Does South Africa’s immigration system render us globally competitive? Is it helping or hurting our economy? Gareth Cliff highlights the story of Dan Brotman, co-founder of En-novate based in South Africa, and an immigrant from the United States. Along with Stefanie Darbandi, Immigration Attorney at De Saude Attorneys, Dr Emmanuel Owusu-Sekyere from the Human Science Research Council (HSRC) and Loane Sharpe, Director: Economics, Prophet Analytics, they discuss the process of our immigration system, as well as its effects on the state of our nation and its standing in the world.
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September
2018How hard is it to immigrate to SA?
Does South Africa’s immigration system render us globally competitive? Is it helping or hurting our economy? Gareth Cliff highlights the story of Dan Brotman, co-founder of En-novate based in South Africa, and an immigrant from the United States. Along with Stefanie Darbandi, Immigration Attorney at De Saude Attorneys, Dr Emmanuel Owusu-Sekyere from the Human Science Research Council (HSRC) and Loane Sharpe, Director: Economics, Prophet Analytics, they discuss the process of our immigration system, as well as its effects on the state of our nation and its standing in the world.
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June
2018Slice of Life: ‘I felt that I had done my job’
I have always been interested in economic development and wanted to make a difference in people’s lives. But to develop the economy, one needs to invest in entrepreneurs, which is what the start-up that I work for aims to do. But it is an intimidating environment as most of the clients we approach are in the financial sector. And most of the time I am the only woman present at the meetings.
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DEVIN LEE KANE, DIGITAL MANAGER, JD GROUP
"The trip has changed the way I view my industry, broadened my horizons and educated me with tangible insights into the way that I conduct business daily."
GARETH CLIFF, FOUNDER, CLIFFCENTRAL.COM
"It was a whirlwind itinerary of meetings, workshops and experiences. The idea behind the trip was that the benefits would spill over into businesses in South Africa. The whole trip was an eye-opener, but the highlight was meeting Roelof Botha, a partner at venture capital rm Sequoia Capital, and possibly the most powerful South African in Silicon Valley."
AKASH MAHARAJ, INVESTEC PRIVATE CAPITAL
"Excellent experience with high calibre entrepreneurs and meetings, with a great mix of investors, key role players and innovators in the Israeli technology scene. The level of access En-novate was able to provide, would be difficult, if not impossible, to replicate."