Build Resilience Because Madagascar’s Climate Change Hit Won’t Be The Last
Climate change crises like that currently playing out in southern Madagascar illustrate the crucial need to shift the disaster risk management architecture from reactive to proactive. The devastating images of emaciated families who have resorted to eating insects and the “unprecedented famine of biblical proportions” predicted by World Food Programme (WFP) Chief David Beasley do […]
B-BBEE Transactions Are More Than A Box-Ticking Exercise
By Zaid Moola, Head: Wholesale Clients, South Africa for the Standard Bank Group Since the inception of B-BBEE (BEE) in 1994 we have seen a marked shift from corporates in striving to truly transform the economy and deliver value for broader society. A recent BEE deal that Standard Bank facilitated with JSE-listed Imperial Logistics (Imperial) […]
Next Generation E-Assessment Platform A Game-Changer In The South African Education Space
New Leaf Technologies becomes official distributor for world-renowned Cirrus technology A new study by researchers from the University of the Western Cape (UWC) provides fascinating insights about the impact of online learning on students, and the need for tertiary institutions to adapt their traditional learning structures. The study, published in the South African Journal of […]
How Innovation In Plastic Management Will Advance Africa’s Efforts In Realising Sustainable Development Goals
Oliver Nudds, Managing Director, Ocean Plastic Technologies Current waste management practices in Africa are causing major economic, social and environmental impacts. The rise in plastic consumption combined with weak waste collection infrastructure is resulting in increased marine plastic litter, which is negatively impacting coastal economies. Poor dumping, disposal and burning of waste is causing greenhouse […]
WHO announces plan for ‘profound transformation’ following sexual abuse allegations in DR Congo
The suffering of survivors of sexual abuse allegedly perpetrated by World Health Organization staff during the tenth Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is going to be “the catalyst for a profound transformation” of WHO’s culture. NEW YORK, USA, October 22, 2021,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-The assurance came this Thursday from WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, while announcing a Management Response Plan to address the findings of an independent commission. “This plan outlines […]
Big Hitters Lined Up For 2021 Elearning Indaba Finale
New Leaf Technologies has enjoyed another highly successful series, and has arranged two of the world’s leading L&D practitioners to speak at its last event of the year The final eLearning Indaba event of 2021 is set to be a humdinger. Two of the world’s best e-Learning professionals in Canada’s Chris van Wingerden and Ger […]
Africa Looks for Developed World to Settle its Climate Change Debt
African countries want a new system to track funding from wealthy nations that are failing to meet a $100bn annual target to help the developing world tackle climate change, Africa’s lead climate negotiator has said. The demand highlights tensions ahead of the COP26 climate summit between the world’s 20 largest economies, which are behind 80 […]
