World Economic Forum Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish

Naledi Pandor says attacks on foreigners are an embarrassment to South Africa

Jean-Jacques Cornish — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 22:00:00 +0000

Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor says attacks on foreign shops and individuals is an embarrassment to South Africa.

She’ll speak to Africa ambassadors in Pretoria about it – as he predecessor Lindiwe Sisulu did five months ago.

South Africa’s High Commission in Abuja and consulate in Lagos have been temporarily closed because they came under attack from youths angered by the xenophobic violence in Pretoria and Johannesburg.

South African diplomatic missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia have received similar treatment.

African countries are using boycott – the same tactic employed during the anti-apartheid struggle – to express their displeasure.

Nigeria has shunned the World Economic Forum hosted in Cape Town.

Madagascar follows Zambia in refusing to play a friendly fixture against Bafana Bafana.

Air Tanzania has suspended flights to South Africa.

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Bill Gates warns Donald Trump not to turn his back on Africa

Jean-Jacques Cornish — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 22:00:00 +0000

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates say President Donald Trump’s America First message could do long-term damage to the United States’s influence in Africa.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Gates says by turning his back on Africa, Trump asks handing it to the competition.

The second richest man in the world has spent $12 billion fighting malaria and tuberculosis in Africa

Bill Gates says too much America first risks losing African stability and goodwill.

While Trump looks away from Africa, countries like China are expanding their influence across the continent.

White House adviser Kellyanne Conway says Trump, who’s due in Davos today, will be stressing his American policy.

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SA closes the gender gap

Jean-Jacques Cornish — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 22:00:00 +0000

The World Economic Forum finds the global gender gap has narrowed this past decade with increased access for women to politics and the workforce .

Rwanda and South Africa score the highest among African countries in the WEF annual gender survey.

The World Economic Forum confirms sweeping changes in many countries, with 105 becoming more equal since 2005.

Iceland tops the list for the sixth year running, with Yemen placed last.

Rwanda is placed seventh and South Africa 18^th.Both are ahead of Britain and the United States.

The WEF looked at economic factors, health, education and political participation in 142 countries.

Just six nations – Sri Lanka, Mali, Croatia, Macedonia, Jordan and Tunisia – have seen their gender gap grow overall since 2005, according to the WEF.

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