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MILLS SOKO
The collapse of Steinhoff International, the multi-billion dollar global business group, has been rightly described as the biggest corporate scandal in South African history... read
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American financial strategist Michael Mauboussin argues that all investing sits on the spectrum between pure skill (no luck) and pure luck (no skill). What is not factored in, however, is intention...read
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The New Year represents the perfect opportunity to whip your finances back into shape, beginning by implementing these seven simple money-saving tips from Citadel Advisory Partner Daryl Coker...read
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DR GREG CLINE
With the expansion of the internet, most businesses now compete on a global scale. For local companies, however, this brings additional challenges... Read
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JUSTIN MCCARTHY
Since the advent of the decentralised blockchain in 2009, ingeniously invented by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, fintech has bloomed... Read
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WYNAND VAN VUUREN
Twenty years ago, we were still buying insurance the old-fashioned way. Brokers would come to our houses. They'd assess our assets. They'd go away. They'd come back, with a lot of paper... Read
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Fintech
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LEE SMALES
Nearly 170 years before the invention of Bitcoin, the journalist Charles Mackay noted the way whole communities could "fix their minds upon one object and go mad in its pursuit"... Read
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Markets & Investment
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NJUGUNA NDUNG'U & WITNESS SIMBANEGAVI
Between the 1980s and early 2000s, several developing countries (many of them in Africa) accumulated large amounts of debt... Read
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With East Africa set to grow by 6.3%, Western and Central Africa by 2.5%, Franc Zone at 4.6% and South Africa by 1.2%, most countries on the continent are looking at a positive economic forecast, except for those facing elections... Read
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Venture Capital
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BRADLEY WATTUS
Entrepreneurs need capital to get a business off the ground, or to fund expansion, improve cash flow, or buy inventory to meet consumer demand... Read
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The United States recently outlined its Africa strategy by reiterating its commitment to strong partnerships with key countries in Africa, specifically naming Kenya as a target for future US aid and investment... Read
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Ethiopia's digital platform guiding investors to the country, launched in Addis Ababa... Read
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The number of organisations globally which mention the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in their annual corporate or sustainability reports has increased by 10% on last year... Read
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 | Western Cape Government currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced deputy director: asset management (ICT/inventory management) (Ref. DOTP 2018-120). Applications close 28 January 2019. Read more >> |
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Financial stress has increased among South African professionals when compared to last year, where previous numbers were attributed to work stress, according to the 2018 Profmed Stress Index... Read
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