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An unwanted guest: El Niño and Africa in 2016
[Obinna Anyadike] El Niño is the largely unwanted Christmas gift - a warming of the tropical Pacific causing drought and floods that will peak at the end of this month, but will impact weather systems... read


CSI & Sustainability
Cape Town to host sustainability conference
Sustainable Brands has expanded its global conference network to Cape Town, South Africa with SB'16 Cape Town scheduled for 14-17 May 2016 at City Hall... read
Climate Change
Why African countries need to make plans to cope with rising temperatures

Rebecca Garland

Southern Africa has been experiencing high temperatures in recent months. In October, Zimbabwe experienced a heatwave with temperatures in Kariba reaching 45°C... read
Education & Training
Retailers focus on educational wins
Over and above the expected 'back to school' specials, Shoprite and Checkers are giving back through their educationally-minded initiatives of 'Class of 2016' and 'Feed a Child, Nourish a Mind'. Here's how... read
Empowering the previously disadvantaged through upskilling
With a high unemployment rate, Africa is sitting on a largely untapped pool of resources that has the potential to drive economic growth... read
Health & Welfare
The world needs a more innovative approach to humanitarian relief

Howard Rush

This has been a difficult year for humanitarian relief. Huge events have left indelible images... read
School nutrition reduces stunting and obesity
Research has found that both lunch only and lunch and breakfast in-school nutrition programmes significantly improve the health outcomes of children living in poor conditions and have promising educational effects... read
Inclusion & Equality
A place in the sun for university graduate
Alvercia Juries is the first person in her family to attain a tertiary qualification and the first belonging to South Africa's network of Fairtrade-accredited farms... read
How microcredit has hurt the poor and destroyed informal business

Milford Bateman

Post-apartheid South Africa provides ample evidence of the debilitating trajectory of the microcredit... read
Infrastructure and Technology
Tanzanian students bring drone technology to farmers

Clare Clancy

A team of university students building a drone from scratch say they plan to revolutionise farm surveillance technology in Tanzania. The project aims to empower farmers... read
Renewables & Energy Efficiency
Bokpoort CSP operating at full capacity
More than 200,000 homes in South Africa are receiving power from the ACWA Power Solafrica Bokpoort CSP Power Plant as it has reached full capacity ahead of schedule... read
Novus Holdings reduces emissions with biomass steam plant
Renewable energy company, Sustainable Heating, launched its biomass steam plant late last month at the Paarl Media Cape print facility in Milnerton, Western Cape... read
Business
Branding lessons learned from religion (Part 1)

Jimmy Tembo

When we try to find the common denominator between a business and church, we easily appreciate the fact that the first intention is to attract people... read
Four top tips to avoid startup failure

Endri Hasanaj

Business startups are a spin of the wheel, a bigger gamble than betting on a racehorse that's primed for the glue factory... read
New events to diarise
Pan African Social Entrepreneurship Summit
mail & Gaurdian - 2 Feb 2016, Illovo


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