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BP Express can make South Africa a more 24/7 economy Thandisizwe Mgudlwa November 21, 2012 Energy & Power Generation, Featured Comments Offon BP Express can make South Africa a more 24/7 economy By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa – AfricanBrains British Petroleum (BP), the multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom could just turn the South African economy around and create much need jobs. The company has announced that it is to invest millions in BP Express. In South Africa, BP, one of SA’s top fuel retailers, confirmed that it will invest significantly over the next three years on its BP...

UCT Graduate School of Business partners with a top Canadian school Thandisizwe Mgudlwa October 19, 2012 Education, Innovation, Partnerships, Science, Technology Comments Offon UCT Graduate School of Business partners with a top Canadian school By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa – AfricanBrains A leading South African business school seems to be getting better and better in educational and cultural development. And this is the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business (GSB), which has partnered with one of Canada’s top business schools, the Rotman School of Management, to offer the new Postgraduate Diploma in Management Practice specialising in Innovation Leadership.  This will be...

Innovation Africa 2012 successfully delivered Thandisizwe Mgudlwa October 8, 2012 AfricanBrains Events, Business, Featured Comments Off on Innovation Africa 2012 successfully delivered By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa – AfricanBrains Innovation Africa Summit 2012 was a great success. From Friday to Sunday in Africa’s most southern tip of Africa, which is Cape Town, African and the world’s leadership met to bounce ideas from experiences of the past. It was certainly a great privilege for AfricanBrains, as organizers of the event, to host delegates and participants from African governments and ministries, business and civil society to settle on this shores, even for a short period...

Private Education group Curro is adding value to learning Thandisizwe Mgudlwa September 12, 2012 Business, Education, Research, Technology Comments Offon Private Education group Curro is adding value to learning By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa – AfricanBrains Its clearly becoming the most successful brand in ‘Private Schools Education’ of South Africa and elsewhere on the African continent. And it is the Curro Holding group, a Stellenbosch-based private education business controlled by PSG, is building a formidable presence in the Western Cape. But can this fast growing company sneak into the ‘tight’ Cape Town southern suburbs school belt?, some experts have asked. This weeks it...

South Africa gets faster Internet Thandisizwe Mgudlwa August 3, 2012 Business, Featured, ICT, Internet, Telecommunications Leave a comment Image: Wikimedia By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa – AfricanBrains Well, there you have it. An affordable Satellite Broadband Solution is on the way. And South African businesses will soon have true high-speed Internet access no matter where they are, according Dederick Venter of @lantic, the consumer Internet service provider within the Vox Telecom group. Venter says: “Home users and businesses in smaller towns and rural areas have been deprived of many of the benefits of the Internet for too long.” He adds: “Connectivity provides a...