Africa’s capacity for innovation has been put on the map by a team of South Africans competing successfully in two international social venture competitions.

The government-managed National Health Insurance system will rely heavily on General Practitioners to deliver primary healthcare, but are doctors willing to deal with the service delivery and cost implications to their practices?

The sooner companies recognise that water down the drain is literally money down the drain, the better; that goes for all natural resources too.

South African policy makers are tackling poverty, inequality and unemployment with damage-control measures that are not in the interests of the nation’s long-term health.

The solution to the schoolbook snafu is the elimination of the unnecessary from the supply chain, through the application of business principles.

Charles Sirois launched the Enablis Entrepreneurial Network in SA. His belief in the power of entrepreneurs to do something in the world comes from the single most fundamental insight he’s gained over the years: that thoughts become things.

Every year, over 1000 political, business and media executives are invited to discover the most promising digital innovations and inventions that are expected to change the world.

The selection process has started for the UCT Graduate School of Business social entrepreneurship and informal sector entrepreneurship PhD scholarships.

As part of its commitment to remaining at the forefront of new business thinking, the UCT Graduate School of Business recently launched its Social Innovation Speaker Series with a talk by Henry Mintzberg.

The faster the internet evolves, the further South Africa falls behind the rest of the world – and the gap is set to keep increasing, according to recent research on web trends.