Yesterday evening Sanlam unveiled its new purpose and brand positioning, what it calls its new promise to Africa...
The Sanlam Moola-Money Family Game Show is acreative initiative from Sanlam aimed at using engaging, creative initiatives to help South Africans better manage their finances...
Non-life insurers will have to stay on their toes throughout 2021. Hard on the heels of the Covid-19 business interruption judgements that caught some insurers off guard in 2020...
The award recognises Sea Monster for the design and implementation of the Livin' it Up financial education mobile game that was designed for Capitec Bank...
According to Bonga Xulu, Johannesburg's regional portfolio manager at TUHF, SMMEs have a crucial role to play in South Africa's economic recovery as the Covid-19 pandemic remains an ongoing concern...
Radio dramas have long been a powerful tool to captivate audiences through creative storytelling. The format touches on education, information and entertainment in a way that others can only dream of, and as a result it's no surprise that many corporate marketing campaigns still lean on it as part of a broader strategy to reach their target audience...
Justin Keats, Issued by MediaHeads 360 16 Nov 2020
Claire Bisseker of Financial Mail has been named Sanlam Financial Journalist of the Year 2019...
Following a judging process facilitated by industry leader Snapplify, the UK South Africa Tech Hub, delivering the GESAwards in South Africa have announced the regional shortlist of South African semi-finalists...
Issued by Snapplify 30 Oct 2020
The process of appointing the commissioner and up to four deputy commissioners of the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has commenced, National Treasury says...
Women bore the brunt of economic hardship during the Covid-19 pandemic, research shows...
Dolana Conco 21 Aug 2020
Every year, 21 August marks World Entrepreneurs' Day. The purpose of this day is to create awareness of entrepreneurs and innovation throughout the world...
Evan-Lee Courie 20 Aug 2020
South Africa is known globally for having an efficiently run, well-regulated and stable financial services industry. And the enterprise tasked with regulating this robust sector, the FSB, was largely successful - which begs the question: why change this regulator to the FSCA in 2018?
Kedibone Dikokwe 2 Jul 2020
Described as a rising young talent at Construction Computer Software (CCS) SA, Bonokuhle Magwaza is an automated QA tester...
Sindy Peters 12 Jun 2020
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) has reportedly become the first tertiary education institution in South Africa to adopt Xero Learn...
This #YouthMonth, we chat to Nkosinathi Mahlangu to find out more about his work at the Momentum Metropolitan Foundation, how the organisation is advancing youth empowerment in SA...
Sindy Peters 3 Jun 2020
Over the past few weeks, we have seen big business stepping up to mitigate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic...
Nick Rockey and Cathy Duff, Issued by Trialogue 26 May 2020
SmartWage is a social impact startup focused on financial inclusion in Africa and was started with the vision to eliminate the payday poverty cycle...
Evan-Lee Courie 13 May 2020
It's near impossible to forecast with any certainty what awaits South Africans beyond the national lockdown. The only certainty at this stage is that things will not be as they were before...
John Manyike 11 May 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic and its effects are reverberating across the world challenging all of us in varying degrees...
Jules Newton 6 May 2020
Leaders from multilateral development banks, financial institutions and the private sector called on peers to dispel myths about women being too "high risk" for financing...
Winners of the 2019 Amasa Awards were announced last night (24 October 2019) at a ceremony that took place at the Houghton Hotel in Johannesburg, celebrating excellence in the media industry...
As part of its efforts to help alleviate youth unemployment in South Africa, Surf Washing Powder has launched a free online e-learning platform...
The Amasa Awards has announced the finalists for the 2019 edition of the awards...
Samkelisiwe Hadebe, who is heiress to a maize, soybeans and sugar bean farm in Daggakraal, Mpumalanga previously owned by her grandfather, shares her top five tips on how other budding woman farmers can succeed in the agriculture industry...
In South Africa there are many initiatives to support entrepreneurial development from different educational, professional and business angles - and almost always one of the most pressing issues experienced by participants is that of financing...
Jessica Cilliers, Issued by SAICA 12 Jul 2019
Wealth creation is elusive when one earner supports many - this is the current dilemma faced by many young black South Africans when it comes to black tax...
In a world where economic freedom is everybody's dream, one family has to navigate itself around things like Model C accents, rice cakes, naughty corners, therapy and most of the things that rich people do...
Issued by DNA Brand Architects 7 May 2019
Over the years your predecessors have consistently increased the pressure on high net worth individuals in their annual budgets. Currently the top 2% of earners account for between 25% and 35% of South Africa's total revenue...
Andrew Duvenage 19 Feb 2019
Emerging market insurtech companies are set to play a major role in the predicted rise of premium growth across the global insurance industry...
New research by Momentum Corporate has revealed that presenteeism - the phenomenon when employees are at work but not productive due to distractions - is costing South African businesses an estimated R89bn per year...
Kathryn Main is a single mom of three boys, former sales manager of Sawubona magazine, and founder of Mainmultimedia and Money Savvy Kids (MSK). She explains why working for herself was not an option but a necessity, her personal financial education journey and why she doesn't want the next generation to go through what she went through...
Leigh Andrews 22 Aug 2018
The long-term success of financial service providers lies in consumers understanding of the financial products they offer, says Finance Deputy Minister Mondli Gungubele...
The Ivorian government has signed MOU with Visa with an aim to digitise government services and ensure financial services are accessible to more Ivorians...
Financial advisers have a critical role to play in tough economic times by guiding their customers through the noise and uncertainty to achieve their financial aspirations...
In South Africa, each institution is required to comply with its own industry-specific legislation, but that is changing with the implementation of Twin Peaks legislation...
The UWC FinLit Innovation Competition has been launched as a way to develop an inventive financial literacy programme designed by youth, for youth...
Find out how to invest in your company's presence on the biggest multi-industry B2B news website in Africa and attract more interest from 328,000 decision-maker audiences across 18 industry sectors...
Issued by Bizcommunity.com 25 Jan 2018
Small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) contribute significantly to South Africa's GDP (estimated between 30% and 57%), and provide employment to between 61% and 80% of the country's workforce...
Lesley-Ann Morgan, global head of defined contribution and retirement strategies at Schroders UK, shares insights into post-retirement default strategies and drew parallels between SA's retirement fund industry and elsewhere in the world...
The days of silo regulators within the financial services sector are soon ending. Twin Peaks will see the establishment of a dedicated prudential regulatory authority in the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and a new Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA).
Lesego Mafadza, Derek Vice, Finn Elliot and Nicky 6 Dec 2017
"Women have an important role to play in transforming the industry and growing tourism. The empowerment of women, especially at decision making and executive levels, needs to be accelerated..."
Kershen Pillay does not believe in luck. "I believe in working hard consistently and always staying focused on sharpening my skill. As an entrepreneur you have to be open to listening, learning and constantly developing yourself..."
Shan Radcliffe 29 Nov 2017
Despite a dire political and economic environment, retailers are upbeat about Black Friday sales and Christmas spending...
Michelle Gumede 21 Nov 2017
Findings about the South African market from WE's inaugural Brands in Motion research shows consumers don't care as much about fancy banking app features as they do about their values and how banks align with these...
Sarah Gooding-Kobus 26 Oct 2017
Index insurance is being promoted as a solution to protect climate affected smallholder farmers in Africa. This type of microinsurance is slowly gaining ground as a way of compensating farmers for...
Wambi Michael 25 Oct 2017
The Trialogue Knowledge Hub offers free examples of best-practice projects, case studies, research and much more so that companies can start or improve their own projects and programmes...
Issued by Trialogue 20 Oct 2017
Finalists have been announced in the Loeries' Live Events, Activations, Sponsorships, PR and Media Communication categories...
The Banking Association of South Africa (BASA), through its StarSaver initiative, challenges member banks to take financial education to South Africa's Grade 7-9 learners to provide sound financial foundations...