Professor Anton Eberhard has been appointed to the Global Commission to End Energy Poverty, which will be launched officially at the UN General Assembly in New York in September...
Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 2 days ago
The demographic dividend, new production revolution, shifting wealth patterns, accelerated urban transition and climate change and the green economy are the megatrends that will influence this continent's future...
Dhesigen Naidoo 15 May 2019
The Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa (MIIA) announces appointment of Nigerian visionary and thought leader, John Kamara, as a director...
14 May 2019
The World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that 13-million people die from infectious diseases each year...
13 May 2019
The finalists in the this year's African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards have been announced...
13 May 2019
African businesses are being challenged to wake up to the economic, social and environmental power of the Blue Economy...
10 May 2019
Sappi's sustainability strategy builds on their 2020Vision, people and core assets and aims to create real value by contributing to business growth within the context of the constantly changing external environment in which they operate...
Issued by Sappi 10 May 2019
The winning project has been announced for the "Inventing Bruneseau" competition organised by the City of Paris and the SEMAPA...
10 May 2019
Forcing retirement funds to invest in certain prescribed assets is likely to have unintended consequences. It's likely to worsen the already fragile confidence in the economy...
26 Apr 2019
Government staffer Souhayata Haidara enjoys talking about her life in a patriarchal society. Her career is a triumph of patience and perseverance...
Kingsley Ighobor 26 Apr 2019
Africa's digital revolution is transforming our economy at a record pace. Africa is home to the 10 fastest growing cities in the world, and for nearly a decade, we've had the world's fastest rate of internet adoption...
Magdi Amin 26 Apr 2019
To date, the programme, which is focused on empowering smallholder female farmers within the country's agriculture sector, has trained 350 small-scale female farmers in rural areas of Limpopo province...
26 Apr 2019
Sportswear giants Adidas and Reebok and outdoor clothing brand Patagonia are leading the way on transparency amongst the world's 200 largest fashion brands...
25 Apr 2019
Rather than doggedly following an approach which may no longer be relevant, business has an obligation to adapt its corporate social investment (CSI) to changing needs and conditions...
25 Apr 2019
The 2019 Trialogue Business in Society Conference took place last week, with the UN Sustainable Development Goals a key topic...
23 Apr 2019
The United Nations reports that water scarcity affects more than 40% of the global population. Just over a third of people don't have access to safely managed drinking water. This is why the Sustainable Development Goals set out to achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all by 2030.
Ana Rita Sequeira et al. 23 Apr 2019
Hundreds of millions more Africans are predicted to live in cities over the next three decades as the continent rapidly urbanises...
18 Apr 2019
If Africa is to achieve the sustainable development goals, it needs to prioritise women's access to finance...
18 Apr 2019
Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has identified an increase in local vehicle manufacturing as key to the realising the vision of the finalised South African Automotive Masterplan 2035 (SAAM) and the targets it sets out...
Mike Whitfield 18 Apr 2019
The recently concluded 10th World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum emphasised the importance of the WSIS Action Lines as a key United Nations framework for progress on the Sustainable Development Goals...
17 Apr 2019
Every year, the world's most "liveable" cities are celebrated, in city rankings published by Mercer, the Economist Intelligence Unit, and Monocle Magazine...
Jenny McArthur and Tim Moonen 12 Apr 2019
On Thursday, 4 April 2019, CMO Asia recognised and honoured South Africa's Best Brands at the Hilton Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg. Posterscope South Africa walked away with the prestigious South Africa Best Brand Award which was endorsed by CMO Asia...
Issued by Dentsu Aegis Network 11 Apr 2019
Sun Exchange has announced plans to solar power several Western Cape schools via its global funding platform...
11 Apr 2019
The Green Talents - International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development looks at how research can contribute to more sustainability...
10 Apr 2019
Drinks giant Pernod Ricard has launched its 2030 Sustainability and Responsibility roadmap as part of the company's Transform and Accelerate strategic plan...
9 Apr 2019
The recent SBC and RCS Future Cities Hackathon held in Cape Town sought to solve some of the world's most pressing problems...
8 Apr 2019
The new MDA Attorneys office in Houghton, Johannesburg, is one of the first buildings in South Africa to receive a Net Zero Carbon pilot certification...
8 Apr 2019
So much of the world's growth over the past 200 years has been due to the discovery and ever-increasing use of affordable energy derived from fossil fuels led by coal, followed by oil, and natural gas...
Alan M Clegg 5 Apr 2019
Extracting cobalt and lithium from old products and infrastructure is essential to heading off predicted metal shortfalls, empowering clean energy transitions and reducing risk of human exploitation.
4 Apr 2019
Signing an agreement on the side-lines of the high-level event on Food and Agriculture in Times of Crises, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the Africa-Europe Diaspora Development Platform (ADEPT) have joined efforts...
4 Apr 2019
Every week, around the world, an area of floor space the size of Paris is constructed. With building and construction comes harmful emissions that remain with us for decades...
Iggy Sathekge 3 Apr 2019
Eskom has secured a $180m loan from the New Development Bank (NDB) for its Renewable Energy Integration and Transmission Augmentation Project...
2 Apr 2019
A new study published in the Nature International Journal of Science has revealed that improved housing had doubled in Sub-Saharan Africa between 2000 and 2015...
1 Apr 2019
The University of Pretoria has been lauded for the launch of its Future Africa research institute. The institute aims to address complex societal challenges and contribute to the achievement of Africa's sustainable, inclusive and equitable development through science and technology...
1 Apr 2019
Agrochemical and seed producer, Syngenta continues its commitment to help farmers improve yields and increase productivity under the changing climatic conditions in Zambia...
29 Mar 2019
World Meteorological Day took place earlier this month, commemorating the coming into force on 23 March 1950 of the Convention establishing the World Meteorological Organization...
Dr Brilliant Petja 29 Mar 2019
South Africa has come a long way since the dark days of Apartheid. 22 years following the dawn of democratic South Africa, our country has dramatically changed in many ways. Indeed, how we see ourselves as South Africans and how the world sees us, has been profoundly altered.
Issued by Brand Summit South Africa 29 Mar 2019
The Deep Decarbonization Pathways (DDP) network has published a paper providing strategies for countries to decarbonise based on their national development objectives...
29 Mar 2019
The inaugural South Africa Brand Summit & Awards, which seeks to analyse South Africa as a brand and recognise organisations and people who have enhanced the country's reputation, has secured a growing list of renowned thought-leaders, speakers, and panellists. The list includes the likes of:
Issued by Brand Summit South Africa 28 Mar 2019
The partnership aims to ensure effective alignment of CIFOR's restoration activities within the AFR100 framework...
28 Mar 2019
As part of Egypt's Sustainable Development Strategy 2030, it is embarking on a slate of new fourth-generation smart cities...
28 Mar 2019
Nearly 630-million years of healthy life were lost in 2015 due to the diseases afflicting the population across the World Health Organisation's (WHO's) 47 member states in Africa...
28 Mar 2019
Nigeria's education system is based on the (1)-6-3-3-4 formula: one year pre-primary education, six years primary, three years junior secondary, three years senior secondary, and a minimum of four years tertiary education...
Omowumi Olabode Steven Ekundayo 27 Mar 2019
Policy, trade and the private sector in the digital era dominated debate at the Conference of African Ministers in Marrakesh...
26 Mar 2019
By efficient management, the sustainable exploitation of resources in oceans, seas, lakes and rivers - also known as the blue economy - could contribute up to $1.5tn to the global economy...
Ruth Waruhiu 25 Mar 2019
According to Frederick Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory, some things are consumed passively or subconsciously with little thought given to how they are made or what life would be without them...
Jane Molony 25 Mar 2019
Africa must digitise its economies, broaden its tax base, prevent further deterioration of fiscal and debt positions, and aim for double-digit growth to achieve the UN 2030 global goals (SDGs), and the AU Agenda 2063...
24 Mar 2019
Professors Thuli Madonsela and Mark Swilling from Stellenbosch University recently hosted a number of South Africa's leading economists at the Artscape in Cape Town who were convened for a dialogue on South Africa's economy from a social justice and sustainability perspective...
22 Mar 2019
If Africa and Asia are to reap the benefits of having a youthful population and improve their economies, they must improve healthcare for women, adolescents and youth...
20 Mar 2019
Africa's conditions are perfectly suited to rail transport solutions - vast distances, interspersed with rich mineral deposits and dense population centres...
Andre van der Walt 19 Mar 2019