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 | Businesses across South Africa are showing tenacity and innovating in the face of lockdown... read |
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 | LINDIWE KUNENE In almost all the messages, strategies and press conferences we have seen in these tough times of a global pandemic, one thing is clear in the world of SMMEs... Read |
 | Female entrepreneurs are being called to join the Top Tech Tools for Women in Business programme for 2020... Read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY EDGE GROWTH The Edge Growth-managed Vumela Fund recently invested a R25-million funding line in ProfitShare Partners to specifically help SMEs who supply and deliver essentials in the fight against Covid-19... Read |  | PHILLIPA GEARD, ISSUED BY RECRUITMYMOM These not-so-normal work-from-home conditions require your attention to ensure the well-being of high performing remote teams. Empathy is vital... Read |  | NICCI BOTHA The government needs to relook at its Covid-19 lockdown and testing strategy, because it's not going to stem the tide of community transmission... Read |  | The Covid-19 pandemic is a reminder to maintain a clean and safe workspace environment... Read |
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| Entrepreneurship |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE DigsConnect is a seasonal business, with the busy period being between September and February. However, the student accommodation platform has taken the lockdown period to evolve their product offering... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE During the nationwide lockdown, Naked Insurance offered CoverPause on the days' customers were not driving, saving up to 90% of the car insurance premiums... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Gareth Price and Chris Bruchhausen shares how the coronavirus has had an impact on Investmint, an online platform connecting businesses in need of a loan... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE The nationwide lockdown can be stressful for our little furry friends too. Zuki, an online platform, has continued to provide pet information directly from the expertise of a vet... Read |
 | GAVIN REARDON One of the positive impacts of Covid-19 on the global economy is that it is accelerating the pace of digital transformation within public and private organisations... Read |
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| |  | VUKANI MNGXATI Experts don't know how long it will take to contain the coronavirus so businesses are challenged with not only preparing for the short-term, but also developing new capabilities and ways of working... Read |
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 | MELISSA MBAZO Africa's entrepreneurship rate is the highest in the world. According to the African Development Bank (AfDB), 22 % of Africa's working age population segment are starting their own businesses... Read |
| Business Plans |
 | DEIDRE FRYER Small businesses are in a tough situation. They are under pressure to implement new technologies to stay competitive in today's fast-moving tech-savvy environment... Read |
| Community |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE As a business strategist and startup coach, Sandras Phiri is well-known in the startup community. He shares some insight into how his latest project has had to adjust to lockdown life... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Charmaine Lambert, manager at WorkInProgress, an Absa innovation lab, believes that the next six months will be a challenging time for the majority of the startup community... Read |
 | Covid-19 and the economic downturn has and will continue to have a devastating impact on SMEs throughout South Africa... Read |
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 | Findings from the Covid-19 National Small Business Survey highlights the continued plight of small businesses coming out of Level-5 lockdown... Read |
| HR |
 | TERENCE MOOLMAN There is no doubt that Covid-19 has been a catalyst for change. As social distancing becomes the new normal, entire workforces have needed to connect as well as collaborate remotely. Read |
 | MARKUS GSCHWARI Responsible leadership has taken on an even deeper meaning, as our workforces and our customers find themselves in an unfamiliar, fast-moving global environment... Read |
| Legal Regulations |
 | SAFIYYA PATEL & JAYSHALL VASSEN At the same time as grappling with a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19, South Africa's credit rating was also downgraded to below investment grade by Moody's... Read |
| Small and Medium-sized Enterprises |
 | THAMI MOATSHE Economists forecast that the nationwide lockdown implemented to contain the spread of the coronavirus will have far-reaching economic implications... Read |
 | As South Africa enters another week of the national lockdown the world and business as we know it, is changing dramatically... Read |
| Social Entrepreneurship |
 | SINDY PETERS Zakheni Ngubo, founder and CEO at Syafunda, shares his experience of the current Covid-19 crisis and how his organisation is navigating these unusual times... Read |
| Starting Up |
 | Source Food has launched an incubator designed to offer individuals and businesses in the food and beverage industry the knowledge, skills and resources to take their product to market... Read |
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 | SHAHEEN MEHTAR, LUCILLE BLUMBERG, MARC MENDELSON Many countries, including South Africa and Nigeria in Africa, are moving to make it mandatory to wear non-medical cloth masks when people are outside their homes... Read |
 | The global digital evolution has just been put into overdrive by Covid-19 as locked-down nations are forced to accelerate the shift online, driving a massive spike in data needs... Read |
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 | NICCI BOTHA While people can handle change, uncertainty can seriously drive up stress and anxiety levels, especially around the world of work... Read |
 | A study conducted by Mastercard shows that South Africans are moving to contactless payments for everyday purchases, seeking touch-free payment experiences... Read |
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