THE RISE OF WOMEN IN THE SME SECTOR
Tracy Eagles FNB Chief Marketing Officer MEDIA RELEASE Over the last ten years, the SME sector has seen a trend of more women taking up opportunities in franchising and this is expected to further increase over the next five years. According to the international Franchise Association (IFA) there are more than 25% of […]
EMOTIONAL MARKETS
On 28 May 1962 the Dow Jones average of thirty leading industrial stocks dropped by 34.95 points. At the time this was a drop bigger than on any other day in history, with the exception of the crash on 28 October 1928. On Tuesday 29 May 1962 the market suddenly changed direction with the index […]
FIRSTRAND NAMIBIA ESTABLISHES HOPE – A HEALTH OPTIMISATION PANDEMIC EMERGENCY FUND
Sarel van Zyl CEO: FirstRand Namibia MEDIA RELEASE 8 April 2020 Today FirstRand Namibia announced the objectives of its HOPE intervention and relief effort, which aims to assist Government and its partners in mitigating the impact of COVID19 rapidly and at scale. HOPE’s immediate objective is to accelerate the scaling of Namibia’s COVID-19 […]
NOT GOING BACK TO NORMAL: BUSINESS CONTINUITY AFTER COVID19
Horst Simon Business Risk Officer, Capricorn Group We always want things to go back to normal quickly, but what most of us have probably not realised yet is that some things will never be the same again. To stop the coronavirus, we radically changed almost everything we do: how we work, exercise, socialise, […]