport and digital media, in the art of capturing sport related data, interpreting it and using it across digital platforms to enhance content.
TEAMtalk media, the sports content and syndication division of the Ole! Media Group (OMG), has launched a Sports Journalism Academy in collaboration with the Western Cape Government.
Organisations have realised that if they want to take their businesses to the next level, the most important area that they need to focus on is the talent they need to achieve their business goals.
Zensar Technologies Ltd have announced that they entered an agreement with majority black owned investment business Kapela Fund 1 (Kapela) and The Tomorrow Trust to set up a new Broad Based Black Economic Empowered company in South Africa. Zensar will be the majority shareholder of the Company expanding Zensar's presence in South Africa with services in many areas to new customer segments.
The Central Johannesburg College (CJC) is reportedly the first public Further Education and Training (FET) College in South Africa to take advantage of world trends by training youth towards artisan opportunities in the green industries. Training of the first group of twenty youths in solar geyser installation started in May 2010 at the Alexandra Campus and will result in the development of additional learnership opportunities by 2014, spurred by the Department of Minerals and Energy's project to install one million household geysers by 2014.