News

  • Risk and reward in Africa

    Posted on February 21, 2012

    In a world turned on its head by the global financial crisis, investors and multinational companies have turned their attention to the emerging, dynamic world for new opportunities. Africa has been at the forefront of this interest.

  • GIBS Arts on Campus

    Posted on February 21, 2012

    Step into the awe-inspiring world of Richard John Forbes. Join the GIBS Arts on Campus initiative for the official opening of this art exhibition.

  • New GIBS Dean has his work cut out

    Posted on February 15, 2012

    The University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) has appointed Nick Binedell to the newly created position of Dean at GIBS.

  • The Art of Possibility - Ben & Ros Zander speak at GIBS

    Posted on February 15, 2012

    On Friday, the Spirit of Youth were treated to an inspirational session with world renowned Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra conductor Ben Zander, and his wife Ros, who co-authored the book The Art of Possibility.

  • GIBS launches online learning platform

    Posted on February 15, 2012

    Recognising the challenges of taking time out to study, the University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) has joined the growing ranks of world-class business schools that offer online learning, harnessing the information-sha

  • Economic forecasts may prove overly bleak

    Posted on January 31, 2012

    With SA's economy facing headwinds from abroad and at home, many economists predict it will slow sharply this year, but the gloom may be overdone, South Africans should not worry too much about bad news from the World Economic Forum's 2012 meeting in Davo

  • Economic Outlook 2012

    Posted on January 31, 2012

    In the closing session of the Johannesburg session of the GIBS Business Day Economic Outlook Series 2012 delegates tapped into a live feed from Davos, where world leaders, politicians and commentators were gathered to discuss the precarious state of Europ

  • Mandela's book translated into Japanese

    Posted on January 31, 2012

    Dr Masako Osada, Programme Director of the Centre for Japanese Studies at GIBS, translated Nelson Mandela

  • GIBS MBAs' "Amazing Race"

    Posted on January 24, 2012

    As part of their orientation programme, this year

  • BizSchool December Programme 2011

    Posted on December 13, 2011

    73 Matriculants attended the December BizSchool Programme hosted by the Gordon Institute of Business Science from the 3 – 14 December 2011. The mission of BizSchool is: “to equip young people to enter the world of work with the attitudes, skil

  • Engaging with and learning from NTT

    Posted on December 09, 2011

    Key Japanese companies such as Toyota, Canon, Nippon Steel Corporation and Toshiba believe their future is to stay Japanese but to expand outside Japan.

  • Time to tackle grown up problems

    Posted on December 09, 2011

    A year ago, at the GIBS Foresight 2011 Forum, the sentiment was profoundly positive. Still buoyed from a successful 2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africans were upbeat about 2011; about the possibilities for emerging markets and the opportunities on offer as

  • Training for businesswomen

    Posted on December 09, 2011

    The Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) has partnered with the Goldman Sachs Foundation to train women entrepreneurs.

  • SA's labour laws work, says Motlanthe at GIBS Forum

    Posted on November 23, 2011

    Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has defended the country's labour laws, saying they were not the main stumbling block to job creation. Motlanthe, who is being touted as a possible successor to President Jacob Zuma in 2014, was addressing academics and

  • SA must up its game before it falls behind

    Posted on November 18, 2011

    If South Africa does not take advantage of its geopolitical and institutional competitiveness it risks falling behind its emerging counterparts, says Abdullah Verachia, director of emerging market consultancy firm Frontier Advisory

  • The Devil is in the Detail

    Posted on November 15, 2011

    Minister Trevor Manuel spoke at a GIBS Forum on the NPC and vision for 2030

  • GIBS Entrepreneurship MBA alumnus wins 2nd prize in the national SAB Foundation Innovation Awards

    Posted on November 04, 2011

    Tito Mbatha, a GIBS Entrepreneurship MBA alumnus, was awarded the runner-up prize for his company The Invoice Exchange.

  • Homegrown innovation insights

    Posted on October 28, 2011

    Henra Mayer and Kate Elphick joined forces to pull off an insightful opinion poll looking at innovation in South Africa discussed at a GIBS Forum

  • Financial Times rates GIBS MBA top in Africa

    Posted on October 24, 2011

    The University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) has been ranked in 67th place in the top 100 executive MBA programmes in the latest Financial Times (FT) Executive MBA Rankings 2011 released today

  • Qiniso dialogues: What is our common identity?

    Posted on October 19, 2011

    GIBS & Mail&Guardian are hosting 6 Qiniso Dialogues to encourage thought about our country's future

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