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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20220203T100000
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SUMMARY:Co-creating Opportunity Dialogue: Public and Private Sector Collaboration in a Post Local Government Election Context
DESCRIPTION:The National Business Initiative (NBI)\, in partnership with the Sanlam Group\, is hosting an important dialogue\, which will explore innovative  opportunities for value co-creation\, post the November 2021 Local government elections. \nThis event is the first NBI C-Suite Dialogue\, a series of high-level conversations where executives can offer advice and gain key insights on a range of important topics\, through sharing best practice with their peers. This dialogue will focus on unpacking the concept of servant leadership; defining a democratic and functional society and the impact on our  economy of achieving these outcomes; the interplay between social cohesion (including service delivery) and business; as well as highlighting opportunities for collaboration and co-creation between the public and private sectors. \nOur esteemed panel of speakers\, from both the Public and Private sectors\, are as follows: \n\nMs Avril Williamson\, Director General: Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA)\nMr Xolile George\, Chief Executive Officer (CEO): South African Local Government Association (SALGA)\nMr Leon Camphor\, Chief Executive Officer: The Association for Savings and Investments South Africa (ASISA)\nMr Mzila Mthenjane\, Executive Head: Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement\, Exxaro\nMs Joanne Yawitch\, Chief Executive Officer: National Business Initiative (NBI)\nMr Karl Socikwa\, Group Executive: Marketing Development and Sustainability\, Sanlam Group
URL:https://www.nbi.org.za/event/co-creating-opportunity-dialogue-public-and-private-sector-collaboration-in-a-post-local-government-election-context/
CATEGORIES:Membership
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20210715T100000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20210715T113000
DTSTAMP:20260606T084820
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SUMMARY:Launch of WBCSD’s Vision 2050: Time to Transform
DESCRIPTION:The National Business Initiative (NBI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) are hosting the South African launch of Vision 2050: Time to Transform. We’ll be asking how business can lead the transformations needed for 9+ billion people to live well\, within planetary boundaries by 2050. \nThe world faces three critical challenges: the climate emergency\, nature loss and mounting inequality. Only collaboration at unprecedented levels between business\, government and civil society\, will create the impact and scale required to transform our systems to achieve our goal by 2050. WBCSD has not only imagined that future\, they have been putting proactive steps in place to make this vision a reality. \nVision 2050: Time to Transform provides a framework to guide business action in line with the urgency of these challenges. As the local implementation partner of the WBCSD\, NBI has participated in the co-creation of this vision. We want to see sustainable societies around the world and a South Africa that is thriving and inclusive economically\, environmentally and socially. Vision 2050 can contribute to our thinking and help accelerate our members efforts towards achieving this transformation. \nJoin us on Thursday 15 July for the South African launch of WBCSD’s Vision 2050 update to find out more about this comprehensive framework for business action. We will discuss the nine transformation pathways and provide new perspectives on the mindset shifts required for real transformation. \nKeryn James\, Group Chief Executive Officer of ERM and Vice-Chair of WBCSD’s Executive Committee\, will provide a keynote speech exploring how Vision 2050 guides companies on their transformation journeys to 2050. \nThe event will include company representatives from a range of key economic sectors as well as the following speakers: \n\nKeryn James (Keynote Speaker): Group CEO\, ERM and Vice-Chair\, WBCSD Executive Committee\nJoanne Yawitch: CEO\, NBI\nFilippo Veglio: Managing Director & Senior Management Team\, WBCSD\n\nTogether with the WBCSD\, we aim to journey on this transformation trajectory with business to 2050. Will you join us?
URL:https://www.nbi.org.za/event/launch-of-wbcsds-vision-2050-time-to-transform/
CATEGORIES:Membership
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201112T100000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201112T120000
DTSTAMP:20260606T084820
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SUMMARY:Insights into the Economic Recovery Plan (ERP) by Cas Coovadia
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to invite you to join Cas Coovadia\, National Business Initiative’s (NBI) Chairperson and Business Unity South Africa’s (BUSA) CEO\, on Thursday the 12th of November at 10:00 to learn about and get insight into the Economic Recovery Plan (ERP) that has been put forward by Business for South Africa (B4SA); within the context of the announcement by President Ramaphosa of the South African Recovery and Reconstruction Plan. \nCas will give an overview on how the plan intends to save existing jobs and accelerate creation of new jobs\, including economic growth\, country competitiveness and a sustainable effective state. \nHe will also focus on the role of business\, and how\, together with leaders of Government\, organised communities and labour will harmonise and fast-track the implementation of the common areas of intervention of the ERP and the Jobs Summit in 2018\, leading to an accelerated and inclusive economic recovery in South Africa. \nThe dialogue will be hosted by Joanne Yawitch\, NBI CEO.
URL:https://www.nbi.org.za/event/insights-into-the-economic-recovery-plan-erp-by-cas-coovadia/
CATEGORIES:Membership
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201104T110000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201104T130000
DTSTAMP:20260606T084820
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SUMMARY:Business Leadership for a Sustainable Future: WBCSD Vision 2050 Refresh Webinar
DESCRIPTION:The National Business Initiative (NBI)\, as the local network partner of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)\, is excited to invite you to attend an update from the WBCSD on the refresh of Vision 2050.  \nVision 2050 was a landmark report issued a decade ago\, focused on opportunities for business to help unlock the transformations required to allow over 9 billion people to live well\, within the boundaries of the planet\, by mid-century. Vision 2050 is a blueprint of the unprecedented opportunities available to businesses who understand that we can no longer operate in business-as-usual mode. \nThe core principles of Vision 2050 are the key attributes of successful business planning\, which include understanding the current situation\, identifying the obstacles to success\, and creating pathways to overcome those obstacles. These key tenets are more necessary than ever under the current operating context of COVID-19. \nAt the beginning of 2020\, with over three dozen leading companies\, the WBCSD launched a collective\, business-led effort to revisit its Vision 2050. The NBI and member companies participated in a key engagement workshop as part of a global roadshow across key geographies including: Africa; Australia; Brazil; China; Europe; India; Japan; Latin America; North America and Southeast Asia. This process was completed by October 2020. \nThe key findings from this first phase include the necessary social\, economic and political shifts required to build back better as we recover from COVID-19\, including the new critical elements that have emerged over the past months with the pandemic changing the way we live and work. Importantly\, these developments help us to understand and shape the necessary systems transformations and also establish what the role of business needs to be. \nThe NBI would like to invite you to a feed-back session with the WBCSD to understand the key trends that will most likely shape the business operating environment over the next decade. Participants will also be given insights into the positive\, opportunity-based\, action agenda needed for the decade to come\, in support of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
URL:https://www.nbi.org.za/event/business-leadership-for-a-sustainable-future-wbcsd-vision-2050-refresh-webinar/
CATEGORIES:Membership
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201027T100000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20201027T123000
DTSTAMP:20260606T084820
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SUMMARY:NBI Membership Council Meeting October 2020
DESCRIPTION:After a year unlike any other\, it is with pleasure that we invite you to a meeting of the NBI Membership Council for key insights into what the 2021 NBI Strategy has in store for you as our members. We are excited to use this opportunity to share with you how the NBI 2021 Strategy (adopted by the Board on 30th of June 2020) has been developed and aligned to meet the requirements of our current context. The NBI strategy considers the COVID-19 operating context\, the responses required to drive innovative economic recovery and the courageous steps needed to address the deep structural weaknesses and inequalities that pervade our society. As always\, these solutions showcase the appropriate leadership role for the NBI and our members. \nTo launch our meeting\, Mr Andile Sangqu (Executive in Residence at GIBS) will be providing a dose of inspiration as our thought leader – giving key insights into the role of business and why bold and courageous leadership is necessary to steer us through the current crisis. \nOur Chairperson\, Cas Coovadia will lead the programme and encourage engagement and feedback from you\, our valued NBI members\, on both the NBI Strategy and your thoughts on the pivotal role of business in society. \nKindly contact Jo-Anne Stanford should you wish to attend this meeting. \n 
URL:https://www.nbi.org.za/event/nbi-membership-council-meeting-october-2020/
CATEGORIES:Membership
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200612T110000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200612T123000
DTSTAMP:20260606T084820
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SUMMARY:Webinar: NBI/Brand South Africa: COVID-19 Recovery Strategy - How to Navigate the Economic and Brand Reputation Risk Landscape During and After COVID-19
DESCRIPTION:The world and South Africa have changed dramatically since February 2020. In a short time\, the global COVID-19 pandemic has created conditions conducive for a perfect storm. This reality is the consequence of three converging crises: \n\nHealthcare – treatment and handling of the COVID-19 pandemic;\nEconomic instability – economic and financial market fallout; and\nSocial Inequality – societal crisis of universal proportions with stark global consequences.\n\nAgile reactions are required in response to the evolving domestic and international health and socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. \nIn response\, the National Business Initiative (NBI) and Brand South Africa will be exploring COVID-19 recovery strategies from a brand and reputational risk perspective. This will enable companies to navigate the complex landscape of the current pandemic\, recovery phase and new normal post the pandemic. \nThe webinar discussion and stakeholder engagement session will cover how to deal with brand reputational risk as well as priority recovery strategies in times of volatility. \nFor further context on the discussion\, please review the draft copy of the Research Update on key contributing factors in the domestic and global environments. \nThe National Business Initiative and Brand South Africa are excited to announce the following key speakers: \n\nDr Petrus de Kock: General Manager – Research at Brand SA\nCOVID-19 recovery strategies from a brand and reputational risk perspective\nVincent Magwenya: Founder and CEO at Conversations Media and Communications\nHow to deal with brand reputational risk post COVID-19\nNeil Franklin: AECI – Group Safety\, Health and Environment Manager\nNBI Member Company AECI’s response to the COVID-19 Pandemic – Enhancing brand reputation with action\n\nPlease click here to register for this webinar.
URL:https://www.nbi.org.za/event/webinar-nbi-brand-south-africa-covid-19-recovery-strategy-how-to-navigate-the-economic-and-brand-reputation-risk-landscape-during-and-after-covid-19/
CATEGORIES:Membership
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200312T093000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200312T153000
DTSTAMP:20260606T084820
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SUMMARY:Business Leadership for a Sustainable Future: WBCSD Vision 2050 Refresh
DESCRIPTION:With over three dozen leading companies\, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is driving a collective\, business-led effort to revisit its Vision 2050 – a landmark report issued a decade ago which focused on the opportunity for business to help unlock the transformations that are needed to allow over 9 billion people to live well\, within the boundaries of the planet\, by mid-century. \nAs part of this exercise\, the WBCSD is working with its Global Network partners\, including the National Business Initiative (NBI)\, to realise an engagement programme in form of a global roadshow across key geographies including: Africa; Australia; Brazil; China; Europe; India; Japan; Latin America; North America and Southeast Asia. \nThe NBI and the WBCSD are therefore hosting a workshop in Johannesburg to give companies the opportunity to engage and provide input into this process\, which is due to be completed by October of 2020. Participants will also be given positive\, opportunity-based\, action agenda needed for the decade to come\, in support of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). \nDuring the session you will be given the chance to exchange and engage on the back of insights about the challenges and opportunities for business to catalyze transformation of major economic systems such as food\, energy\, mobility\, etc.\, and trends that will most likely shape the operating environment over the next decade. \nKindly click here should you wish to attend this engagement with the WBCSD.
URL:https://www.nbi.org.za/event/business-leadership-for-a-sustainable-future-wbcsd-vision-2050-refresh/
CATEGORIES:Membership
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200227T110000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200227T130000
DTSTAMP:20260606T084820
CREATED:20200213T112543Z
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SUMMARY:NBI/Brand South Africa: An Investor’s Outlook on Brand South Africa - Cape Town
DESCRIPTION:What can the South African economy learn about South African brands? According to the latest Brand Finance South Africa annual report\, the growth of South African brands consistently outpace the South African GDP. It is a fascinating phenomenon that needs further analysis. Join us for this engagement as we explore and take stock of the economy through the eyes of the investor\, whilst also exchanging information on the on-the-ground experiences of doing business in South Africa. \nDr Petrus de Kock: General Manager – Research\, Brand South Africa: Nation Brand Performance
URL:https://www.nbi.org.za/event/nbi-brand-south-africa-an-investors-outlook-on-brand-south-africa-cape-town/
CATEGORIES:Membership
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200121T073000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200121T093000
DTSTAMP:20260606T084820
CREATED:20200117T091019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200117T091019Z
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SUMMARY:Demystifying the Call to Climate Action
DESCRIPTION:Grindrod\, The National Business Initiative (NBI) and Eversheds Sutherland are pleased to invite you to attend the “Inaugural “Wake-Up Call”: Demystifying the Call to Climate Action”\, scheduled for 07:30am on Tuesday\, the 21st of January 2020 at Grindrod\, Durban. \nThe aim of this engagement is to “demystify” the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. We aim to also generate awareness on the realities of the impacts of global warming and to provide practical and realistic ways to implement change within organisations in order to attain carbon neutrality by 2050. The Alliances for Climate Action will also be presented as an example of a local solution to the global climate challenge. \nWe are also delighted to confirm that Dr. Debra Roberts will be our keynote input at the engagement\, with further insights to be shared by Steve Nicholls of the NBI and Pascale Defroberville of Eversheds Sutherland. \nKindly click here if you wish to attend this event.
URL:https://www.nbi.org.za/event/demystifying-the-call-to-climate-action/
LOCATION:Teams
CATEGORIES:Membership
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20190522T110000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20190522T130000
DTSTAMP:20260606T084820
CREATED:20190510T131059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190510T131059Z
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SUMMARY:NBI/Brand South Africa - An Investor’s Perspective On South Africa’s Investment Context: KwaZulu-Natal
DESCRIPTION:If you are an NBI Member Company please join us for this engagement as we explore and take stock of the economy through the eyes of the investor and to gather information on the on-the-ground experiences of doing business in South Africa. Brand South Africa will share findings from its International Investor Perceptions Research and the implications thereof for the South African business community. The Nation Brand Performance\, a product curated by Brand South Africa\, will provide rich content on industry highlights from 2018 and industry prospects for 2019. Please click to RSVP: The Capital Pearls Hotel\, uMhlanga\, 22 May 2019.
URL:https://www.nbi.org.za/event/nbi-brand-south-africa-an-investors-perspective-on-south-africas-investment-context-kwazulu-natal/
CATEGORIES:Membership
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20190410T140000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20190410T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T084820
CREATED:20190312T120917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190312T120917Z
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SUMMARY:NBI Membership Council Meeting April 2019
DESCRIPTION:The National Business Initiative (NBI) wishes to notify you of the upcoming Membership Council Meeting scheduled to take place on Wednesday\, 10 April 2019\, from 13:30 for 14:00 to 16:30.  Please note that at this meeting\, given that the current NBI Board term comes to an end in April\, a new Board is to be appointed. We will also report back on the NBI’s impact over the last year and an exciting keynote input. Please contact: Jo-Anne Stanford for further details.
URL:https://www.nbi.org.za/event/save-the-date-nbi-membership-council-meeting-april-2019/
CATEGORIES:Membership
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20190227T100000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20190227T123000
DTSTAMP:20260606T084820
CREATED:20190215T110459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190215T110459Z
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SUMMARY:NBI/Brand South Africa: An Investor’s Perspective on South Africa’s Investment Context
DESCRIPTION:The events of 2018 cemented the year as one of reckoning both locally and globally. Geopolitical and global dynamics continued to point towards increasing global uncertainty as a result of brewing trade wars\, Brexit\, increased trade protectionism and challenges to global free trade. These trends of uncertainty\, self-interest and greed played out locally in the form of the insidious elements of state capture and corporate fraud. \nIf the previous year was for reckoning\, 2019 is predicted to be one of reflection as various institutions galvanise support for scaled up efforts to move the economy forward. It is in this spirit that the National Business Initiative (NBI) and Brand South Africa invite you to a jointly-hosted event to consider in depth South Africa’s investment projections given the current state of the country. \nPlease join us for this engagement as we explore and take stock of the economy through the eyes of the investor and to gather information on the on-the-ground experiences of doing business in South Africa. Brand South Africa will share findings from its International Investor Perceptions Research and the implications thereof for the South African business community. The Nation Brand Performance\, a product curated by Brand South Africa\, will provide rich content on industry highlights from 2018 and industry prospects for 2019. \nRSVP here.
URL:https://www.nbi.org.za/event/nbi-brand-south-africa-an-investors-perspective-on-south-africas-investment-context/
CATEGORIES:Membership
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20181107T140000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20181107T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T084820
CREATED:20181105T115634Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181105T115634Z
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SUMMARY:The Future of Work and the 4th Industrial Revolution - Johannesburg
DESCRIPTION:The National Business Initiative (NBI) and Adcorp\, are delighted to invite you to the third and fourth of a series of thought leadership dialogues that have begun to explore the 4th Industrial Revolution from the perspective of what it might mean for our economy and how we can engage with it to create new opportunities and jobs that support the vision of the National Development Plan (NDP) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). \nPlease click here if you are an NBI member company and wish to attend this dialogue. \n 
URL:https://www.nbi.org.za/event/the-future-of-work-and-the-4th-industrial-revolution/
CATEGORIES:Membership
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20180912T120000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20180912T140000
DTSTAMP:20260606T084820
CREATED:20180912T141508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180912T141508Z
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SUMMARY:Lunch with Cas Coovadia – Making Land\, Rand and Sense of South Africa (KZN)
DESCRIPTION:An invitation to an intimate reflection on recent developments in the country over lunch with Cas Coovadia (Chairman\, The Banking Association of South Africa)\, Xolani Magojo (Chairperson\, NBI KZN Regional Advisory Committee) and Joanne Yawitch (CEO:  The National Business Initiative). \nWe invite you to join us to reflect on recent developments in the country and make sense of what these mean for business in the short to medium-term.  The 1H2018 started off under a romantic haze of nostalgia following leadership change within the ruling party. \nBe that as it may\, challenges facing the country abound:  inequality\, unemployment and poverty levels remain stubbornly high.  We are also not addressing\, in a way that produces results\, the low levels of investment and economic growth\, which are critical to addressing inequality\, poverty and unemployment.  The fresh attack on emerging market currencies including the Rand\, imminent legislative changes on land ownership and the approaching national elections continue to collectively nurture uncomfortable levels of market insecurity. \nIn spite of the outlook\, the NBI stands firm in the belief that business has a strong and meaningful role to play in successfully steering and influencing the country through choppy waters.  Join Cas\, Xolani and Joanne and a select group of KwaZulu-Natal business people for an intimate and stimulating discussion on emergent political and economic trends\, and what these mean for business in the region. \n Please note that this is a by invitation only event.
URL:https://www.nbi.org.za/event/lunch-with-cas-coovadia-making-land-rand-and-sense-of-south-africa-kzn/
CATEGORIES:Membership
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20180613T100000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20180613T123000
DTSTAMP:20260606T084820
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SUMMARY:Thought Leadership Series: The 4th Industrial Revolution and The Future of Work in SA
DESCRIPTION:The National Business Initiative (NBI) and Adcorp\, hosted by Barloworld Limited are holding the second thought leadership series that has begun to explore the 4th Industrial Revolution from the perspective of what it might mean for our economy and how we can engage with it to create new opportunities and jobs that support the vision of the National Development Plan (NDP) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This follows the first dialogue session at which subject matter experts shared their views of the trends which are foreshadowed to impact the new world of work. \nThe focus of this second dialogue\, will reflect on the nature of work and the debate around what constitutes decent work both in South Africa and worldwide and opportunities for South Africa within the 4th Industrial Revolution\, drawing on work done by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the International Organisation of Employers (IOE)\, which is the employer representative body at the ILO. The timing of this dialogue is particularly relevant given the fact that President Ramaphosa is now the co-chair of the ILO Global Commission on the Future of Work. It further reinforces the relevance of this topic and the possibility of an NBI collective action work stream\, through membership engagement\, evolving out of the dialogue series. \nWe are therefore delighted and honoured to confirm Dr Joni Musabayana\, ILO\, Director\, Decent Work Team for Eastern and Southern Africa Country Office for Botswana\, Lesotho\, South Africa and Swaziland and Mthunzi Mdwaba\, IOE VP to the ILO\, Vice Chairman of the ILO and Commissioner of the Global Commission on the Future of Work\, as keynote inputs at this event. \nPlease click here to RSVP. \nPresentations: \nThe 4th Industrial Revolution Future of Work in South \nBy Dr Joni Musabayan \nThe 4th Industrial Revolution Future of Work in South \nBy Mr Mthunzi Mdwaba
URL:https://www.nbi.org.za/event/thought-leadership-series-the-4th-industrial-revolution-and-the-future-of-work-in-sa/
CATEGORIES:Membership
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20180314T140000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20180314T163000
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SUMMARY:Thought Leadership Series: The 4th Industrial Revolution and The Future of Work in South Africa - Johannesurg
DESCRIPTION:The NBI and Adcorp are hosting the first in a thought leadership series that will explore the “4th Industrial Revolution” from the perspective of what it might mean for our economy and how we can engage with it to create new opportunities and jobs that support the vision of the National Development Plan and the Sustainable Development Goals. Click to ACCEPT if you are a NBI Member.
URL:https://www.nbi.org.za/event/thought-leadership-series-the-4th-industrial-revolution-and-the-future-of-work-in-south-africa/
CATEGORIES:Membership
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20170516T103000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20170516T123000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20170516T135030Z
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SUMMARY:2017 Membership Council Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The National Business Initiative (NBI) wishes to notify you of the upcoming Membership Council Meeting scheduled to take place on Tuesday\, 16 May 2017 from 10:00 for 10:30 to 12:30. \nKindly note that this is an important meeting as there are two NBI Board positions up for election which will require member ratification as per the NBI’s Memorandum of Incorporation.
URL:https://www.nbi.org.za/event/2017-membership-council-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Membership
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20161117T160000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20161117T180000
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SUMMARY:NBI Membership Council Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.nbi.org.za/event/membership-council-meeting/
LOCATION:Anthesis South Africa
CATEGORIES:Membership
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20160915T140000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20160915T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T084820
CREATED:20160801T114739Z
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SUMMARY:Infrastructure Dialogue: New Approaches to Financing and Managing Water Services
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.nbi.org.za/event/infrastructure-dialogue-new-approaches-to-financing-and-managing-water-services/
LOCATION:Member-Liberty-Logo
CATEGORIES:Membership
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20160630T013000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20160630T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T084820
CREATED:20160615T140724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160615T140724Z
UID:17197-1467250200-1467306000@www.nbi.org.za
SUMMARY:Infrastructure Dialogue - Catalytic infrastructure: Are our interventions genuinely having economic impact?
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.nbi.org.za/event/infrastructure-dialogue-catalytic-infrastructure-are-our-interventions-genuinely-having-economic-impact/
LOCATION:Member-Liberty-Logo
CATEGORIES:Membership
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160514
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160518
DTSTAMP:20260606T084820
CREATED:20160610T102610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160610T102610Z
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SUMMARY:Sustainable Brands Conference Cape Town 2016
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.nbi.org.za/event/sustainable-brands-conference-cape-town-2016/
CATEGORIES:Membership
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