From dependency to power player: How Africa can rewrite its future

As South Africa prepares to host the G20 summit, the issue of whistleblower protection is fast emerging as both a domestic imperative and an international test of credibility. On this episode of  Mandates & Megaphones, presented by Jeremy Maggs in association with Standard Bank, the spotlight falls on the urgent…

In this episode of Mandates & Megaphones, host Jeremy Maggs speaks with the Standard Bank Group CEO and B20 Finance and Infrastructure Task Force chair who unpacks the urgent need to close Africa’s $85 billion annual infrastructure funding gap. From reforming capital rules and ratings agency models to accelerating project delivery…

In this episode of  Mandates & Megaphones, Jeremy Maggs speaks to Tanya van Meelis, head of policy at Cosatu, and Riefdah Ajam, general secretary of Fedusa, about how the world’s most powerful economies can meaningfully align social justice with economic coordination, or if the gap between promises and delivery is…

Bernard Drotschie, chief investment officer at Melville Douglas, speaks to Jeremy Maggs about the challenges and opportunities of the country’s G20 presidency and leading the B20 business agenda.

Ashraf Patel of the Institute for Global Dialogue weighs in on the realpolitik, risks, and rising tensions behind the geopolitical theatre. Can South Africa bridge the gap between East and West? Can Brics transform the rules, or will it simply mirror them? And what happens when narrative power challenges institutional…