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|  | ISSUED BY PAYFLEX An innovative payment gateway is supporting the growth of SMEs by increasing their sales, increasing the order values of their products, and encouraging repeat purchasing...read |
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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM The Biz Most Read Awards is the monthly accolade for companies to claim rightful recognition for business content activity and impressively amplified impressions for their company news and views.... Read |
 | Consumer spending using buy now pay later platforms is expected to reach $437bn globally in 2027, rising from $112bn in 2022 - representing sizeable growth of 291%... Read |
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 | MACDONALD DZIRUTWE The Africa Finance Corporation has received a total of $389m in a dual currency Samurai term loan... Read |
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 | EMILY STANDER This week, we caught up with senior marketing manager at Letsema Consultancy, Pierre Coetzee... Read |
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 | KATJA HAMILTON Proudly SA's report Revitalising SA's Manufacturing Sector, shows up the cracks in a sector that has been on the decline for the last 15 years. And yet, the study offers hope... Read |
 | ALEXANDER WINNING, South Africa reported an improved fiscal position at a mid-term budget on Wednesday... Read |
 | SA's public finances have now been put on a much more sustainable basis... Read |
 | Finance minister Enoch Godongwana announced the extension of the grant during his Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement... Read |
| Financial Services |
 | Alexforbes has announced the completion of its acquisition of the large standalone retirement-fund administration operations from Sanlam Life... Read |
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 | LOREN LUBANGA Increasingly, traditional banks are being compelled to reach out to their customers over their preferred channels, such as SMS, WhatsApp or social media... Read |
 | A new study from Juniper Research has found that the global transaction value of the B2B payments market will exceed $111 tn in 2027, from just over $88 tn in 2022... Read |
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 | Sanlam has expressed its firm intention to acquire AfroCentric shares that would result in Sanlam acquiring a controlling shareholding in AfroCentric... Read |
 | The Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA) has appointed Ntlambi Gulwa as director: inspections from
1 November 2022... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SIMPLY FINANCIAL SERVICES Disruptive digital life company Simply Financial Services has experienced sales growth of >300% p.a. in their intermediated sales channel since the beginning of Covid in 2020, highlighting the value of technology for brokers... Read |
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 | The JSE said it was implementing measures to amend listing requirements for companies in order to attract more firms to the country's stock market... Read |
 | ANDRE CILLIERS The jury is out on just how high the Fed will hike interest rates... Read |
 | Agrarius has listed as Africa's first Shari'ah-compliant sustainability-linked Sukuk on the JSE... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BROAD MEDIA If you need to reach South African investment and finance decision-makers, Daily Investor is the ideal platform... Read |
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 | SINDY PETERS ESG reporting from the continent needs to also take into account Africa's many challenges.... Read |
 | Across the continent, countries in Africa are gearing up for the energy transition by implementing policy and legislative frameworks... Read |
 | SINDY PETERS Implementing ESG at a practical level within an organisation starts with leadership... Read |
 | BUKOLA AMAO-TAIWO Africa is home to over 200 million people aged between 15 and 24, according to UN data. The continent has the largest population of young people in the world... Read |
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 | The DMRE explained that the prices are influenced by several local and international factors including importation costs and the cost of crude oil... Read |
 | SINDY PETERS In order for corporate boards to really understand the ESG issues at hand, they need to include those equipped the right expertise... Read |
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