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 | GEORGINA CROUTH The JSE has finally taken action against the disgraced former Steinhoff CEO...read |
|  | KATJA HAMILTON The Standard Bank group has adopted a platform mindset and is actively participating in several ventures beyond financial services...read |
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 | The South African rand dropped after President Cyril Ramaphosa cancelled a trip to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland to deal with the country's energy crisis... Read |
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| |  | ALICE TOMDIO As of November 2022, the number of crypto owners crossed the 400 million mark. Crypto.com expects that the number of global crypto owners could reach 600 to 800 million in 2023... Read |  | ASHLIN PERUMALL Ashlin Perumall, Baker McKenzie partner, looks at African fintech trends and the ways in which the sector will continue to expand across the continent in 2023... Read |  | BRENDON WILLIAMSON According to PayFast and PayGate MD Brendon Williamson, the future of digital payments can be summarised with one word - convergence... Read |  | MITCHAN ADAMS The biggest trend in the local startup scene in 2023 is going to be the rise of venture builders (VBs) - companies that literally build other companies, says Mitchan Adams, founder of Aions... Read |  | RENDANI NENGUDA Why is climate funding not aligning with Africa's needs, asks Oppenheimer Generations Research and Conservation's Rendani Nenguda... Read |  | |
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 | ISSUED BY AICPA & CIMA The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) will hold its first 2023 council meeting on 18 and 19 January, in Cape Town, South Africa. This will also be the first time that Africa hosts the internationally attended meeting of CIMA's global governing body... Read |
 | The Ghana Revenue Authority issued MTN Ghana with the bill after auditing it for the years 2014 to 2018... Read |
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 | Gwede Mantashe: ANC wants the central bank's mandate to be expanded... Read |
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 | NQOBILE DLUDLA Power cuts have worsened since last Tuesday when Eskom said it would implement Stage 6 load shedding until further notice... Read |
 | The shortage of healthcare workers could rise to 10 million by the end of the decade, affecting access to care, inequities and treatment of mental health... Read |
 | GRETA GOOSEN, ISSUED BY MIWAY As the festive December craze gives way to the sobering reality of January, it's likely you're feeling the pinch. Typically, January is the month where we review our financial standings and commitments... Read |
 | KATJA HAMILTON Catching up with Børge Brende, president of the World Economic Forum on what to expect at Davos 2023... Read |
 | China's foreign minister Qin Gang opens a new headquarters for a pan-African health body at the start of five-country Africa tour... Read |
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| Markets & Investment |
 | This is the inaugural cohort of the new $30m VC fund of Catalyst Fund, anchored by the financial sector development agency FSD Africa... Read |
 | ANDRE CILLIERS Dollar continues on back foot after yesterday's inflation print as sentiment towards EMs improved... Read |
 | ANDRE CILLIERS The uptick in demand for Crude Oil has overshadowed the jump in stockpiles that the US reported last week... Read |
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 | ELIAS BIRYABAREMA A court in Uganda on Tuesday, 10 January, quashed a section of a communications law that has been used to prosecute government critics, journalists and writers, including two who fled to exile in Germany, its judgment said... Read |
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 | LILLIAN BARNARD Microsoft South Africa CEO Lillian Barnard says organisations will learn to do more with less in 2023 by infusing technology into business processes and more... Read |
 | Health minister Joe Phaahla said that adjustments would soon be made on rules for booster doses and timing between such doses... Read |
 | Euromonitor International's annual consumer trends report uncovers the motivations that will impact customer loyalty and purchase decisions for the year ahead... Read |
 | BHARGAV ACHARYA AND KOPANO GUMBI Nersa has also approved a 12.74% tariff increase for 2024... Read |
 | KOPANO GUMBI AND RACHEL SAVAGE National Treasury said at October's mid-term budget that it could take on between one-third and two-thirds of Eskom's R400bn debt... Read |
 | LUCIANA ECHAZÚ AND DIEGO C. NOCETTI ESG priorities vary widely, but there are some common themes... Read |
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