The International Triathlon Union (ITU) in November announced an addition to the 2014 World Triathlon Series calendar. For the first time ever, a World Triathlon Series event will be held on the continent of Africa with a race slated to be held at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa on April 26-27, 2014.
The Discovery Health Journalism Awards’ Independent Judging panel has announced the list of finalists for the 2013 Discovery Health Journalism Awards. The judging panel received over 170 entries from a cross-section of media.
Discovery today announced the line-up of thought leaders in the financial planning industry who will be speaking at the first Discovery Financial Planning Summit, to be hosted on 15 May at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg. The event aims to bring together some of the world’s experts in financial planning to share their insights and best practices.
Brigitte Zoghby (53) always considered herself fit and healthy. “I’ve always been active, I played sport and competed in sporting events my whole life,” she says.
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.
