Новости за 28.05.2021

Technology venture capital company General Catalyst MD Adam Valkin on May 27 said the flywheel of a successful new and emerging technologies ecosystem is the recycling of capital and talent within the ecosystem. "This means having successful companies, which allow the founders to start new companies and to invest in other founders. "This leads to the recycling of insights and learnings and enables people to be mentors and for people to develop into company executives or found new companies in the... Читать дальше...

State logistics company Transnet on May 28 shared its plan for the strategic industrial Port of Richards Bay with the local mayor, business community and ten traditional leaders in Umhlathuze and the surrounding areas. The port is set to play a core role in Transnet's Natural Gas strategy and remains the primary export channel for coal, chrome and magnetite.

Energy company Total’s shareholders have, almost unanimously, approved a resolution to change the company’s name from Total to TotalEnergies, thereby anchoring its strategic transformation into a broad energy company in its identity. The approval was given at an ordinary and extraordinary shareholders’ meeting on May 28.

A report released by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) on May 28, finds that biological invasions are the third-largest threat to South Africa’s biodiversity after cultivation and land degradation, and are responsible for 25% of all biodiversity loss. The second biological invasions report, titled ‘Status of Biological Invasions and their Management in South Africa in 2019’, estimates that, if biological invasions on grazing land are not controlled, South Africa could... Читать дальше...

Packaging company Nampak recorded “very pleasing” results for the six months ended March 31, despite the ongoing restrictions on trading caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, CEO Erik Smuts said at a presentation of the company’s interim results on May 28. Overall group profitability improved, driven by the strategy to simplify the group and optimise operations.

The Competition Tribunal has unconditionally approved a merger involving Old Mutual Alternative Investments (OMAI) and ACTOM Investment Holdings. OMAI will, through its subsidiary OMPE V GP, acquire shares in ACTOM Investment Holdings, following the tribunal’s unconditional approval of the transaction.