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Paul Harris, former CEO of FirstRand – how to make a positive impact on education

by studio@brandesign.co.za | May 12, 2014 | Newsletter May 2014, Talent, Thought Leaders

South Africa’s education system is below par. By international standards, our literacy is the lowest amongst developing countries and only 21.06% of schools have libraries. Our Maths teachers generally lack knowledge translating into only 13% of the curriculum being...

Leadership Spotlight: Darren Franks, MD Middle East & Africa, Eutopia

by studio@brandesign.co.za | May 12, 2014 | Leadership Spotlight, Newsletter May 2014

1. Tell us about your company and role Eutopia is a boutique executive search firm focusing on the Telecoms and Technology sectors, predominately in emerging markets. We have 3 offices – London, Dubai and most recently Cape Town. I joined Eutopia at its...

Improving the Business Government Relationship

by studio@brandesign.co.za | May 12, 2014 | Business Leadership, CEO Engagements, Newsletter May 2014

With 20 years of democracy, South Africa has achieved much to create a more inclusive society and economy. However, high levels of poverty and inequality still remain and our current economic growth is somewhat lack lustred to overcome this. With GDP growth rates of...

Value of our Sustainability Forum and Cape Town’s Earth Hour City Challenge win

by studio@brandesign.co.za | May 6, 2014 | Newsletter May 2014, Sustainability, Sustainability Forum

Climate change is the most urgent issue affecting the planet right now. It has been described by the United Nations as the defining human development issue of our generation. With finite resources, growing populations, and rapid urbanisation, government, business and...

Know Cape Town’s business facts!

by studio@brandesign.co.za | May 3, 2014 | Newsletter May 2014

If you frequent social media, you may have come across the recent blog Go F*ck Yourself Cape Town written by someone who clearly hadn’t sample everything that’s great about Cape Town. Fortunately counter blogs challenged the view with the best professing that Pofadder...

Cape Town features in Arup & Rockefeller Foundation City Resilience Framework

by studio@brandesign.co.za | May 3, 2014 | Newsletter May 2014, Sustainability

In Dec 2013, Accelerate Cape Town hosted Arup, Rockefeller Foundation and Cape Town businesses as part of the City Resilience Index Project. The first deliverable of this project is the City Resilience Framework launched in Apr 2014. The need to understand city...
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