© 2016 South Africa - The Good News
By Steuart Pennington
Global Competitiveness is an important issue – it is a measure of how the World Economic Forum positions a country in terms of its ‘competitiveness’ as a global investment destination.
This year, and every year, the World Economic Forum (WEF) measures 138 countries on 12 ‘pillars’ of competitiveness (see diagram 2 below). There are 235 countries in the world, only 80 have a population of more than 10 million. There is insufficient data on the remaining 97 countries for them to form part of the WEF’s competitiveness exercise.
This year we improved two places from 2015 to 47th, in 2014 we were 56th
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A Better South Africa. One degree at a Time
Financially strapped students from the Valley of 1000 Hills are being given a lifeline to a better future and the opportunity to break out of the cycle of poverty thanks to a Hillcrest based NPO.The Hillcrest Advice Bureau and Bursary Fund (HABandBF) is an inspiring KwaZulu-Natal based NPO providing underprivileged and impoverished students, wanting to attend university, with the opportunity to do so.
The Fund, which operates out of the Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Hillcrest, helps students who have received assistance from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), as well as students who cannot pay their Central Applications Office (CAO) registration fees...[read more]
Successful SA businessmen play it forward with Snapplify
CAPE TOWN, October 14, 2016 – eBook and eLearning company, Snapplify, has raised expansion capital from existing funder AngelHub Ventures, as well as new backers from South Africa and the UK. This new raise will enable the company’s continued growth into new markets in Africa.
AngelHub Ventures is the investment firm of former First National Bank CEO Michael Jordaan and the Harris family.
After an initial investment in the eBook retailer early last year, they have been joined by NuState Capital, as well as a UK-based investor who are both looking forward to optimistic developments in Africa for this second round.
“Snapplify continues to make important innovations in the education market in South Africa, and the greater African continent”, says Michael Jordaan, “their model is one that we are incredibly proud to support.”...[read more]
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