Category Archives: Knowledge central

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HIV/AIDS is no longer the leading cause of death in Africa

By: David Ng’ang’a  August 31, 2017 Source: https://www.weforum.org

Motivation quote

Source: http://www.projecteve.com

Technology small biz rely on

By: Small Business Trends May, 2014 Source: https://smallbiztrends.com/infographics/verizon-survey-infographic

Three ways to buy an established online business

By: Doug Winter August 14, 2017 Source: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/295829 This year will be known as the year enterprises became artificially intelligent. Research by Gartner suggests that interest in new big data investments has peaked. The question has changed from “how do we get data?” to “what do we do with it?” Forrester found that enterprises plan on increasing investment in artificial […]
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Quote of the day

Source: http://usingtechnologybetter.com/a-great-quote-about-learning/

Are women paid less than men for the same work?

By:The Data Team August 01, 2017 Source: https://www.economist.com  

If you’re addicted to your phone, you might be one of these personality types

By: James A. Roberts  August 08, 2017 Source: https://www.weforum.org

New books in the Information Centre

New books recently added to the Information Centre’s collection.  

Seven tips to clinch that promotion at work

By: Avery Blank June 09, 2017 Source: https://www.weforum.org   Are you up for a promotion, and it’s a crowded field? In situations where there are many people vying for that one opportunity, the human instinct is to see it as a competition, the survival of the fittest. It’s not. It is not about competition. Don’t […]
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One of our best 2016 theses was on hedge fund replicators in South Africa by David Boers

By: Boers, David Source: http://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/59809 Abstract: The purpose of this paper was to explore the passive replication of hedge fund returns as an alternative means of investment. Current popular techniques have generally shown poor out-of-sample performance. This research aimed at creating an equity factor model through the use of the “style engine” created in Muller and […]
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