The BRICS Institute at Regenesys From left to right: Dr Marko Saravanja, Dr Penny Law, João Gilberto Vaz, James Forson, Leoni Grobler and Shiphra Chisha.Mr João Gilberto Vaz, BRICS Institute Advisory Board member, paid a short visit to the BRICS Institute offices, whilst on a trip over from Brazil. He took the opportunity to present…
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South Africa is facing the negative impact of trade wars taking shape between the United States of America (USA) and China. This emerged after President Trump announced tariffs on Chinese goods and China retaliated with tariffs on most agricultural imports from the USA. In August 2018 the USA decided to impose a 25% tariff on…
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Dr Marko Saravanja recently visited China. Dr Saravanja is a Director at the BRICS Institute. He is an academic, an entrepreneur, and he has been involved in extensive development work. Read More
The Chamber of Legislators of São Miguel Arcanjo, a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil recently honoured Mr João Gilberto Vas with a special award of recognition. Mr Vas received the unanimous award because of his important work in bringing an understanding of the BRICS community to the youth of Brazil. Mr Vas…
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BRICS Institute Advisory Board member João Gilberto Vaz along with his team and the City of São Miguel Arcanjo organised an Under 13 Youth Football competition named BRICS WORLD FOOTBALL CUP. Five Brazilian cities have played each other using BRICS nations’ colours ! It was a very successful event with the presence of the…
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João Gilberto Vaz, BRICS Advisory Board Member in conversation with Her Excellency CHEN Peijie, Consul General of China in São Paulo – discussing upcoming BRICS Institute projects in Brazil.
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The Term Bric was introduced by Jim O’Neill of Goldman Sachs in 2003 as it became clear that Brazil, Russia, India, China were emerging financial giants. Following this the 4 countries attended the first Brics Summit in 2009. South Africa joined the grouping in 2011. Brics is an important grouping it houses approximately 40% of… Read More
South Africa is hosting the 10th summit of the BRICS bloc, which groups Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, at the Sandton Convention Centre on July 25 to 27, 2018. Over the past 10 years, BRICS has proven to be an important global bloc, and while South Africa may have the smallest… Read More
BRICS Institute is hoping to introduce a new vehicle to foster greater country-to-country economic ties, with many of the relationships so far being geo-political in nature.The BRICS Institute was launched on Thursday night at the Regenesys Business School in Sandton, with the aim of combining academic research and practical business cooperation. Read more Read More
The BRICS Institute was launched at Regenesys Business School on the 14th of June 2018. The Institute is set to be a vehicle that will foster economic growth and prosperity amongst the BRICS nations, through education, research, consulting and business matchmaking initiatives. The launch event was attended by the board of the Regenesys… Read More
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