Sasfin launches new banking platform for SMEs
Sasfin has launched ‘B\\Yond’ (Beyond), a digital banking platform built to enable entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. Through B\\YOND for Business, the group aims to fulfil the [...]
US Trends to take off in South Africa
There are some overlaps with what we are seeing in South Africa; particularly with sectors like Elderly care and Disaster relief and the list focuses exclusively on [...]
How SMEs are Failing their Customers
Which of these customer service and delivery sins is your business guilty of? When contact is made with a business (mostly SMEs) via phone, it takes very [...]
Tribute to a fallen heroine: RIP Winnie Madikizela Mandela
The national flag is flying half-staff, spirits are down as South Africa and the world mourn the passing of a heroine, a liberation fighter, a struggle veteran [...]
How South Africa can align its development plan with the SDGs
Creating coherent national policies is a challenge for most countries. And now the adoption of the UN's 2030 Agenda and its sustainable development goals (SDGs) has presented governments with an additional [...]
Building knowledge-based economies in Africa
This week Rwanda is hosting the Next Einstein Forum aimed at nurturing the creative, skilled populations that will form the bedrock of knowledge-led economies in Africa, The [...]