by Dianne Bayley | Jul 24, 2023 | Sustainability
Technology enabled businesses and the solutions they develop represent exciting growth opportunities for investors. In South Africa technology companies and startups alone raised $168.6 million in funding in 2021, writes Nchaupe Khaole, Chief Investment Officer,...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 8, 2023 | Innovation
A study from Juniper Research has found that the number of consumer instant payments will exceed 235-billion in 2027; up from 74-billion in 2023. This growth of 218% will be driven by lower merchant acceptance costs when compared to traditional card schemes.This is of...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 4, 2023 | Sustainability
Amid elevated inflation and rising interest rates, a constrained economy and rolling blackouts, it is safe to say that the purse strings of millions of South Africans have been tight for quite some time.PwC’s latest Global Consumer Insights Survey report shows that...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 24, 2022 | Security and Legal
Data monetisation, or the process of using data to obtain a quantifiable economic benefit, has become big business. In fact, the global data monetisation market is valued at $2.9 billion and forecast to more than double to $7.3 billion in the next five years. This is...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 11, 2022 | Sustainability
More than 27-million consumers were considered to be either credit unserved or underserved in South Africa at the end of March 2022.However, according to the global TransUnion study, “Empowering Credit Inclusion: A Deeper Perspective on Credit Underserved and Unserved...
