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Youth employment a stepping stone for Africa Thandisizwe Mgudlwa June 8, 2012 Business, Featured, Investment, Youth Leave a comment Image: Wikimedia By: Thandisizwe Mgudlwa – AfricanBrains For a country and region to have a brighter future it needs to invest in its young people. This is a message coming from international experts who believe the securing of employment by the continent’s youth is  extremely important for the development of Africa. With the number of youths in Africa set to double by 2045, countries across the continent should boost job creation and help young people acquire new skills, this is according to the...

New fund aims to boost African SMEs Thandisizwe Mgudlwa June 27, 2012 Education, Featured, Government, InvestmentLeave a comment Image: Wikimedia By: Thandisizwe Mgudlwa – AfricanBrains The African small and medium enterprises (SMEs) sector is fast proving to be the main driving force for the continent’s successful rise. President of the African Development Bank (AFDB), Donald Kaberuka, who recently revealed the official launch of the African Guarantee Fund (AGF), says this is a market-friendly guarantee scheme aimed at easing access to finance for African SMEs. This announcement was made at the AfDB’s Annual Meetings, being held in Arusha, Tanzania. An official...

USB launches Small Business Academy Thandisizwe Mgudlwa June 1, 2012 Business, Education, Featured Leave a comment By: Thandisizwe Mgudlwa – AfricanBrains – 1 June 2012 In what is yet another one of its initiatives aimed at investing in marginalised communities, the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) has launched the, USB Small Business Academy (SBA). The USB reports that the SBA is in line with the business school’s social engagement philosophy and is aimed at training and supporting small business owners within the Western Cape province’s townships. Professor Russel Botman, Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Stellenbosch University (SU), who spoke at the...

SA’s SMEs vital for development Thandisizwe Mgudlwa May 28, 2012 Commerce, Entrepreneurship, Featured, InvestmentLeave a comment   Image: Wikimedia By: Thandisizwe Mgudlwa – AfricanBrains – 28 May 2012   A new finding has revealed that the Small and Medium Enterprises sector of South Africa is rising to the top rather than declining as previously believed.   According to a leading organisation the Cape Town-based Business Partners Ltd, the results of recent research into the SME space in the country may be painting an overly gloomy picture of the sector, which is in far better health than  statistics suggest.   And that view is confirmed...

Africa seen as best region to invest in Thandisizwe Mgudlwa May 1, 2012 Investment, Partnerships Leave a comment   Image: Wikimedia By: Thandisizwe Mgudlwa – AfricanBrains Many developmental experts around the world believe the African continent desperately needs a lot of investment. In some circles the continent has been referred to as ‘Investment hungry Africa’. Africa has now become one of the fastest growing regions in the world, now firmly positioned as a global investment destination of choice. In fact a prominent international Auditing organization KPMG supports this view with its latest findings on the continent’s advancement. KPMG is a...