What working life will mean in the future will be discussed together with Nobel Prize laureates and experts on 18 May 2021 at an event titled “The Nobel Prize Dialogue”. It will be hosted by and broadcast from the University of Pretoria (UP). The event, which is free and open for anyone to attend online, has now opened its registration.
Organised by the Nobel Prize Outreach and UP, the meeting aims to bring science and society closer and stimulate creative thinking by gathering a unique constellation of Nobel Prize laureates, key opinion leaders, policy makers, students, researchers, and the general public. Three Economic Sciences laureates – Christopher Pissarides, Joseph Stiglitz and Abhijit Banerjee – will be joined by Physics laureate Brian Schmidt and Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus.
EBRD invests €24.7 million in first MAS Securities’ real estate green bond
EBRD invests €24.7 million in first MAS Securities’ real estate green bond
Development of green and sustainable retail and residential assets
Company seeks to achieve green building certification European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has successfully subscribed to a €24.7 million ticket as part of an inaugural five-year €300 million green bond issuance by MAS Securities BV. The firm is wholly owned by MAS Real Estate Inc., an investor and operator of predominantly retail real-estate assets that focuses on central and eastern Europe (CEE). The Bank’s investment will support the acquisition of green properties and the development of green and sustainable retail and residential assets, predominantly in Romania and potentially in the wider CEE region.
Sekunjalo Investment Holdings chairman Dr Iqbal Survé has told Parliament that the PIC has failed to invest in black businesses, having funded just over 1% of black-owned companies.
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The economy is ânot tankingâ says Maduna, who was SAâs minister of justice from 1994 to 1998. Image: Waldo Swiegers, Bloomberg
South African Breweries (SAB) Zenzele chair Penuell Maduna says although the Covid-19 pandemic created disruptions and uncertainty to the domestic and global economy, the economy is ânot tankingâ and will soon be showing signs of recovery.Â
âThe consequences of the pandemic and the lockdown were unavoidable ⦠We are looking at a moment of take off but over time we will be in full flight as an economy,â he said.Â