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Unisa students reach global finals in risk management challenge
Students from the College of Economic and Management Sciences have secured a place in the global finals of the prestigious Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge, and will compete at the RISKWORLD conference in Chicago. Read more
Caught flat-footed by a pandemic
The unpreparedness of governments and organisations around the world to deal with the Covid-19 crisis has highlighted the need for better decision-making, enhanced forecasting, improved planning and advanced risk management, argued speakers at a virtual webinar hosted by Unisa's College of Economic and Management Sciences. Read more
It's time to rethink
In a lecture presented at the Iraqi-African Centre for Strategic Studies on 14 July 2020, Prof Joseph Chisasa, Chair of the Department of Finance, Risk Management and Banking at Unisa, emphasised that the AU 10-year plan is no longer completely achievable by 2023 because of Covid-19. Read more
Mega crowdfunding could help poor countries in Covid-19 fight
Unisa’s Prof Dan Makina, from the School of Economic and Financial Sciences, says that WHO could issue bonds to which the general public, private companies, organisations and governments could subscribe to finance a vaccination programme. Read more
International finance and ubungoma
International finance and ubungoma, the ancient African healing tradition, are poles apart. Or are they? Read more
Institute of Risk Management SA award marks Unisa's risk maturity
The Department of Risk and Compliance was awarded the Risk Initiative Award (Education) by the Institute of Risk Management South Africa last month. Read more
