Host Tobani Khumalo speaks with David Mparutsa, Head of Enterprise & Supply Chain Development at Absa Corporate & Investment Bank, on how Africa can move from exporting raw minerals to building competitive regional industries. Drawing on insights from the 2025 TIPS Forum, Mparutsa unpacks why intra-African trade remains low, the case for a hub-and-spoke model across SADC, and the fundamentals—energy, ports, roads, skills, and coordinated policy—needed to unlock beneficiation and ...
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Host Tobani Khumalo speaks with David Mparutsa, Head of Enterprise & Supply Chain Development at Absa Corporate & Investment Bank, on how Africa can move from exporting raw minerals to building competitive regional industries. Drawing on insights from the 2025 TIPS Forum, Mparutsa unpacks why intra-African trade remains low, the case for a hub-and-spoke model across SADC, and the fundamentals—energy, ports, roads, skills, and coordinated policy—needed to unlock beneficiation and ...
An artist, philanthropist, and avid upcycling and vintage enthusiast, Vas Putter is the founder and curator at Planet Art People Pty Ltd. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Durban-Westville (now UKZN), Vas began tutoring first-year Fine Art students in History of Art and Theory of Art. In 1994/95, she contributed to the Peace and Reconciliation through Art mural project across KZN during the Truth and Reconciliation Talks, which led to a career as a full-time mural...
TIPS Podcast
Host Tobani Khumalo speaks with David Mparutsa, Head of Enterprise & Supply Chain Development at Absa Corporate & Investment Bank, on how Africa can move from exporting raw minerals to building competitive regional industries. Drawing on insights from the 2025 TIPS Forum, Mparutsa unpacks why intra-African trade remains low, the case for a hub-and-spoke model across SADC, and the fundamentals—energy, ports, roads, skills, and coordinated policy—needed to unlock beneficiation and ...
