AfricaPositive’s UK director, Tony Granger, helped pioneer the UK’s successful Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) which has generated £12billion (R144 bn) in private investment funds into the SME sector. Ted Sceales discusses the huge positive impact that an EIS could have on wealth...
Posted on Mar 27, 2012 in
Innovators,
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Given South Africa’s cataclysmic unemployment rate of 37 per cent, the outside world must be amazed that we do not yet have a revolution on our hands. The danger does indeed exist and far-sighted politicians should understand that bold measures must be adopted writes the Free Market Foundation...
Posted on Mar 19, 2012 in
Health & Sport,
Resources
Pyle, manufacturers of outdoor sports gear has announced the GPS Sorts Watch, which includes a wireless heart rate monitor that lets users track their heart rate while exercising.
Pyle, manufacturers of home, car and pro audio equipment and outdoor recreational sports gear, has unveiled the GPS Sports Watch...
Posted on Mar 19, 2012 in
Media & Marketing,
Resources
The end of an era arrived last week as the much-revered Encyclopaedia Britannica ceased print publication. Hooray, says ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK.
It is the end of the beginning of the end. Encyclopaedia Britannica, arguably the most famous compendium of all human knowledge, will no longer be produced in printed...
Posted on Mar 19, 2012 in
Media & Marketing,
Technology
Gaming is bigger than movies and music in the USA, and it’s going the same way in South Africa – where it is now a R1.7-billion industry and growing.
Gaming as an industry is larger than the music or movies industry and is becoming increasingly popular as more people experience the thrill of...