144 This time, the consumer confidence level of low-income consumers is higher than that of consumer who earn a higher income. The slight increase in consumer confidence in the third quarter was…
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Closing the gap: XLink champions women’s leadership in payments and tech
141 Despite important progress in diversity, the payments industry continues to face a persistent gender gap. These statistics are not abstract, they directly affect how talent is developed, how innovation is nurtured…
Introducing Dear Jean, Sea Point’s most anticipated address
153 Dear Jean emerges with quiet confidence, a new chapter in Sea Point’s architectural story There is a striking new arrival in Cape Town’s Atlantic seaboard. Dear Jean introduces 82 thoughtfully designed…
Salaries increased but fewer high-income earners
159 Payment index for salaries shows more than 216 000 additional salary payments were recorded in the first eight months of 2025. The revamped version of BankservAfrica’s Take-Home Pay index shows that…
huge new subsea fibre system planned for Africa
185 Seacom, the company that constructed the first submarine cable along Africa’s east coast, connecting South Africa with Europe and Asia, has announced plans to build a massive new system along a…
Eskom working to end load reduction within 18 months
144 Government and state-owned power utility Eskom are embarking on what they describe as an aggressive roll-out of infrastructure to end the “load reduction” of electricity within the next 12-18 months. “We…
Interest rate uncertainty persists
182The future path of US interest rates is unclear, while in South Africa patience will be required, as the transition to structurally lower inflation will take time. Traditionally, central banks have been…
5 innovation strategies for SME growth
124 There’s more to business innovation than breakthrough apps, technology or pivots that disrupt industries. For SMEs, innovation can be found in smaller, practical improvements that bring real value to both customers…
One Campaign, Google unleash AI for health data
135 The One Campaign, a global non-profit that lobbies to end extreme poverty and preventable diseases, has launched an agentic AI data-query platform with Google, allowing academics, researchers, policymakers and others to…
Durban comes dead last in 2024 World Bank port rankings
210With Coega, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth also in the bottom 10 of 403 ports. The Port of Durban ranks dead last in the World Bank Container Port Index for 2024, released…