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GIL 2015: Africa the new investment frontier for Japan
Frost & Sullivan's senior partner, Dorman Followwill, highlighted in his opening presentation at the Growth Innovation Leadership (GIL) 2015 Africa congress, Africa is the continent of the greatest opportunity... read more>>



Finance
Nigeria to host RemitAfrica2015
MobileMoneyAfrica will host the RemitAfrica conference in Nigeria, Africa's largest remittance nation, from 4-5 November 2015... read more>>
[SA Innovation Summit] The business of disruption

Nicci Botha

We're facing a brave new world, where disruption technology and e-commerce are forcing traditional industries to re-examine their take on doing business to include innovative solution-based thinking if they want to stay in the game... read more>>
Insurance & Actuarial
Momentum Health placed second in TopBrands survey
Momentum Health's client-centric approach largely contributed to South African consumers placing it second in the Sunday Times TopBrands survey... read more>>
Favourable claims environment supports Santam's underwriting results
Short-term insurer Santam reported strong underwriting results for the six months that ended 30 June 2015, with a net underwriting margin of 8.9%... read more>>
Accounting & Auditing
Standard Bank enters agreement with ISAMAO
Standard Bank has entered into a formal sponsorship agreement until 2020 with the Institute of South African Municipal Accounting Officers... read more>>
Banking
Jamii Bora Bank to lend Ksh4bn to SMEs

Ngugi Mungai

Jamii Bora Bank will lend KSh4bn to small businesses between August and December, its Chief Commercial Officer Timothy Kabiru has said. read more>>
Financial Services
SimbaPay announces instant deposit service
SimbaPay has announced the expansion of its free instant deposit service to Choice Microfinance Bank in Kenya... read more>>
PayGate embraces unbanked market
Although e-commerce is growing fast in South Africa and across the continent, the majority of the population in African markets is still excluded from buying online... read more>>
How to be credit smart
Credit can be a useful tool in achieving a financial goal, however only if you understand what credit is, how to get it and how to use it wisely... read more>>
Financial services takes almost 100 days to identify cyber threats
According to a new Ponemon Institute Survey, sponsored by Arbor Networks, provider of DDoS and advanced threat protection solutions for enterprise and service provider networks, financial services organisations are well aware... read more>>
CBK eases money matters for SMEs

Ngugi Mungai

Small and medium enterprises should have it easy in money matters because of positive policy developments in the banking sector, a Central Bank of Kenya report on performance and developments in the banking sector shows... read more>>
Markets & Investment
JSE Eris Interest Rate Swap Futures launched
The new JSE Eris Interest Rate Swap (IRS) Futures will be based on the Johannesburg Interbank Agreed Rate (JIBAR) and denominated in South African Rand (ZAR)... read more>>
'One Belt-One Road' Economic Forum comes to SA
As part of the 'One Belt-One Road' Economic Forum Global series, the China - South Africa Economic Forum also known as the South Africa - Shanghai China Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum, will be held on 1 September at the Sandton Convention Centre... read more>>
South Africans urged to support Small Business Friday movement
South Africans are encouraged to support small businesses through the new Shop Small Business and Small Business Friday movement... read more>>
Etihad's investment in Alitalia revitalised airline
Etihad Airways' investment in Alitalia has revitalised Italy's national airline and set it on a new course towards sustainable profitability... read more>>
Sanlam businesses merge, rebrand to better serve clients
Two businesses within Sanlam Investments are joining forces to create an independent business under a separate brand... read more>>
Property investors realise Africa's growth potential
Increasingly, both foreign and local investors are seeing the growth potential of Africa, spurred by rising consumer spending of Africa's developing middle class... read more>>
The always-on business relevant to all industries

Warren Olivier

In South Africa, the concept of the always-on business is gathering momentum. Thanks to the connectedness of the world around us... read more>>
Taxation & Regulation
Gauteng MEC meets with Tembisa shopkeepers
The Gauteng MEC for Economic Development, Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development, Lebogang Maile, recently convened with township shopkeepers in Tembisa to discuss a dispute over municipal rates and service charges... read more>>
Guidance on SARS changes to tax claims for medical disabilities

Ilsa Groenewald

The medical tax calculation has changed for the 2015 tax year... read more>>
Kenya Finance Bill 2015: How are SMEs affected?

Ngugi Mungai

Small and medium businesses should expect tax changes once the Finance Bill 2015 is signed into law. The bill formulates the proposals announced in the budget for the financial year 2015/2016... read more>>
Promotion of Access to Information manuals due by 31 December

Glen Bresler, Issued by Meredith Harington

This article concentrates on the obligations of private bodies, and in particular private companies, in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) which came into law in 2000... read more>>
Venture Capital
[SA Innovation Summit] Emerging companies insights: Where do we stand?

Nicci Botha

In a good news, bad news scenario, people would rather hear the bad news first. And in the case of emerging entrepreneurial businesses in South Africa, local is not so lekker, say Maija de Riijk-Uys and Alexandra Fraser of PwC Accelerator and Silicon Cape respectively... read more>>
International
How to prevent identity theft

Andera Lakai

In this age of technology, having access to information at our fingertips, everyone once in a while lie awake at night losing sleep over identity theft and its consequences... read more>>
More International
Business
LinkedIn is the new business card

Leigh Andrews

The problem with networking in real life is that you can't just click and connect, as business cards get bulky while you work your way through the room. That's why it's better to incorporate online networking into your offline meets... read more>>
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