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While South Africa came through the 2008 global financial crisis relatively unscathed, evidence of poor market conduct and outdated legislation were among the factors that led to a reform of the country's financial sector... read
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The one sure thing in the world's economies today is that problems are getting broader, deeper, more significant and will become more prevalent. The question is, are we equipped to navigate the new problem-driven paradigm?read
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The large majority of the country's municipalities are in a worse financial state than ever before, with only 18 of the 257 getting clean audits for 2017/18...read
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Accounting & Auditing
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The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (Saica) has issued an update on its actions so far in response to the Ntsebeza Inquiry... Read
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ISSUED BY CIMA
Business leaders and accountants will gather to understand the opportunity digital disruption brings to the transformation of finance capabilities in Africa... Read
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Banking
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GAVIN BROWN
The UN recognises 180 currencies worldwide as legal tender, all of them issued by nation states. It does not recognise cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin in this way, even if communities of enthusiasts have been treating them as a means of exchange for over a decade now... Read
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KAMINI GUPTA
When Facebook unveiled its new digital currency libra, it explicitly said the initiative was intended to address the problems faced by the world's unbanked... Read
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Financial Services
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ISSUED BY SEMAPHORE COMMUNICATIONS
Small and medium-sized business owners who are renting their premises should take advantage of current market conditions to consider buying, says Paragon Lending Solutions sales executive Marc Levitt... Read
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Fintech
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MARIUS REITZ
The price of Bitcoin has increased 42% over the last month, and 187% in three months. Along with Ethereum, the cryptocurrency's prices have risen significantly since the end of March and there was another rally this weekend... Read
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ROBERT HERIAN
Facebook's new cryptocurrency, libra, is being heralded as the moment that cryptocurrencies and blockchain, the technology that supports them,become truly mainstream... Read
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Insurance & Actuarial
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ISSUED BY MIWAYLIFE
We say it with deep conviction on how much we may love something or someone when it's still new, but along the way, we take those things for granted... Read
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Markets & Investment
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PRISCILLA TWUMASI-BAFFOUR
The relationship between Ghana and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is, to many Ghanaians, a difficult one. Most Ghanaians are of the view that the country should divorce itself from the international body... Read
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A 1,758-carat-diamond bigger than a tennis ball was recently mined in Botswana. Despite this, the resource-rich country knows that diamonds don't last forever... and when the resources run out, a diversified knowledge-based economy needs to be in place. And that's where corporate executive education could be a gem... Read
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JOEL SYDER
As a continent, Africa is contributing its fair share of exciting businesses to the world of tech... Read
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The past few years have seen arguably the biggest exodus and purge of leaders from the country's top companies and SOEs in recent history, with more heads expected to roll in future... Read
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