Paxful, the global crypto marketplace powered by people announced adding Uhuru Wallet as a payment method to their platform. The company, known for its goal of financial inclusion, is helping the underbanked around the world to gain financial independence using peer-to-peer transactions. The partnership with Uhuru will help encompass this […]
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By Staff Writer Halloween horrors are not only about witches and werewolves, ghosts and ghouls. Many people are anxious about their finances, either with real fears about their current situation, or imagining what could go wrong in the future. If money matters keep you up at night or make you […]
By Staff Writer. Dismantling the ‘white gaze’, fostering more transparent partnerships, and centering on local expertise and leadership International development practitioners and organisations should question how they can decolonise their work by adopting African-led solutions, says Ivorian-American Stephanie Kimou, founder and principal consultant at Population Works Africa. Kimou was the […]
By Dave Ives, Business Applications Leas, Altron Karabina The Digital Core has traditionally tended to refer to the core application of any business, typically an accounting or ERP solution – one of the first applications that the business started with to manage their processes and keep track of financial information. […]
By: Staff Writer Johannesburg, 30 September 2020: Darlene Menzies, CEO of leading access to finance provider, Finfind, has been awarded the prestigious Special African Business Leadership Commendation Award. The award is in recognition of her outstanding achievements in Africa’s business landscape, and contributions to Africa’s economic development and post-COVID recovery. […]
Co-Authored by: Jani Cronjé; Partner and Trade Mark Attorney at Adams and Adams and Jared de Canha, CA at Adams & Adams On 31 August 2020, companies in the McDonald’s group filed a lawsuit against the Hungry Jack’s franchise in the Australian federal court. The Hungry Jack’s chain, founded by […]
The Lime Envelope launches new offering As lockdown restrictions ease to a greater extent under Level 1, thousands of small-to-medium businesses (SMEs) will be vying for consumers’ attention. Sarah Martin, Agency Director at The Lime Envelope public relations and events agency believes that the antidote to a crowded marketplace is […]
By: Jan Kühn, Director at INOVO The logistics behind implementing real-time resolution into the modern, digitised contact centre. The Microsoft Global State of Multichannel Customer Service Report underscored the value of resolving customer issues at speed and the importance of equipping contact centre staff with the right knowledge. This customer […]
By: Bronwyn Levy Final call for SMEs to participate in national survey and stand a chance to win cash for their business Johannesburg, 11 September 2020: Finfind – South Africa’s leading online access to finance solution for SMMEs, has partnered with Government, big business and other key national stakeholders to […]
10 September 2020 – First National Bank (FNB) presents its annual results for the financial year ending 30 June 2020. The Bank acknowledges that the year has been very hard for many due to an economy that was already struggling before COVID-19, escalating health risks as well as financial difficulties […]
By Mark Wilson, Managing Director at SYSPRO Africa What should customer experience (CX) look like in the time of Covid-19? It may all come down to speed and convenience, or perhaps human touch and making a real connection is still key. Responsiveness, caring, an appreciation of the problem and ease […]
The novel Coronavirus may have wiped out whole industries in the long tail of its economic cyclone, yet it has shaken up others, leaving them ripe for the kind of innovation that only a crisis of this magnitude can catalyse. One industry that is primed for exponential growth in the […]
Daniel Kibel, Founder and Director of CM Trading shares a few thoughts about the current investment climate, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect global investment outcomes. “There is no single ‘winning answer’ in terms of making lucrative investments at the best of times. During a pandemic, things can seem […]
By Dov Girnun, Founder and CEO of alternative fintech lender Merchant Capital As conventional wisdom has it, you have to do something for 10,000 hours to be good at it. ‘Jack of all trades, master of none’, we’re told. ‘If you want to be great at something, specialise in it […]
By: Robyn Maxine Oliver Starting a business during a global pandemic – The Covid-19 Pandemic has evidently had an impact on the world-wide economy and has certainly contributed to South Africa’s economic downturn. Job security and income stability have become the talk of the town, and has resulted in gutsy […]