The Bureau for Economic Research (BER) survey of private business sentiment shows that the Business Confidence Index (BCI) for Q3 improved slightly to 33 from 27 in Q2. While the small gain is encouraging, BCI remains at sharply depressed levels with the Q3 reading...

The Institute of Directors in South Africa (IoDSA) and the King Committee say that, although they remain supportive of reform efforts in what is a highly contested area, some of the proposals contained in the Companies Act Amendment Bills 2023 relating to remuneration...

Traditional models of business funding need a rethink if South Africa's small businesses and entrepreneurs are to emerge from the financially crippling "winter of coronavirus" into a spring of growth and rejuvenation. Accepting that downturns, recessions and economic...

The National Small Business Chamber (NSBC ) has revealed that 86% of small businesses say they have suffered negative effects as a result of the pandemic, with just 14% of small business owners saying they had experienced limited effects. "The short-term outlook for...

The health and economic consequences of Covid-19 have highlighted the critical need to support vulnerable populations, many of whom are disproportionately impacted. Mastercard has pledged to bring a total of 1-billion people and 50-million micro and small businesses...

On average, prices for mobile-voice, mobile-data and fixed-broadband services are decreasing steadily around the world, and in some countries even dramatically. The reduction in price relative to income is even more dramatic, suggesting that, globally,...

Technology and responsible investing will "inevitably be the top two megatrends" of the 2020s. This is the word from deVere Group's chief executive and founder Nigel Green. He says global stocks are rising as the world looks ahead to the post-pandemic era and gradual...

South Africa has been named the second most favoured offshore location for contact centre delivery globally. This is the third year in a row that South Africa has consistently taken second place, straddled in 2020 by two mature sector giants; India in first place and...

Worldwide spending on telecommunications and pay TV services will reach nearly $1,6-trillion in 2020, a decrease of 0,8% compared to 2019, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Telecom Services Tracker. IDC expects the decline to...

A Gartner analysis of earnings announcements of S&P 500 companies through May 12 revealed that 70% of companies have revised or completely withdrawn their earnings guidance due to the Covid-19 pandemic. From the 416 companies that made earnings announcements...