Tag Archives: South Africa

Number of women business owners in South Africa on the rise (EN)

Despite the gender gap and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, women in South Africa are making progress as entrepreneurs, indicating a strong will and determination to survive, according to transaction services multinational Mastercard’s Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE). The MIWE highlights the vast socioeconomic contributions of women entrepreneurs across the world, provides insight on […]
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Stricter transformation and BEE rules planned for South Africa’s banking and finance sector (BT)

The financial sector is a key contributor to the South African economy and is an important component in driving a transformation of the economy and ensuring greater inclusivity in economic activities, the regulator said. Since democracy, there has been some progress made toward both economic transformation in general and financial sector transformation specifically. However, it […]
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Brenthurst report charts SA’s stark economic decline (DM)

Every year the Economist publishes a book called Pocket World in Figures, which ranks economies on size and a host of other items. In 1993 the third edition was published and ranked South Africa as the 28th largest economy in the world. Last year the same ranking showed that South Africa was now the 38th […]
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What non-geographic number porting means to you (BT)

It is number portability that enables a consumer or business to leave one telecommunications service provider and move to another, taking their number with them. For larger businesses in particular, changing numbers comes with significant costs and inconvenience. Changing all of a company’s marketing collateral and business information – think directory listings, advertisements, business cards […]
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The economic impact of load shedding: The case of South African retailers by Ariel Goldberg (GIBS MBA)

As South Africa continue to be carry the burden of load shedding, Ariel’s MBA research investigated the impact of load shedding on retailers. Her research is clearly relevant, six years later, as it received the most page views (2,019) on UPSpace (University of Pretoria’s Institutional Repository) Q1 2021. Abstract: South Africa is currently experiencing an […]
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These are the 25 biggest listed companies in the country

By: Staff Writer march 23, 2018 Source: https://businesstech.co.za Rank Company Market Cap 1 AB InBev SA R2 178.6 billion 2 British American Tobacco R1 565.1 billion 3 Naspers R1 447.6 billion 4 Glencore Xtrata R872.5 billion 5 Richemont R561.0 billion 6 BHP Billiton R492.9 billion 7 Anglo American R397.2 billion 8 FirstRand R386.9 billion 9 […]
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SA banks: An industry overview by the numbers

By: Business Live September 28, 2017 Source: https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/fm-fox/numbers/2017-09-28-sa-banks-an-industry-overview-by-the-numbers/?platform=hootsuite

This thesis on Natural capital accounting done by Avir Bhaidas was one of our best theses in 2016

Natural capital and externality accounting within large South African organisations By: Bhaidas, Avir Source: http://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/59849 Abstract: In a world with finite natural resources, the prevalence of economic models which exclude environmental impacts signals a non-sustainable business context. A paradigm shift is required to ensure that sustainable economic growth is achieved without further environmental degradation. The […]
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The investment champion: South Africa beats continent in FDI (Bloomberg)

By: Michael Cohen September 13, 2016 Source: http://www.bloomberg.com

South Africa has a skills shortage: How do we fix it?(Weforum)

By: Nicolaas Kruger May 16, 2016 Source:  https://www.weforum.org