With only a few weeks left in 2023, South Africans have endured another challenging year. It is anticipated that 2024 will be equally challenging; however, technological advances provide some hope for new opportunities. “In South Africa, one of the biggest challenges that needs to be addressed is the education landscape. The value proposition of higher…
Plenty of literature has been written about the challenges facing the South African economy and the fact that there are no immediate solutions to fast-track economic growth. The biggest challenges facing the South African economy are the Energy Crisis and the Logistics Crisis, a significant problem in a product-based economy such as South Africa, which…
In line with the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the movement from localised job markets to a global job market, technology is having a significant influence on the future world of work, with artificial intelligence taking centre stage when it comes to automating business processes. “This will have a significant impact when we asses this over…
Mental health is often referred to as a silent killer. With the increased complexity of the world that we live in, coupled with the extreme financial pressure that families have been under over the last two years, burnout, which develops into mental health issues, is becoming more common. If left unchecked, this can become a…
Every society is built around the rule of law and adherence to that law. However, the custodians of the law (police and lawmakers) can’t be present in every instance where there is a breach of legal and ethical behaviour. Citizens must be equally invested in being law-abiding citizens and exposing instances where questionable behaviour occurs….
Rorschach Innovation Services, a company headed up by MANCOSA alumni Niall Naidoo, has won the recently held Honoris at Harvard Entrepreneurship Competition by Honoris United Universities, the first and largest network of private higher education institutions. Naidoo will be jetting off to Harvard University in the USA on 22 March to participate in the Africa…
The McKinsey Global Institute report: how advancing women’s equality can add $12 trillion to global growth, which was released in 2015, should be creating significant headlines about the potential to boost economies by 2025 and the important role that female entrepreneurs will play in the future growth of global economies. The statistics from this report…
The way in which we work, and the future of work, is facing significant disruption that is being shaped by technology and the innovative growth of artificial intelligence. According to a report by the World Economic Forum (WEF), the rapid adoption of these technologies, in everything from manufacturing to healthcare, is opening up new opportunities…
Global education has faced significant disruption over the past three years with a majority of students and learners forced to transition from in class to distance learning. In this paradigm, many learners were expected to manage their workload for the first time while coming to terms with challenges such as time management, self-guidance and the…
The pan-African higher education network was selected out of 118 global high-growth companies as part of the New Champions Community Casablanca, Durban, Tunis, Abuja, XX January 2022 – At the World Economic Forum headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, last month, Honoris United Universities, the first and largest network of private higher education institutions in Africa, received…
Over the past 10 years, South Africa has been dealing with an economic and growing unemployment crisis that has placed the country in a dire situation. There is a growing need for economic development. However, in the past, the mining industry has been the major economic driver of a country that was once the biggest…
When asked about recognisable companies, many of us would naturally gravitate to massive global brands such as Apple and Microsoft or brands that have become popular through movies and television such as Walmart, Tiffany’s and Harrods. Locally, brands such as Anglo American and African Rainbow Minerals come to mind. Not only are these brands significant…