122 Government and the private sector are waiting with bated breath for the FATF plenary on Friday, where the organisation will decide if South Africa can be removed from the greylist. The…
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South Africans are rethinking unit trusts …
143 And turning to active ETFs instead. Actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are rapidly outpacing traditional unit trusts on EasyEquities, the low-cost online investment platform owned by Purple Group, as investors look…
Vodacom, MTN join GSMA coalition to deliver $30 smartphone for Africa
136 Global mobile telecommunications industry body the GSMA has partnered with six of Africa’s largest mobile operators – Airtel, Axian Telecom, Ethio Telecom, Orange, and South Africa’s Vodacom and MTN – to…
The company building a ‘living computer’ with human cells
105 The invention of the silicon transistor was fundamental to the success of the digital age, driving the core of the modern-day digital economy. The rise of generative AI has put hardware…
Bringing crypto closer, South Africa’s first crypto TV show
100 Crypto education gap in South Africa sparks the launch of a new educational TV to empower South Africans. As cryptocurrency adoption accelerates across Africa, many South Africans still face a steep…
AI and automation redefine contract management
116 An executive roundtable discussion, hosted by Workday and Evisort, introduced a compelling dialogue on how the contract lifecycle process today can be enhanced and transformed using both artificial intelligence and automation….
R90m per year: Meet Discovery Group’s highest-paid executive — and it’s not the CEO
128 Neville Koopowitz received a fixed salary of £1.1 million per year, approximately R25.4 million. Discovery Vitality Health CEO Neville Koopowitz, received more than £4.4 million in remuneration for the 2025 financial…
Day of reckoning looms in Vodacom’s ‘please call me’ fight
136 Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub The drawn-out “please call me” saga between Vodacom and its former employee, Nkosana Makate, is headed back to the supreme court of appeal in the coming…
safeguard your business with Vox and Sophos
88 In South Africa, we are unfortunately used to home invasions and certainly there is evidence that the presence of a security company can go a long way towards keeping homes, businesses…
Gold shares have run hard but are still cheap
93The sharp increase in the gold price saw profit margins reach new records, strengthening balance sheets and promising high dividends … with some saying the case for gold ‘is still strong’. Gold…