Vodacom execs sell R9.9m shares to settle tax

Vodacom execs sell R9.9m shares to settle tax

Vodacom South Africa CEO Sitho Mdlalose. Five Vodacom executives and the company secretary have sold a combined 63 216 shares, worth about R9.93 million, to settle tax obligations arising from the vesting of shares awarded under the company’s conditional and forfeitable share plan. The transactions, disclosed in accordance with the JSE Listings Requirements, took place…

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Sell first, produce later

Sell first, produce later

Hadija Jabiri The following article is a slightly edited excerpt from our new book, How we made it in Africa II: Real stories of entrepreneurs turning opportunity into profit. The publication was recently launched at Harvard Business School. The ebook and paperback versions are available here. When Tanzanian agribusiness entrepreneur Hadija Jabiri launched her enterprise,…

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Africa: Gilead Refuses to Sell Groundbreaking HIV Prevention Drug to MSF

Africa: Gilead Refuses to Sell Groundbreaking HIV Prevention Drug to MSF

Blocking humanitarian organizations from accessing a medical breakthrough puts vulnerable people across the world in danger. In an open letter published today, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) called on the US pharmaceutical corporation Gilead Sciences to immediately sell the organization the game-changing and highly effective HIV prevention medicine, lenacapavir, for use in its medical programs worldwide. Despite multiple requests, the company…

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