Mar 9, 2022
After remaining unchanged at 43 points in the fourth quarter of 2021, the RMB/BER Business Confidence Index (BCI) increased to 46 in the first quarter of 2022. Although this is just below the neutral-50 mark reached in the second half of last year, the latest reading...
Mar 9, 2022
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. This is according to the latest Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs Index (MIWE),...
Mar 9, 2022
The litany of serious governance failures laid bare in the published elements of the Zondo Report is a wake-up for South Africa, and remuneration issues are at the heart of the problem – and it’s solution. This is according to Dr Mark Bussin, executive...
Mar 9, 2022
The rate people defaulted on their loans for the first time improved in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to Experian South Africa’s Consumer Default Index (CDI). People defaulted on their loans at a lower rate than the fourth quarter of the previous year,...
Mar 9, 2022
The financial pressure on Russia, as a result of global sanctions following the military conflict in Ukraine, is increasing to the point where cybercrime is now seen as a viable alternative to conventional revenue sources. This is according to Deon Smal, CEO of Cyber...
Mar 9, 2022
Intel, along with Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE), AMD, Arm, Google Cloud, Meta, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Samsung and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, have established an industry consortium to promote an open die-to-die interconnect standard called Universal...
