CONTENTS

8 FROM THE EDITOR

Please your star player

10 MEET UP

Rub shoulders and conduct business with the high-flyers in African business

16 BUSINESS TRAVEL: BACK IN .THE AIRPLANE SEAT

Companies and individuals should consider the changed playing field before resuming business travel full throttle

20

RESPOND, ADAPT, THRIVE

Risk professionals need to continuously assist their organisations in identifying what potentially lies ahead: risks (threats and opportunities), prepare them to respond and navigate through disruptions, and accelerate their organisations out of disruptions and launch them into the new reality. The Institute of Risk Management South Africa is dedicated to the advancement and practice of the risk management profession and accreditation. Its president Thabile Nyaba is helping to make a difference in how risk management is perceived both in South Africa and globally.

RENEWABLE ENERGY: UNDER THE SUN

Solar mini grids could power half a billion people by 2030—if action is taken now

24 GAS: SETTING SAIL

The MSGBC region’s first hydrocarbon production is officially drawing near, opening up new opportunities for broader economic growth

28

OIL: SCRAPING THE BARREL

Why peak advantage is the defining upstream challenge of our time

32

MINING: IT’S GO TIME

How Africa can capitalise on its mineral wealth to develop an electric vehicle value chain

36 SUPPLY CHAIN: MATERIAL IMPACT

Supply chain management in Africa needs a rethink. COVID-19 changed everything—or did it?