June 30, 2020/IMFBlog by Chang Yong Rhee For the first time in living memory, Asia’s growth is expected to contract by 1.6 percent—a downgrade to the April projection of zero growth. While Asia’s economic growth in the first quarter of 2020 was better than projected in the April World Economic […]
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In Times When Black Lives Finally Matter, Building Purpose-Driven Businesses is Key to Economic Empowerment
The Opportunity Fund will invest only in companies led by people of color, and is the first such fund to be created in response to growing protests June 30, 2020/AEC Earlier this month and following the death of George Floyd, SoftBank announced a $100m investment fund for minority-owned businesses. The […]
Building resiliency in times of uncertainty
June 30, 2020 By George Ferreira, Senior Sales Director: Applications at Oracle South Africa and SADC The recent months have likely been the biggest challenge for all organisations across the continent. With almost no warning, millions of businesses – indiscriminate of size or stature – suddenly went from operating as […]
