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Wednesday, 28 September 2016 Global Gaints Partnering With Africa By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa Africa stands to turn it's development fortunes around if it can fully utilize the opportunities presented to it by global giants. An example of this, is that of an initiative by Microsoft which aims to engage youth to drive sustainable African economic growth and development.Microsoft YouthSpark is a global initiative to create economic opportunities for 300 million youth over the next three years.In early in 2013, it Microsoft announced that unemployment remains rife on the African continent. With almost 200 million people aged between 15 and 24 in...

BUSINESS African Union Commission moves on SME strategy By Staff Reporter on 21st October 2016  By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa CAPE TOWN-WHAT will a recent workshop held in Kenya do for small business development in Africa? It is worth noting that the Small Medium Enterprise (SME) Strategy and Master Plan 2017-2021 provides the continent with an opportunity to ‘jumpstart’ economic growth and development. And the African Union Commission (AUC) began the process of validating the SME Strategy and Master Plan 2017-2021, when it held a two-day workshop that started on October 10 in Nairobi. Critical to the plan’s success is how far the...

Skills Development boost vital for a developing SA economy – NDP Thandisizwe Mgudlwa May 6, 2013 Business, Education, Featured, Youth Comments Offon Skills Development boost vital for a developing SA economy – NDP By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa   Research attests that Private Sector skills development are a key for South Africa’s economic development. With the National Development Plan (NDP) stating that improving the quality of education, skills, development and innovation will play an important role in realising this goal and that business, labour, communities and government will need to work together to achieve faster economic growth. These are ideals supported by...

SA Higher education partnerships promising Thandisizwe Mgudlwa April 18, 2013 Education, Featured, Partnerships Leave a comment By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa In December of last tear, the College of Cape Town, along with Northlink College and Boland College, signed a collaborative Memorandum of Agreements (MoA’s) with the University of South Africa (Unisa). This was to confirm the dedication of these institutions to respond to the call from the Minister of Higher Education and Training, Blade Nzimande for closer collaboration between public Further Education and Training (FET) Colleges and Higher Education (HE) Institutions. In an address on the HE landscape last year, Nzimande ...

China – South Africa relations getting stronger Thandisizwe Mgudlwa April 5, 2013 Education, Featured, Government, Investment Comments Off on China – South Africa relations getting stronger By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa -AfricanBrains South African President Jacob Zuma recently said, the signing of agreements in various fields would serve to strengthen the already cordial ties between South Africa and China. Speaking in Pretoria during the state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping, and ahead of the 5th BRICS Summit in Durban, president Zuma added that China had received much success in a short time and that South Africa had much to learn from China....