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On 17 September 2008, Accelerate Cape Town hosted a dinner between the editors of three leading Cape-based newspapers and a group of business leaders at the Riboville Restaurant in Cape Town. Tyrone August, (editor of the Cape Times), Chris Whi...
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Date Posted: 2008-09-19
Accelerate Cape Town welcomes sustainable city accolade for Cape Town.“There is no doubt that we have the ability to reach this goal and, coupled with our strong culture of being innovative, it is definitely possible that Cape Town will be a su...
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Date Posted: 2008-09-17
Accelerate Cape Town Grows Collaborative Partnerships Accelerate Cape Town, a business-led initiative in the Western Cape, is succeeding in its aim of bringing regional stakeholders together in order to develop and imple...
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Date Posted: 2008-09-15
City and business slam SAA’s decision to cut Frankfurt flight The City of Cape Town and Accelerate Cape Town have joined forces in condemning South African Airways’ decision to cut their direct flights between Cape Town and Frankfurt. In ...
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Date Posted: 2008-09-15
Accelerate Cape Town holds its first successful Annual General Meeting22 August 2008 - Accelerate Cape Town held its inaugural Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Greenpoint Stadium Visitors Centre on Friday 22 August 2008. Founded in 2007 by a...
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Date Posted: 2008-08-25
MEDIA RELEASE2010: Accelerate Cape Town shows major opportunities for local business(28 May 2008) It is a common misperception that the 2010 Fifa World Cup is so bound up in rules and regulations that only multi-national corporations and sponsors wit...
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Date Posted: 2008-05-30
(14 May 2008) This month the Western Cape has been battered by runaway fires in the Overberg, unusually high waves threatening to flood the Sea Point Promenade and a strong cold front that settled in for more than a week. Coupled with the ongoing ene...
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Date Posted: 2008-05-16
Accelerate Cape Town, a business-led initiative which aims to fast-track long-term economic growth in the Cape Town region, was conceived in March 2007. From an idea spearheaded by KPMG, backed by seed capital provided by Old Mutual, Accelerate Cape ...
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Date Posted: 2008-04-02
A dinner between the heads of the four Cape universities and the CEOs of major businesses, facilitated by Accelerate Cape Town, was held last night. “The goal of the dinner was to create closer links between industry and academia.&nb...
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Date Posted: 2008-03-05
One of the key elements of hosting the 2010 Soccer World Cup will be our ability to leave behind a sustainable environmental legacy after the final whistle has blown. The “Green Goal” programme implemented by Germany in 2006 has show...
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Date Posted: 2007-12-10
In yet another milestone towards 2010, Mayor Helen Zille and senior business leaders met on 29 November 2007, to deliberate on how local businesses could get involved with opportunities around the 2010 Fan Parks. The business leaders’ part...
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Date Posted: 2007-12-03
Many South Africans including those of us down here in the Cape Region held our breaths as the 2010 Soccer World Cup Preliminary Draw was held in Durban over the weekend of the 24-25 November 2007. As the Fifa powers that be and the world’...
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Date Posted: 2007-11-29
Cape Town is expected to undergo a R 28 Billion major overhaul over the next few years according to the Cape Town Partnership. Some of the developments projects include the Green Point Stadium (R 3,2bn), new developments in Strand and Adderley ...
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Date Posted: 2007-11-27
One of the key aims of Accelerate Cape Town is to facilitate direct dialogue between influential business leaders and senior government leaders. One way to do this is to bring them together in a small and informal dinner environment where serio...
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Date Posted: 2007-11-27
It is with great excitement that I great you all as we launch the first edition of the Accelerate Cape Town newsletter. We have experienced enormous goodwill and support from various sectors within business, public sector, labour and civil socie...
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Date Posted: 2007-11-08
One of Accelerate Cape Town’s strategic objectives is to influence public policy development around future options for the Cape region. Through our CEO, Guy Lundy, ACT has actively participated in the development of a Regional Development...
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Date Posted: 2007-11-01
One of the key challenges to our desire to drive high, inclusive economic growth in the Cape is the lack of social cohesion in the region. If the politicians won’t work together, let’s at least ensure that the citizens of Cape Town ...
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Date Posted: 2007-11-01
During the past few months Accelerate Cape Town has held a series of meetings with business and public sector leaders and other stakeholders with whom we will collaborate on projects to help develop the Cape as a global hub of innovation and creativi...
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Date Posted: 2007-11-01
An important dinner was held in Cape Town last night at which the Mayor of Cape Town, Mrs. Helen Zille, met with a group of leaders of some of the biggest and most influential Cape businesses under the umbrella of Accelerate Cape Town. The purpo...
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Date Posted: 2007-10-18
It has almost been 7 months since Accelerate Cape Town’s formal establishment, in March 2007, with the aim of informing and influencing the long-term strategies of business, government, labor and civil society. Accelerate Cape Town’s...
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Date Posted: 2007-09-25
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