by Kathy Gibson | Oct 11, 2024 | Trends and Analysis
Trade credit insurance provides essential protection and peace of mind for businesses facing payment challenges. Trade credit insurance is not just about safeguarding against non-payment; it’s about ensuring stability and optimising cash flow. In the event that...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 11, 2024 | Trends and Analysis
Your small or medium-sized retail business has survived Covid-19, load shedding, and the cost of living crisis. Perhaps you’ve even managed to diversify your offering or buy new sites during the past few years, as challenging as they were. And now, with the economy...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 11, 2024 | Trends and Analysis
South Africa’s National Development Plan: Vision 2030 (NDP) serves as a blueprint for progress. Among the most prominent markers of progress are eliminating poverty, reducing inequality, supporting job creation and boosting the country’s competitiveness in the global...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 11, 2024 | Thought Leadership
As global trade evolves, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face significant hurdles in accessing international markets. Fintech innovations are levelling the playing field, enabling SMEs in Africa and around the world to overcome financial and logistical...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 11, 2024 | Thought Leadership
For many business leaders, the allure of new technology is undeniable. Being a modern business with all sorts of tools at your fingertips, including the latest and greatest in AI advancements, is certainly appealing! But just chasing the trends in the technology space...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 11, 2024 | Thought Leadership
Culture is defined by the Collins dictionary as “the total of the inherited ideas, beliefs, values and knowledge, which constitute the shared bases of social action”. It goes on to offer: “the total range of activities and ideas of a group of people with shared...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 11, 2024 | Thought Leadership
South Africa recently got yet another big shopping mall. Once complete, the Madombidzha Mall, located in Makado in Limpopo, will have a 9 200m2 footprint and more than 40 tenants. It will also add to the more than 3 050 shopping malls currently serving local...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 11, 2024 | Trends and Analysis
After months of frustration and economic strain, South Africans are finally breathing a sigh of relief with the 25 basis point interest rate cut by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) in September. Economists are now projecting another 125 basis point cuts by the...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 11, 2024 | Featured Story, Features
The global average cost of a data breach reached $4,88-million in 2024, as breaches grow more disruptive and further expand demands on cyber teams, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report. Breach costs increased 10% from the prior year, the largest yearly jump...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 11, 2024 | Features
The worldwide network security market – including firewall, SSE, traditional SWG appliance, WAF, and ADC segments – is expected to grow to nearly $40-billion by 2028, according to a new report from Dell’Oro Group. This growth will be driven by a...
