Invest Fest 2025, a gathering for investors and entrepreneurs, is underway in Johannesburg, South Africa, focusing on investment opportunities and economic growth. Hosted by Anglo American's Impact Finance Network (IFN), the festival-style event celebrates entrepreneurship, innovation, and inclusive growth across Southern Africa. Thami Ngubeni spoke to Emma Parker, Sustainable Impact Finance Manager at Anglo American.

Invest Fest 2025, a gathering for investors and entrepreneurs, is underway in Johannesburg, South Africa, focusing on investment opportunities and economic growth. Hosted by Anglo American's Impact Finance Network (IFN), the festival-style event celebrates entrepreneurship, innovation, and inclusive growth across Southern Africa. Thami Ngubeni spoke to Emma Parker, Sustainable Impact Finance Manager at Anglo American.

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Invest Fest 2025 focuses on investment opportunities and economic growth

South Africa’s green economy is advancing a low‑carbon, resource‑efficient path focused on jobs, renewable energy and sustainability. This transition is being supported by coordinated funding, partnerships and innovation platforms that enable enterprises and communities to actively participate in building a more resilient economy.

How is the country’s green economy moving from long‑term ambition to practical, on‑the‑ground impact for businesses and communities today? Joining us now to discuss this is Maluta Netshaulu, Head: Social Impact Portfolio Development at Nedbank.

South Africa&rsquo;s green economy is advancing a low‑carbon, resource‑efficient path focused on jobs, renewable energy and sustainability. This transition is being supported by coordinated funding, partnerships and innovation platforms that enable enterprises and communities to actively participate in building a more resilient economy.
How is the country&rsquo;s green economy moving from long‑term ambition to practical, on‑the‑ground impact for businesses and communities today? Joining us now to discuss this is Maluta Netshaulu, Head: Social Impact Portfolio Development at Nedbank.

SA’s green economy shifts to real impact: jobs, energy and community growth

South Africa’s Deputy Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Sihle Zikalala, is in East London today, engaging directly with emerging contractors as part of a targeted effort to unlock growth in the construction sector.


The Contractor Development Roadshow, led by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure in partnership with the Construction Industry Development Board, aims to address long‑standing barriers that have prevented many small contractors from scaling up and accessing larger projects.


The initiative is expected to close the gap between available infrastructure funding and the capacity of local contractors to deliver, particularly those rooted in the very communities they serve.


Minister Zikalala joined Thami Ngubeni on the line to discuss this further.

South Africa&rsquo;s Deputy Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Sihle Zikalala, is in East London today, engaging directly with emerging contractors as part of a targeted effort to unlock growth in the construction sector.
 The Contractor Development Roadshow, led by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure in partnership with the Construction Industry Development Board, aims to address long‑standing barriers that have prevented many small contractors from scaling up and accessing larger projects.
 The initiative is expected to close the gap between available infrastructure funding and the capacity of local contractors to deliver, particularly those rooted in the very communities they serve.
 Minister Zikalala joined Thami Ngubeni on the line to discuss this further.

SA Deputy Minister Zikalala meets small businesses to unlock jobs, growth and infrastructure

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called inequality the “greatest threat to human progress” as he unveiled the formation of an International Panel on Inequality.


The initiative follows the first global inequality report by a group of independent experts led by Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, commissioned during South Africa’s 2025 G20 presidency. The platform’s objective is to track progress and drive global coordination in tackling inequality.


For more on this, we are now joined by Professor Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a member of the Founding Committee of the International Panel on Inequality.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called inequality the &ldquo;greatest threat to human progress&rdquo; as he unveiled the formation of an International Panel on Inequality.
 The initiative follows the first global inequality report by a group of independent experts led by Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, commissioned during South Africa&rsquo;s 2025 G20 presidency. The platform&rsquo;s objective is to track progress and drive global coordination in tackling inequality.
 For more on this, we are now joined by Professor Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a member of the Founding Committee of the International Panel on Inequality.

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