284 Most graduate programmes promise exposure, mentorship and responsibility. The BBD Grad Programme is built around all three – but its real difference is that graduates do not wait on the sidelines…
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Fitch affirms Eskom rating as utility marks year without load shedding
201 Fitch also affirmed Eskom’s senior unsecured debt. Global ratings agency Fitch has affirmed Eskom’s Long-Term Local Currency Issuer Default Rating at ‘B’ with a stable outlook, reinforcing confidence in the utility’s…
A beginner’s guide to investing
221 Picture: iStock/Sean Anthony Eddy If words like “diversification”, “equities” and “bull market” make you want to close the banking app immediately, you’re not alone. For many South Africans, investing feels like…
Gautrain to take on Uber and Bolt: report
264 Commuters waiting to watch the Gautrain. Image: Paul Scott The Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) plans to launch its own Uber- and Bolt-style e-hailing service in October, News24 reported on Friday. The…
The AI agent dissecting Cape Town’s property market
329 FindHomes co-founder Adrian Bunge For most South Africans, buying a home is the largest financial commitment they will ever make. It is also one of the least transparent. Listings sites show…
SpaceX’s record-setting IPO is here
246 A SpaceX Super Heavy booster carrying the Starship spacecraft lifts off on its 11th test flight at the company’s launch pad in Starbase, Texas, last year. Steve Nesius/Reuters SpaceX took the…
AI and data sharing fuel rise in African tax disputes
220 Tax disputes in Africa are on the rise, with the new wave of disputes extending beyond corporate income tax and transfer pricing to value-added tax (VAT), customs duties, withholding taxes and…
Three years in, PayShap pivots to merchants
477 South Africa’s PayShap instant payments system has passed six million registered users and 905 million transactions since its 2023 launch, operator PayInc said on Thursday – even as the system’s owners…
Two telcos, $1-trillion and two very different fintech bets
227 MTN Group and Vodacom Group between them processed just over US$1-trillion in mobile money transactions across their most recent financial years – a milestone for Africa’s two largest telco-led fintech businesses,…
Plan for Eskom’s municipal debt has ‘stalled’
224Eskom takeover seen as being favoured over private-sector partnerships. As the crisis of arrear municipal debt owed to Eskom deepens, a report by the National Energy Crisis Committee (Necom) containing proposed solutions,…