Tag: private sector

This century belongs to the African philanthropists, whose capital, influence, local knowledge, and moral authority have the power to address pressing challenges that face the continent.

Where is the focus on growing South Africa’s small business sector? That is the overriding question we are left with at the end of Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s maiden budget speech. The few mentions the Minister made about Small & Medium Businesses were short on detail at a time when we desperately need to supercharge the growth of this segment.

Following a bruising year of corporate scandals, the AEPF Ethical Practices Survey 2018 reveals 1 in 4 believe financial success is more important than doing the right thing - while 25% in public sector say they fear for their lives when reporting wrongdoing.

Terry Ramabulana | Head: Public Sector | Mazars | terry.ramabulana@mazars.co.za  | www.mazars.co.za | The latest Auditor General’s (AG) report reveals some major issues that could...

If Africa wants to change how it trades with the rest of the world, it needs to start by rethinking how it trades with itself. Without urgent improvement, Africa risks remaining a supplier of solely primary materials to which others add value. But to succeed in moving higher up the global value chain, Africa will first need to develop efficient local and regional supply chains to facilitate higher levels of trade within the continent itself.

Ryan Ravens - CEO, Accelerate, and Dr Ivor Blumenthal, discuss how Government needs to engage more with the Private Sector in the form of...

Many Western governments are becoming more involved with the nonprofit sector; a sector in which the organizations are often ill-prepared and strategically unaligned to...