Tag: financial knowledge
The rise of AI expertise as a new employment trend in...
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology continues to evolve globally, its integration into the South African business landscape is becoming increasingly prominent. Companies across various sectors are leveraging AI to drive efficiencies, optimise operations, and create new revenue streams.
BOOK REVIEW | Small Changes for Big Results
Sustainable change does not occur in one giant leap. We all make plans, set goals and enthusiastically imagine a better future. Unfortunately, most people never achieve their goals, whether they be personal or financial.
Stokvels – a booming industry for South Africa’s economy
Stokvels are on the move: moving from villages to cities, from beneath mattresses into savings accounts and investment instruments. As they move and evolve, their potential for growth and their ability to create wealth increases.
Early-stage entrepreneurship – making it through the first few years
With entrepreneurship critical to SA’s economic recovery, there are resources to help aspiring entrepreneurs get ahead. Entrepreneurship has been hailed as the key to South Africa’s economic recovery – and the good news is that all signs point to it being on the rise.
Why financial advice is different for women?
Despite some changes in recent years, women still have a tendency to leave financial affairs to their husbands. Often, women are far removed from the detail and this could be an obstacle when they need to make financial decisions they have little experience or knowledge of. Divorce or the death of a spouse can turn the best laid financial plans upside down.
Financial mistakes for the average SME owner this year amounted to...
Four in five small businesses want to become more knowledgeable about financial management, but two thirds lack the support they need. New research reveals that South African small businesses are making mistakes costing them an average of R91,311 per year due to a lack of financial knowledge.
Traits that make you a successful franchisee
Buying a franchise is in no way the same as starting a company. In some ways, it is quite complex to get it off the ground, because some franchisors cutting corners when it comes to doing the groundwork for the franchisor. The franchise sector in South Africa is represented in 14 different business sectors, constituting the highest and most diverse range of entrepreneurial endeavours.
