Tag: financial literacy

Earned wage access (EWA) is rising in prominence as a powerful HR tool for employers to retain and attract talent. This statement is supported by a new report issued by J.P Morgan titled Financial Inclusion Through Payments. We are a contributing author to the report.

About seven years ago, the United Nations introduced the concept of gender-aware economics and transformative financing. The idea is that funds and other investment vehicles become aware of what they are investing in, taking the time to consider different assets and businesses with a focus on financing women entrepreneurs.

The agricultural sector across sub-Saharan Africa is critical to local and regional economies as a developmental base for food security and employment. Within it, there remains an invisible force driving productivity in the region and across the world.

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.

As leaders meet to discuss the state of the world and the difficult road ahead at the World Economic Forum, a frank and honest discussion about the loss of educational opportunities in developing markets is long overdue.  

Over the years in the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, we have learnt about the effectiveness of purpose-led partnerships. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic provided us with a sense of urgency in supporting individuals and households to take full advantage of the digital economy.

On the back of COVID-19, and the widespread financial difficulties that many people experienced as a result of two years of lockdowns, some South African employees opted to resign from their jobs in order to access their retirement savings. 

While some women seem to excel at making their money work for them, others battle from pay day to pay day. With this book, we tap into what these ‘smartwomen’ know that the rest of us can learn from.

There have been many instances where people have received large sums of money from an insurance pay out and have blown it all unwisely. The TV series I Blew It shows a few examples of this and many have experienced this first hand or seen family and friends go through the same.

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.