Pat Dambe News Today

This week: An Indian controversy proves troubling for lab-grown diamond industry. Where to dig for diamonds and gemstones in the United States. And a profile

Pat Dambe, who has spent the last eight years as De Beers’ head of corporate affairs, has been “seconded” to Botswana’s ministry of minerals and energy, where

The Black in Jewelry Coalition (BIJC) has a new president: jewelry designer Malyia McNaughton, who had been treasurer of the New York–based organization

Radio is struggling to sustain relevance with a fickle generation of audiences and the booming podcast culture. Sibongile Mtyali believes her success at Kaya 959 will be shaped by her knack for fixing even those parts of the business that appear not broken.

For those in the diamond industry, the initial countries where the omicron variant of COVID-19 was discovered sounded mighty familiar: Belgium, Hong Kong,

CEDA CEO: Thamane The Chief Executive Officer of the Entrepreneurial Development Agency (CEDA) Thabo Thamane says collaboration is key for the business community to emerge successful post-COVID-19. Addressing youth entrepreneurs at the just ended Diamond Impact Week, a collaboration between De Beers Group and the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security, Thamane said this will ensure benchmarking and sharing of ideas on how best to respond to the global pandemi...

Shining Light Awards Entries open on January 30th De Beers Group has recently launched the De Beers Group Designers Initiative (DBGDI)-Shining Light Awards 2020/2021 jewellery design competition. DBGDI is a youth Beneficiation skills development initiative aimed at inspiring, igniting and enabling young jewellers (aged 18 – 35) with world-class jewellery design and manufacturing skills in each of the De Beers Group diamond producing countries – Botswana, Canada, Namibia, and South Africa. P...