Responsible tourism helps sustain Cape Town

Hope Street Market©CapeTownTourism

Cape Town isn’t just a top tourist destination. It’s a city that thinks seriously about its systems, and how it can become more sustainable and more liveable for all the people who live, work, invest and visit here (this local trend was recently reported on by The New York Times in their piece “Hip cities that think about how they work”).  Continued…

February 10, 2012

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Cape Town’s green and historic heart

Photo: Caroline Jordan

The Company’s Garden was originally established to provide fresh produce for the spice-trading ships of the Dutch East India Company. Today it’s an urban sanctuary that offers plenty of food for thought. Continued…

February 9, 2012

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Cape Town: Creating opportunity through entrepreneurship

Cape Town at night. Credit: City of Cape Town, Bruce Sutherland

Cape Town’s thriving entrepreneurial environment regularly pulls in some of the most ambitious and creative entrepreneurs in the country. Why is this so important for all of the city’s residents? Continued…

February 6, 2012

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Connecting Cape Town to itself and the world

Photo: original image Bruce Sutherland, City of Cape Town with graphic manipulation by Cape Town Partnership

Imagine never having to wait for a YouTube video to buffer. Or not having to think twice about making a phone call to prospective customers. The city, province and others are working towards flooding the city with broadband. Continued…

February 2, 2012

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Towards a more sustainable Africa

soa 2012 conference

How can Africa provide enough, for all, forever? Dynamic and inspirational African business leaders, entrepreneurs, politicians and artists will bring their thoughts and experience to bear at the Sustain Our Africa (SOA2012) conference at Cape Town International Convention Centre from 23 to 25 May. Continued…

January 31, 2012

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