4 300 South Africans wake up every morning, knowing that today could be their last. They are waiting for a life-saving organ donation. Less than 600 of them will receive the gift of a prolonged life. About 1 000 people await kidney transplants each year, but over the past three years only a quarter of these all-important operations have been performed per year.
The joint venture, known as "AIA Vitality", was officially launched in Australia today. This launch to the wider Australian market follows a successful pilot phase where a limited number of financial advisers had the opportunity to trial the AIA Vitality programme. AIA Vitality was first launched in Singapore in 2013.
In one of his first formal public addresses since his recent retirement as Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Dr Ben S. Bernanke addressed delegates as the keynote speaker at the 2014 Discovery Leadership Summit. In a one-on-one Q&A session, Discovery CEO Adrian Gore posed a series of questions, including questions submitted by renowned South African economists.
Minister in the Presidency Trevor Manuel called for South Africans to play an active role in the development of their country, at the 2014 Discovery Leadership Summit in Sandton, Johannesburg, on Wednesday.
Leading South African entrepreneurs offered diverse views and advice for start-ups and established businesses on Wednesday at the 2014 Discovery Leadership Summit in Sandton, Johannesburg.
“We are half a decade on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers and there are still persistent weaknesses in the developed countries of the world. The global economy needs to recover, but I am rather pessimistic that what needs to be done, will not be done,” says Joseph Stiglitz, renowned economist and Nobel Prize laureate, speaking at the 2014 Discovery Leadership Summit in Sandton.
The contribution of sports to leadership came under the spotlight on Wednesday at the 2014 Discovery Leadership Summit in Sandton, Johannesburg.
“South Africa has the talent and ability to build great businesses,” said Adrian Gore in his opening remarks at the 2014 Discovery Leadership Summit. “It is the quality of our leadership that will enable or stifle this.” The welcome address from the Discovery Group CEO set the scene for a gathering focused on leadership in business, government and civil society.
The 2014 Discovery Leadership Summit is already packed with an impressive line up of thought leaders, including former Federal Reserve Chairman Dr Ben S. Bernanke, London Olympics organiser Lord Sebastian Coe and Nobel-prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.
Jenna Lowe (19) has an extremely rare and life-threatening condition called Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) for which she has to be permanently attached to an oxygen tank.
Discovery Limited today announced the start of a four-year property development that will see Discovery’s more than 5 000 employees move into a new office development in Sandton. The development will be managed by Growthpoint and Zenprop, two of South Africa’s most established and well-known property developers, through a joint venture...
On Saturday, 22 February 2014, a huge number a huge number of competitors participated in the Discovery Surfers Challenge event, making it the biggest event in its 40-year history. The event has grown significantly in size and stature over the years, from a handful of 26 competitors in 1975 to over 4400 competitors today...
