Danger lurks: Migration, Climate top WEF Global Risks 2016
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has released its Global Risks Report 2016 ahead of the forum to be held in Davos next week.
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Davos centre stage: Rise of the machines or world’s hot spots?
The annual Swiss Alps adventure kicks off next week, where the 2016 meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos promises to be more absorbing than ever.
Lewis Pugh: Braving ice cold oceans to protect marine life
Alec Hogg speaks to Lewis Pugh, the swimmer who braves ice cold oceans to create awareness around the destruction of marine life, at the World Economic Forum for Africa in Cape Town.
Meikles – Zim icon ready to apply hard learnt lessons into Africa
Zimbabwe based Meikles talks about expansion plans into Zambia and the endemic nature of corruption with Alec Hogg at the World Economic Forum for Africa in Cape Town.
Luke McKend on Google ‘Loon’ and driverless cars in Africa
Google’s Loon project is set to provide connectivity to the next billion users by floating balloons into the stratosphere.
Okonjo-Iweala says new Finance Minister must weather economic storm
Nigeria’s former Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said her successor will face a “difficult” year because of plunging oil revenues and the economy needs expert management to weather the storm.
World Bicycle Relief: 75,000 bikes into Africa this year
A 2 and a half hour walk on a dirt path could be cut down to a 45-minute journey on a bike, according to the World Bicycle Relief program. Founder and President F.K. Day tells Alec Hogg that they are looking to distribute 75,000 of them into Africa this year.
Gary Coleman: Global disruption wave provides Africa’s leapfrog opportunity
Coleman is at WEF Africa this week and in this fascinating interview shares some thoughts on how disruption engulfing the world gives Africa an opportunity to leapfrog
Meet Hanneli Rupert: WEF Young Global Leader, fashion entrepreneur
Hanneli Rupert is following in the entrepreneurial footsteps of grandfather Anton and father Johann – with a little millennial spice
SA energy build outside Eskom: Worries of fresh corruption flood – Montalto
Nomura’s Peter Attard Montalto, a widely followed commentator on SA, says taking new energy build plan outside Eskom will put more snouts into the trough.