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Can South Africa turn around 30 years of real economy underperformance?
By: Terence Creamer 26th April 2024 In this essay, Terence Creamer reflects on the factors that have shaped South Africa’s real-economy sectors of manufacturing, mining and... →
Unctad calls for innovative investment strategies as global crises fracture foreign investment
By: Sabrina Jardim 23rd April 2024 Amid the complex landscape of global foreign direct investment (FDI), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) has called... →
The State of Social Enterprise: A Review of Global Data 2013–2023
23rd April 2024 This report provides a comprehensive synthesis of the global state of social enterprise, using data from more than 80 countries gathered between... →
Nelson Mandela University-led consortium to develop green hydrogen feasibility study
By: Darren Parker 22nd April 2024 A consortium led by Nelson Mandela University and boutique consultancy firm Ikigai Group has won a UK Government grant under the South Africa-UK... →
South Africa’s electricity crisis: a series of failures over 30 years have left a dim legacy
19th April 2024 In 1994, apartheid ended and the African National Congress (ANC) won South Africa’s first ever democratic elections, promising “Electricity for... →
The State of Social Enterprise: A Review of Global Data 2013–2023
19th April 2024 This report provides a comprehensive synthesis of the global state of social enterprise, using data from more than 80 countries gathered between... →
How to end hunger in sub-Saharan Africa: fight inequality, gender imbalances and climate change
18th April 2024 A greater part of Africa’s population can’t afford a healthy diet than any other regional population. Food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa is... →
South Africa’s ranking in World Energy Trilemma Index falls
By: Terence Creamer 16th April 2024 South Africa has fallen to sixty-ninth from sixty-fourth on the World Energy Council’s (WEC’s) latest World Energy Trilemma Index which ranks more... →