Geopolitics | Bizcommunity

Geopolitics | Bizcommunity

News

Source: Supplied.

Finance

G20 Africa summit: The battle for narrative ownership

18 hours

Geopolitics, fragmentation and the future of growth with Prof. Morris Mthombeni and Prof. Jeffrey Sachs

Higher Education

Geopolitics, fragmentation and the future of growth with Prof. Morris Mthombeni and Prof. Jeffrey Sachs

Issued by Gordon Institute of Business Science 14 Nov 2025

Source: IWF/Facebook.

Finance

Ubuntu spirit shines as women leaders tackle global challenges at IWF Conference

Katja Hamilton 3 days

Stumps and Sovereignty: South Asian cricket from empire to the digital age

Sport

Stumps and Sovereignty: South Asian cricket from empire to the digital age

Issued by Sufghan Sarwar Khan 27 Oct 2025

Image credit: H&M Foundation

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

H&M Foundation explores the power of early-stage innovation

27 Oct 2025

The Up&Up Group hosts internationally recognised speakers at conference for marketers

Marketing

The Up&Up Group hosts internationally recognised speakers at conference for marketers

Issued by The Up&Up Group 26 Aug 2025

IPRN celebrates 30 years with Convention in Porto and the headquarters move to Brussels

PR & Communications

IPRN celebrates 30 years with Convention in Porto and the headquarters move to Brussels

Issued by MANGO-OMC 26 Jun 2025

Leading cybersecurity minds to converge at Security Summit in Cape Town and Johannesburg

Cybersecurity

Leading cybersecurity minds to converge at Security Summit in Cape Town and Johannesburg

Issued by ITP Communications 26 May 2025

Source: © ReutersConnect Lebo Madiba managing director PR Powerhouse examines what the Trump–Ramaphosa meeting revealed about strategic messaging under pressure

PR & Communications

EXCLUSIVE: The Trump–Ramaphosa meeting | Strategic messaging under pressure

Lebo Madiba 22 May 2025

Source: © Pulse A webinar convened by the Critical Minerals Africa Group (CMAG) webinar explored global geopolitics and Africa’s strategic role in critical minerals, highlighting cobalt

Energy & Mining

Africa better equipped for 'critical’ minerals boom

19 May 2025

Why AI is both a risk and a priority defence tool

Cybersecurity

Why AI is both a risk and a priority defence tool

Issued by ITP Communications 19 May 2025

Branding

15th Brand Africa 100: Africa’s Best Brands most comprehensive to date

8 May 2025

The panel featuring communications leaders from Armenia, Ukraine, Ghana, Switzerland and South Africa at the World Communications Forum’s PR Summit in Davos with Lebo Madia, PR Powerhouse, centre (In blue) (Image supplied)

PR & Communications

Exclusive: Lebo Madiba - Trust Engineers: The rise of strategic communicators in an age of AI, conflict and cultural complexity

Lebo Madiba 16 Apr 2025

Mary Beth West, a senior strategist from the US, challenges the industry to confront its role in blurring the lines between advocacy, ideology, and profit at the World Communications Forum Association’s Davos Communications Summit (Image supplied by Lebo Madiba)

PR & Communications

Exclusive: Lebo Madiba - Bell Pottinger’s legacy and the shifting terrain of PR, ethics and geopolitics

Lebo Madiba 14 Apr 2025

Lebo Madiba is at the World Communications Forum Association’s Davos Communications Summit. Here, she reports on the message from the keynote speaker, Paul Holmes, founder and chair of PRovoke Media (Image supplied)

PR & Communications

Exclusive: Lebo Madiba - The Chaos Dividend - Corporate Affairs must lead with pattern recognition, not panic

Lebo Madiba 11 Apr 2025

Source: wirestock via

Logistics & Transport

Heightened marine trade risks and what they mean for insurance

Kennedy Ntenjwa 7 Apr 2025

Lemonaid: How to turn ‘pollycrisis’ into ‘polytunity’

Marketing

Lemonaid: How to turn ‘pollycrisis’ into ‘polytunity’

4 Apr 2025

Source: @GovernmentZA/X

Economy

Countdown to #Sona2025: Will foreign-policy concerns overshadow domestic troubles?

Katja Hamilton 6 Feb 2025

#BizTrends2025: Future-focused procurement – embracing change and empowering growth

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Future-focused procurement – embracing change and empowering growth

Debbie Tagg 28 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Exploring key trends in the apple and pear industry

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Exploring key trends in the apple and pear industry

Roelf Pienaar 28 Jan 2025

Don’t call it a comeback, but Exxaro is banking on coal resurgence

Coal, Oil & Gas

Don’t call it a comeback, but Exxaro is banking on coal resurgence

Lindsey Schutters 16 Jan 2025

Souvenir luggage tags are displayed at a Barrick Gold Corp at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Source: Reuters/Chris Helgren

Mining

Barrick to suspend operations in Mali after gold seized

Portia Crowe, Divya Rajagopal, David Lewis and Giulia Paravicini 14 Jan 2025

Markets & Investment

Natural Resources Outlook 2025: Trade tariffs and geopolitics set to bolster gold's appeal

George Cheveley 13 Jan 2025

Mining industry stands to win from Trump Arctic interests

Mining

Mining industry stands to win from Trump Arctic interests

Lindsey Schutters 8 Jan 2025

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

South African rand drifts in holiday-thinned trade

24 Dec 2024

Source: Microsoft Designer

Mining

‘Gold rush’ driven by geopolitics and consumer anxiety

Lindsey Schutters 12 Dec 2024

Markets & Investment

What does China’s new policy direction mean for investors?

4 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

US 10-year Treasury yield hits 4%, keeps equity bulls in check

Alun John and Kevin Buckland 7 Oct 2024

PR & Communications

#Exclusive: Dustin Chick: Enough of the OMGs – it’s time to ask, ‘what now?’

Dustin Chick 18 Sep 2024

Bridgewater, Global Citizen, and Harith General unveil research on sub-Saharan Africa's economic potential

Economy

Bridgewater, Global Citizen, and Harith General unveil research on sub-Saharan Africa's economic potential

Issued by OnPoint PR 5 Sep 2024

Markets & Investment

FT Africa Summit 2024: Global leaders unite in London to drive Africa's sustainable growth and nnovation

19 Aug 2024

Mastering resilience: How preparation beats the odds in building agribusiness

Agriculture

Mastering resilience: How preparation beats the odds in building agribusiness

24 May 2024

Skills needed for more profitable trading in SA's FMCG sector

Training

Skills needed for more profitable trading in SA's FMCG sector

Andrea du Plessis 23 Apr 2024

Global trade map redrawn as growth slows and regional links deepen

Logistics & Transport

Global trade map redrawn as growth slows and regional links deepen

4 Mar 2024

How the beer industry is shaping South Africa's economic future

FMCG

How the beer industry is shaping South Africa's economic future

Zoleka Lisa 12 Feb 2024

Iata: Air cargo demand in Africa falls as global markets recover in 2023

Cargo & Storage

Iata: Air cargo demand in Africa falls as global markets recover in 2023

2 Feb 2024

#BizTrends2024: Trends shaping the future of the global wine industry in 2024

Trends

#BizTrends2024: Trends shaping the future of the global wine industry in 2024

Rico Basson 24 Jan 2024

Source: WEF Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI; Marc Benioff, chair and CEO of Salesforce; Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer; Jeremy Hunt, chancellor of the Exchequer of the UK; Julie Sweet, chair and CEO of Accenture; and CNN host Fareed Zakaria speak about technological advances on 18 January

PR & Communications

Davos: 4 themes for PR and communication practitioners for 2024

24 Jan 2024

Economy

Chief Economists Outlook 2024: More economic uncertainty on the horizon

15 Jan 2024

Fintech

2024 predicts: GenAI realism, Digital ID progress, but social engineering mutates again

Gerhard Oosthuizen 8 Jan 2024

Source: PRovoke Media The 2023 Global Sabre Awards' Global Agency of the Year is the Weber Shandwick Collective

PR & Communications

The Weber Shandwick Collective named 2023 Global Sabre Awards' Global Agency of the Year

10 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.

Economy

Oil rises more than $1 on fears of spread of Middle East conflict

27 Oct 2023

Matheus Bertelli Reuters News, Reuters Breakingviews, has launched a new daily column, The Big View

Media

Reuters Breakingviews launches daily column on global issues

25 Oct 2023

Source: Reuters. China's Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao and South Africa's Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Ebrahim Patel.

Economy

#BRICS2023: What is Brics and who are its members?

Bhargav Acharya 22 Aug 2023

2023 is seeing expanded malware targeted at Apple devices. Source: cottonbro studio/Pexels

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity threat trends show increased vulnerability for Apple devices

1 Aug 2023

Gear change needed to accelerate SA's auto manufacturing sector

Manufacturing & Parts

Gear change needed to accelerate SA's auto manufacturing sector

Pieter Wessels 10 Jul 2023

Source: PIRO4D via

Agro-processing

Hortgro Awards honours deciduous fruit industry champions

8 Jun 2023

Critical-mineral deals made up 66% of top 40 M&A in 2022 - PwC report

Mining

Critical-mineral deals made up 66% of top 40 M&A in 2022 - PwC report

8 Jun 2023

Economy

The MPC's decision: Another blow to consumers' wallets

Katja Hamilton 25 May 2023

Tourism

Wesgro locks down R4.1bn in new direct investments for Cape Town and Western Cape

21 Apr 2023