Could entrepreneurs save the SA economy?

Hennie Ferreira, small business expert and CEO of Osidon, reflects on turning the economy around in a post-Covid-19 world.   How do we turn the economy around after the pandemic? Government cannot fix the economy but they can create a deregulated environment for...

The future of payments in Africa

By 2050 the population of Africa is expected to grow to 2 billion, while the rest of the world experiences flat or declining population curves. Globally, about 1.7 billion adults (31% of adults) remain unbanked — without an account at a financial institution or...

Now is a good time to start a business

Whether you are looking to replace lost income due to COVID-19 or simply aiming to plug a gap in the market, serial entrepreneur, Arnoux Maré says now is the opportune time for you to start a business. By Arnoux Maré, MD of Innovative Staffing Solutions “During...

Maximise cloud value for business success

Many enterprise efforts to adopt and scale to cloud have stalled. Some organisations got stuck in an experimental mindset without a sense of where their cloud journey was headed, while others struggled to make a clear business case for scaling up their use of cloud....

Proposed regulations for content self-classification

Draft regulations to the Films and Publications Amendment Act, which lay down the conditions for acquiring permits to self-classify content, were recently published. Webber Wentzel partner Carla Collett and candidate attorney Jodi Hardy take a deeper look at them....

Security lessons we can learn from online payments

Electronic payment security has become more crucial than ever since the start of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. As shoppers stay at home and workers avoid face-to-face interactions with clients, businesses have rushed to increase their capacity to accept money online...

How well do you know the PCI DSS standard?

The saying “nothing worth having comes easy…” couldn’t be truer in the case of fortifying an organisation’s systems and infrastructure and ensuring it meets the industry standards and compliance requirements. By Simeon Tassev, MD and qualified security assessor...