Global Ecotourism Consultant Paul Gardiner’s Perspective on Sustainability and Global Impact</h1> <article> <h1>Global Ecotourism Consultant Paul Gardiner’s Perspective on Sustainability and Global Impact</h1> <p>2024-02-23T08:12:15+00:00</p> <p>Introducing Paul Gardiner, Director at Mantis, Terra Nova, and Bear Grylls Survival Academy, is to present a seasoned leader deeply entrenched in the world of ecotourism. With a familial legacy spanning five decades in the industry and nurtured amidst the diverse ecosystems of South Africa, Gardiner brings a unique perspective and personal dedication to environmental preservation.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Global Ecotourism Expansion: Paul Gardiner Shares his Vision for Terra Nova</h1> <p>2024-02-16T08:34:33+00:00</p> <div>Paul Gardiner, Director of Mantis, Terra Nova and Bear Grylls Survival Academy, reflects on his environmental journey and articulates his vision for expanding ecotourism globally.</div> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr: Serving the Legal Needs of Businesses in Africa</h1> <p>2016-08-30T11:48:47+00:00</p> <p>"Being one of the larger firms, one of the Big Five in South Africa, we obviously have depth of experience, expertise and specialisation within the firm so it is a big firm with a large number of lawyers."</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>South Africa’s Digital Infrastructure, Hybrid Cloud, Workspaces for Tomorrow and Cyber-Security</h1> <p>2016-08-30T11:39:09+00:00</p> <p>"Dimension Data started off as an infrastructure company and more than 30 years ago we were specifically specialists in the networking game."</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>South Africa’s First Dedicated Development in the Oil and Gas Services & Marine Repair Sector</h1> <p>2016-08-30T11:28:35+00:00</p> <p>South Africa’s first dedicated development in the oil and gas services & marine repair sector to support upstream exploration and production development.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>A South African Revolution in Breast Imaging Technology</h1> <p>2016-08-30T11:13:38+00:00</p> <p>"I think the end game for CapeRay and for me would be that CapeRay continues to exist, perhaps as a research and development enterprise where we develop new products that we ultimately license off or that get incorporated into other businesses."</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Mazars, a Global Audit, Accounting and Consulting Group</h1> <p>2016-08-30T11:01:23+00:00</p> <p>"One of the most important things we've done over the past year has been to strongly expand our presence in Germany, an important market and Europe's first economic power."</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Promoting Exploration of Oil & Gas Resources and Their Development throughout Southern Africa</h1> <p>2016-08-30T08:41:37+00:00</p> <p>"Thanks to the information we have received from international oil companies as well as the reconnaissance operators through the data that have been acquired by means of seismic survey we have realised that there is potential that we might be able to have oil and gas in our offshore areas."</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Airport Management Services and Logistics for Airports in South Africa and Globally (ACSA)</h1> <p>2016-08-30T08:21:26+00:00</p> <p>"We recently concluded a study which shows that there are 3,000 jobs created for every direct and indirect regularly scheduled long-haul service and that a 10% increase in passenger numbers results in 2% regional job creation."</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>GreenCape is Unlocking Investment Potential for Green Business in the Western Cape Economy</h1> <p>2016-05-12T18:33:18+00:00</p> <p>"The underlying focus that the provincial government has had on the green economy started in 2009-2010 with the establishment of GreenCape and to demonstrate this here are some of the high level figures of the successful renewable technology developers."</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Talking to Garmin SA, a World Leader in Satellite Navigation and GPS</h1> <p>2016-05-12T18:09:16+00:00</p> <p>"Garmin has become a leader in a lot of fitness wearables, in the cycling market, in aviation and marine."</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Synthetic Heart Valve Ushers in a Revolution in Heart Surgery - Strait Access Technologies</h1> <p>2016-05-12T17:21:47+00:00</p> <p>"We are expecting the first product, the balloon, to be ready for the first world in early 2017. Our first valves will be ready second half of 2017."</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Entersekt, SA’s Fin-Tech Gem Making It Safe for Millions to Bank & Shop Online</h1> <p>2016-05-09T18:20:39+00:00</p> <p>"We have more opportunity than we can address at the moment and that is another reason to look for funding. We are growing 100 to 150% year on year in dollar terms, so it is interesting times."</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Seartec South Africa - Boosting Growth through Diversity</h1> <p>2016-05-09T18:00:15+00:00</p> <p>"I think we’ve been given a phenomenal opportunity to take a company that in two years will be 50 years old and reengineer and reposition it."</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Digiterra South Africa is Linking Strategy to Operations through Technology</h1> <p>2016-05-09T17:42:28+00:00</p> <p>"Digiterra is a services organisation; focusing on the business to IT continuum, with about 60% of our business generated from business consultancy and 40% from an IT base."</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Silicone Cape: A Catalyst for Tech in the Western Cape</h1> <p>2016-05-09T15:37:04+00:00</p> <p>"I don’t think our vision is to replicate the original Silicone Valley. You could never do that. The key drive is to build the ecosystem."</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>South Africa, a Hub for Oil and Gas Services along Atlantic</h1> <p>2016-05-08T14:57:57+00:00</p> <p>"South Africa is extremely well positioned to do that. Geographically it’s on very strategic sea routes. It’s in the European time zones. We have strong air connections into the globes major oil and gas hubs," says Niall Kramer, CEO of SAOGA.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>South Africa’s Oil and Gas Sector in 2016, Overview by SAOGA</h1> <p>2016-05-08T14:52:46+00:00</p> <p>"What we are looking at now in the short term is the LNG-to-power opportunity. That is going to be the next big opportunity for Southern Africa in terms of upstream oil and gas, especially in the Oil & Gas services sector where we operate," says Niall Kramer, CEO of SAOGA.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Forging the Growth of the Oil & Gas Industry in Sub-Saharan Africa – SAOGA</h1> <p>2016-05-08T14:21:29+00:00</p> <p>"What we are looking at now in the short term is the LNG-to-power opportunity."</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Oil & Gas Sector in South Africa and Concerns about Water</h1> <p>2016-04-30T16:06:01+00:00</p> <p>"That is one of the big concerns around the entire oil and gas industry in South Africa. As the public has become more educated, they have become more concerned," says Dave van Der Spuy, Resource Evaluation Manager of Petroleum Agency SA.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Overview of Agricultural Sector in South Africa – by Grainco</h1> <p>2016-04-30T14:18:43+00:00</p> <p>"I believe that the opportunity for further growth in the agricultural sector in South Africa is very good. It is enhanced by a weakening currency for sure," says Ben Vermooten, CEO of Grainco.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Trade Investment Environment in Cape Town – Overview by Global Business Solutions</h1> <p>2016-04-30T11:05:57+00:00</p> <p>"There are huge opportunities in Cape Town. I think there are huge opportunities in South Africa. We just have to free up some issues," says Jonathan Goldberg, CEO of Global Business Solutions.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>“We Need to Encourage the Development of Industry, Manufacturing and Mining in South Africa” – Invicta Holdings</h1> <p>2016-04-30T10:08:04+00:00</p> <p>"South Africa is not developing its manufacturing base, the mining base is also stagnating," explains Arnold Goldstone, Executive Deputy Chairman of Invicta Holdings.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>South Africa, an Emerging Force in Global Film-Making - Commentary by Cape Town Film Studios</h1> <p>2016-04-29T19:40:33+00:00</p> <p>"The main challenge is how things are perceived. South Africa was regarded as a great location but not necessarily known for manufacturing and high-tech innovation in film," explains Nico Dekker, CEO of Cape Town Film Studios.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Industrial Development of the Western Cape</h1> <p>2016-04-26T17:53:04+00:00</p> <p>"We put a very strong emphasis on hi-tech, and indeed, that is precisely what our broadband rollout has been about. We want to enable ICTs, Information and Communication Technologies, as the bedrock of why services work so well in the Western Cape," explains Helen Zille, Premier of Western Cape.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>wiGroup South Africa: Building A Fintech Empire in Electronic Payments</h1> <p>2016-04-25T11:25:16+00:00</p> <p>"We are definitely expanding into Africa."</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>A Global Leader in Performance Improvement Consulting: BMGI South Africa</h1> <p>2016-04-20T09:58:58+00:00</p> <p>"We have done a lot of work in repositioning their business models and specifically with business model innovation. It is not about what product or service that you are selling, it is about how you position it and how you create the business model around it that gets it to market."</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Global Business Solutions South Africa: Empowering Businesses to Achieve Their Objectives</h1> <p>2016-04-20T09:02:51+00:00</p> <p>"If you look at South Africa, many South African companies are sitting on piles of cash and they aren’t investing it. The question is why? You have to unlock their confidence in the country to invest that money."</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>A TV and Film Industry Boom for Cape Town - Cape Town Film Studios</h1> <p>2016-04-20T08:44:53+00:00</p> <p>Productions look to capture South African scenery, exchange rates and rebates.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>South Africa As An Oil Services Hub? An Interview with Petroleum Agency SA</h1> <p>2016-04-06T16:01:05+00:00</p> <p>"South Africa is known in the industry as having very strong environmental safeguards and it expects a lot from its oil and gas operators."</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Saldanha Bay, A Zone Dedicated to Serving The Oil & Gas Industry in South Africa</h1> <p>2016-04-05T16:36:23+00:00</p> <p>The largest and deepest natural port in the Southern Hemisphere.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Wines of South Africa (WOSA) – Strategy</h1> <p>2016-03-29T14:57:11+00:00</p> <p>"Our strategy is to go into these markets and highlight these higher-tier wines, showing the unique styles and varietals we have to offer," says Siobhan Thompson, CEO of Wines of South Africa (WOSA).</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Wines of South Africa: Exports of South African Higher-tier Wines</h1> <p>2016-03-29T14:51:15+00:00</p> <p>"Exports actually spiked in 2013 because South Africa had a lot of wine to offer the world at a time when it had low supplies due to various factors such as droughts and fires," explains Siobhan Thompson, CEO of Wines of South Africa (WOSA).</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>National Health Insurance Scheme in South Africa – Commentary by CapeRay</h1> <p>2016-03-27T17:39:35+00:00</p> <p>"I think the government’s biggest challenge is going to be funding it adequately. Do we have the tax base in this country to fund such a program?" asks Dr Kit Vaughan, CEO of CapeRay.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Medical Technology in South Africa: Competitive Advantages</h1> <p>2016-03-27T17:34:49+00:00</p> <p>"There are people with good ideas; here in the Western Cape we have four institutions of higher learning, each of which has an engineering faculty and two of them have medical faculties and so in the medical device space there is every opportunity for new products to be developed," says Dr Kit Vaughan, CEO of CapeRay.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Medical Equipment Manufacturing in South Africa</h1> <p>2016-03-27T17:26:04+00:00</p> <p>"I write a weekly blog about various activities in my field including more generally about medical devices and I have compared the Western Cape as a medical device destination with other areas in the world," says Dr Kit Vaughan, CEO of CapeRay.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>PantoScanner: Technology for the Detection of Breast Cancer</h1> <p>2016-03-27T17:13:30+00:00</p> <p>"The revolutionary part is the ability to combine the two technologies. Traditional mammography relies on x-rays and that has been around for forty or fifty years, while ultrasound has also been around for forty or fifty years," explains Dr Kit Vaughan, CEO of CapeRay.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>CapeRay – Mammography Devices Manufacturer from South Africa</h1> <p>2016-03-27T17:04:46+00:00</p> <p>"CapeRay is a spin out company from the University of Cape Town. It spun out 6 years ago. The focus of the company is the detection of breast cancer; we have developed imaging products that are specifically geared towards women who have dense breast tissue," says Dr Kit Vaughan, CEO of CapeRay.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>“Declining Rand is Boosting Tourism in South Africa” – One & Only Cape Town</h1> <p>2016-03-22T19:39:43+00:00</p> <p>"Tourism is a brilliant business. Even with the declining Rand at the moment, it is actually boosting tourism," notes Richard Lyon, GM of One & Only, the most vibrant resort in the heart of the dynamic Cape Town.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Success of Start-up Incubators in Cape Town, Africa's Most Innovative City</h1> <p>2016-03-22T18:03:52+00:00</p> <p>"A big part of the reason why we are seen as a hotbed for innovation has been the success of start-up incubators. Start-up incubators are quite well supported in this region," says Ryan Ravens, CEO of Accelerate Cape Town.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Leaders in Managing the Agricultural Supply Chain in South Africa - BKB Grainco</h1> <p>2016-03-22T16:56:11+00:00</p> <p>"I believe that the opportunity for further growth in the agricultural sector in South Africa is very good."</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Invicta Holdings’ Next Growth Phase is International Expansion</h1> <p>2016-03-22T16:41:02+00:00</p> <p>Readying itself for its next growth phase, with international expansion centre stage.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Grand Parade Investments: Promoting Social Development of Western Cape</h1> <p>2016-03-21T20:08:06+00:00</p> <p>A Western Cape-based, black owned and controlled holding company.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Wines of South Africa (WOSA): “Variety Is in Our Nature”</h1> <p>2016-03-15T14:35:38+00:00</p> <p>Building the global success of South African wine.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Cutting-edge Medical Imaging Equipment for the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer - from CapeRay</h1> <p>2016-03-15T13:36:09+00:00</p> <p>A revolution in breast imaging. An innovative dual-modality imaging system that integrates full-field digital mammography and automated breast ultrasound in a single platform.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>The Most Vibrant Resort in the Heart of the Dynamic Cape Town: One & Only</h1> <p>2016-03-15T13:05:18+00:00</p> <p>Crowned by Table Mountain in the heart of Africa’s “Mother City” Cape Town’s most vibrant and urbane resort.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Accelerate Cape Town: Open for Growth, Open for Innovation</h1> <p>2016-03-11T18:10:24+00:00</p> <p>"Accelerate Cape Town’s vision is to continuously grow Cape Town as a ‘global African City of inspiration & innovation’. Together with our members, we want to continuously grow Cape Town as an economic hub and globally recognised business destination in Africa."</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> </article> </main></body></html>