As part of her MBA training, Alicia Polak had an internship in South Africa with the United Nations. This was 1999; she learned everything she could
about the culture, the economy, and how she as an American could make ...READ»
In terms of numbers, more tickets for World Cup 2010, kicking off in South Africa on June 11, have been sold in the United States than in any other country besides South Africa. South African company FNA is using their World Cup success to date to promote an under-supported group of Ndebele women beaders, looking for a win-win outcome.READ»
It's easy to see why some vacation spots are unethical. A region or country where locals live in squalor while visitors stay insulated in fancy hotels, for example, is not the ideal ethical travel destination. But some spots are ...READ»
It's been billed as a showcase for a new South Africa -- and the government is spending billions to make it so. One brand-new stadium, in Nelspruit, reportedly cost $137 million. Nine cities will host matches, from June 11 to July 11. ...READ»
India is rapidly becoming a global supplier of life-saving HIV vaccine. Now it's joining forces with South Africa to research the HIV sub-type most commonly found in their countries. READ»
A new global survey reports that men are happier with wealth, while women find greater happiness in friendships and family, co-workers and their bosses. Yet the survey may not have asked the right questions.READ»
The run of the Metropolitan Opera's Damnation of Faust, designed by Canadian powerhouse designer Robert Lepage and his Ex Machina troupe, just started. We promise to give you a run-down of the opera's blitz of techno-imagery on ...READ»
Gathering industry leaders, financiers, and policy makers under one roof, Green South Africa will highlight not only the corporate advantages of going green, but the vast opportunities for humanity to create a better place. Acting as ...READ»
We know the score. Each World Cup brings a new football: smoother; better; faster; stronger, to misquote Daft Punk (they're in Adidas' Cantina ad as well). Jabulani is the sportswear firm's 11th Official World Cup ball and it's come ...READ»
Vodacom's The Grid just launched, but team leader Vincent Maher is already onto his next venture--a Ning-equivalent for mobiles in South Africa and emerging markets.READ»
When Walmart announced their intent to buy South African retailer Massmart for about $4.25 billion, pundits could not stop talking about the implications for African business. But the big story is how South Africa's unions will handle the retail giant.READ»
Given that the workplace is full of humans, there is then automatically an almost infinite number of ways in which a good intention can be misunderstood, causing reactions that can escalate, and triggering government agencies to be ...READ»
Anglo American is by far the dominant company in a proud country that is being ravaged by AIDS. Dr. Brian Brink made it his business to transform Anglo's approach to saving lives in South Africa -- even if it meant incurring the wrath of a government that prefers to look the other way. Meet the determined face of corporate citizenship.READ»
While the global market for ever more sophisticated tech gadgets grows, the metals and minerals that make them go are controlled by a handful of countries.READ»
As a participant in the recent Pacific Health Summit, I was struck by the bold talk of innovative approaches to addressing the global threat of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). And yet few of the projects that were ...READ»
In reading Max Kalehoff's OnlineSpin about how online transparency might affect brand building, I got on my soapbox a bit and wanted to share it with my FC readers. Here's what I had to say:
"I don’t think it’s a ...READ»
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President's Day is an opportunity to bore children with that old story about George Washington and the cherry tree (entirely fabricated by Mason Locke Weems, a turn-of-the-century Deepak Chopra, by the ...READ»
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Lining up against each other today in the arena of augmented reality football apps are two teams: one from Germany, the other from the U.S. Both sides play mightily different football--while Germany's is a model of teutonic ...READ»
