Jul 2, 2020
The new vehicle market returned to its first full month of sales in June since lockdown commenced. Nonetheless, that didn’t mean a return to the usual levels of sales pre-Covid-19 as the market continues to remain under immense pressure. New vehicle sales for...
Jul 2, 2020
The worldwide cybersecurity market increased 9,7% year on year in Q1 2020, as investment was boosted at the end of the quarter by organisations securing new remote workers in the early stages of lockdown in response to Covid-19. According to Canalys, total investment...
Jul 2, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic is an unprecedented crisis in South Africa which has resulted in an unparalleled response from all sectors in society including the state, non-governmental organisations NGOs), social investors, foundations, companies, funders, individuals and...
Jul 2, 2020
The heads of multilateral development banks and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have issued this statement on supporting trade finance during the Covid-19 crisis The Covid-19 pandemic has provoked the deepest economic downturn of our lifetimes. In addition to the...
Jul 2, 2020
Female-led startups are an overlooked asset class which is overperforming. According to Crunchbase 2019, female founders create 152% more revenue per dollar of capital invested on their male counterparts despite receiving 50% less venture capital funding. In addition,...
Jul 2, 2020
While companies have cut back on marketing budgets due to Covid-19, 73% of chief marketing officers (CMOs) expect the pandemic’s negative impact to be short lived, with a positive outlook for business performance in the 18-24 months. According to Gartner’s...