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 | DOMINIQUE COLLETT This time last year, none of us had any idea of the whole new world that was on its way. One that would include global lockdowns, Zoombombing, covidiots, closed borders and quarantining... read |
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 | YASH PILLAY If the South African financial industry can learn one thing from Experian's 2020 data breach, it is this: human fallibility is still the weakest link in the fight against cyberattacks...read |
|  | | The 2021 Futurebanker bursary programme has been launched by the Facilitation Workshop and comprises five bursaries for the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree...read |
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| |  | PHILANI SANGWENI 2020 has been difficult for everyone, but businesses have faced an especially tough time. A few startups have, however, risen above the storm, managing to continue on their upward growth trajectory... Read |  | MARIUS BOTHA Africa is one of the most under-insured continents in the world. Over half of the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have an insurance penetration rate of less than 1% and the picture isn't much different across the rest of the continent... Read |  | ANDREW DUVENAGE, The four themes we expect to find traction during 2021 are coronavirus and the vaccines deployed against it; reflation; a global move toward even tighter regulation; and crypto assets, as opposed to only cryptocurrencies... Read |  | |
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| Accounting & Auditing |
 | A survey reveals that an increasing number of auditors feel threatened or intimidated during the course of their work... Read |
| Fintech |
 | WIEHANN OLIVIER Bitcoin has soared again in recent months - along with some of its cryptocurrency peers, such as Ethereum - making this very modern form of investing a very 'hot' topic at the moment... Read |
| Insurance & Actuarial |
 | Perhaps unsurprisingly, the life insurance industry has reported a rise in fraudulent claims during 2020, with other more sinister pandemic-related schemes likely to emerge in 2021... Read |
| Markets & Investment |
 | GILES WHITE, ELODIE MAUME, MADELEIN BURGER, ZELDA SWANEPOEL & KENT DAVIS Environmental, social and governance (ESG) integration in the corporate decision-making process is gathering momentum around the world... Read |
| Taxation & Regulation |
 | JAMES GEORGE Know your customer (KYC) procedures are still a work-in-progress in the cryptocurrency industry. But businesses in this space, though still largely unregulated, need to comply with anti-money laundering (AML) legislation or risk facing punitive measures. Read |
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 | Kipeto wind farm has been connected to Kenya's national grid and will start generating power in the next week... Read |
 | President Joe Biden has been sworn into office, ushering in a new administration, new foreign policy and a new approach to US trade and investment in Africa... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Musa Kalenga is one of eight speakers at the upcoming BizTrends2021 online event "Towards New Norths & New Narratives" on Thursday, 28 January 2021... Read |
 | The recently launched The Future 100: 2021 report spotlights creative innovations and top trends set to shape the next 12 months... Read |
 | STEFANO MIGLIORE By the time you read this, South Africa would have been in a state of lockdown for more than 300 days, and there is no end in sight; here or globally... Read |
 | The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) has warned SMMEs and co-operatives against sending proposals and paying administration fees for the preapproval of funds to agencies... Read |
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