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 | DESIGAN CHETTY Women empowerment, ESG, and technology adoption are vital over the next year to create the environment that SMEs need to drive economic growth... read |
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 | ISSUED BY BUSINESS PARTNERS LIMITED For many South African small businesses, 2022 has been a year of unprecedented change, as businesses and consumers adapt to life after the worst of Covid-19...read |
|  | | This is the inaugural cohort of the new $30m VC fund of Catalyst Fund, anchored by the financial sector development agency FSD Africa...read |
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| |  | MITCHAN ADAMS The biggest trend in the local startup scene in 2023 is going to be the rise of venture builders (VBs) - companies that literally build other companies, says Mitchan Adams, founder of Aions... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY BITVENTURE We're sure that you've made decisions regarding your personal New Year's resolutions, but have you taken the time to contemplate what resolutions are best suited for your business in 2023?... Read |
 | ROBIN FREDERICKS For centuries, stories have been the most expressive and immersive way to learn about history and heritage, allowing people to explore different cultures and see and do things that bring a country's diversity to life... Read |
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 | The 25 finalists include 17 women-owned or led small and medium enterprises; 13 are from Francophone countries, while the other 12 are from Anglophone countries... Read |
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 | KATJA HAMILTON The Standard Bank group has adopted a platform mindset and is actively participating in several ventures beyond financial services... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY BUSINESS PARTNERS LIMITED For many South African entrepreneurs, credit provides an effective way of financing an SME (small and medium enterprise) through its early stages or into its next phase of growth... Read |
| Small and Medium-sized Enterprises |
 | KATJA HAMILTON Parliament is in the process of finalising the amendment to the Postbank Act which will see government owning Postbank... Read |
 | BEN BIERMAN, ISSUED BY BUSINESS PARTNERS LIMITED As the world continues to recover from the pandemic, our country's economic outlook remains lacklustre. For SMEs, the best way to prepare for the year ahead is to remain agile - be ready for "plan A" but keep "plan B" (and C) in your pocket... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BUSINESS PARTNERS LIMITED To anyone doubting the availability of finance for South African business owners, consider this: Business Partners Limited has provided business loans totalling R19.5bn in over 71,600 transactions with business owners since its start in 1981, totalling R19.5bn worth of finance... Read |
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 | ELIAS BIRYABAREMA A court in Uganda on Tuesday, 10 January, quashed a section of a communications law that has been used to prosecute government critics, journalists and writers, including two who fled to exile in Germany, its judgment said... Read |
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 | CARIEN DU PLESSIS AND ANAIT MIRIDZHANIAN Eskom implemented power cuts on more than 200 days last year, the most in a calendar year... Read |
 | NQOBILE DLUDLA Power cuts have worsened since last Tuesday when Eskom said it would implement Stage 6 load shedding until further notice... Read |
 | BHARGAV ACHARYA AND KOPANO GUMBI Nersa has also approved a 12.74% tariff increase for 2024... Read |
 | KOPANO GUMBI AND RACHEL SAVAGE National Treasury said at October's mid-term budget that it could take on between one-third and two-thirds of Eskom's R400bn debt... Read |
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