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2024 Spark Impact Bootcamp in full swing with 20 new young South African media entrepreneurs and activists joining our solar cinema network, selected out of over 500 candidates, with the generous support of E Squared Investments FirstRand Foundation, Jobs Fund, Investec, National Lottery, Oppenheimer Memorial Trust and many more! The first two days have focused on introducing the trainee impact facilitators to the…

14/02/2024 - The industry platform is gearing up to welcome numerous teams of participants, gather professionals from around the world and present a series of case studies on impact campaigns

A solar-powered mobile cinema initiative is making locally relevant films more accessible to African audiences, while also creating opportunities for training and jobs.

(Johannesburg, South Africa, 13 December 2022):  The BIC Corporate Foundation and Moleskine Foundation have recently awarded USD5,000 grants to 25 small organizations in Africa that are using creativity to catalyze social change. The grants are given out through The Creativity Pioneers Fund, which will provide more than USD1.5 million over the next five years. The Fund leaves the organization as the sole decision-maker on how to use the money and is a boon of opportunity, networking, and vi...

Nigerias central bank announced it was stopping the direct sale of US dollars to bureaux de change to protect the under-pressure naira...

OBC Better Butchery has lodged a complaint with the Competition Commission, accusing Spar of vigorously enforcing exclusivity clauses against the landlord, thus preventing OBC from setting up shop in certain shopping centres...

If committed filmmakers want to reach and influence more people, and counter fake news, impact producing may help get us there. What is impact producing and why it's important