Deloitte's South African Investment Management Outlook for 2023 recently revealed that the country's savings rate sits at only 0,5% and is below that of most emerging market peers. Equally concerning was a report from Genesis Analytics in partnership with the...

The world's largest and most expensive cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, made a comeback this year. The renewed institutional interest in cryptocurrency sent Bitcoin surging to a new 12-month high, with its price jumping above $31 300 in June. Although BTC lost some of its...

In 2013, when the term unicorn emerged, only 40 private companies had a valuation of $1-billion in the world. Since then, the number of these financial giants surged, rising to a new record in 2020. According to data presented by BuyShares.co.nz, the number of unicorn...

Enterprise application software revenue to decline 2,2% to $237-billion in 2020, according to the research data analysed and published by Stock Apps. A Gartner report states that the global enterprise application software industry is set to drop by 2,2% in 2020 to...

South Africa's salaries improved by 3% year-on-year in real terms in October 2020, according to the latest BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI). With most of the volatile period for salaries paid over the Covid-19 period nearing an end, a clearer picture of...

Kathy Gibson is at Dell Technologies Forum - It is hard to believe that the at beginning of 2020, few had heard of coronavirus - now every aspect of our lives have been turned upside down. "There have been heartbreaking stories, but also inspirational stories around...

Kathy Gibson is at Dell Technologies Forum - The world has changed dramatically in the last six months but, while some businesses have struggled to adapt, others haven't done as well. Doug Woolley, MD of Dell Technologies South Africa, explains that companies are...

Kathy Gibson is at Dell Technologies Forum - The ability to quickly adapt to changing circumstance, and scale up or down when required, is what differentiates successful businesses in times of crisis. Aongus Hegary, president: international markets at Dell...

As one of the biggest shopping sprees, Black Friday represents a time for consumers to buy items at great deals and each year, there's a trend of spend categories that are popular to consumers. Last year, travel and entertainment were some of the popular spend...

Lockdown impact highlights the importance of financial advice in order to take control on households' journey to success. South Africa's middle-class households were hit the hardest as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and resultant lockdown, as both their physical...