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How to compare investment fees
It’s a matter of deciphering the acronyms, but the crouton in the financial alphabet soup is the EAC
The finance minister details a plan to ‘rebuild the ancient ruins’
It’s not often that Bible verses and Dickens are quoted in the same speech, especially when the speech is to outline the medium-term budget
Mboweni targets water crisis
The finance minister has vowed to tackle rampant corruption and municipal dysfunction
High fees erode your investments
New middlemen mean today’s investors are paying more fees than previous generations
Online tax hurts the poor
Shutting down mobile and internet services is costing several African countries millions
of dollars
Fees can reduce retirement savings
Small differences in fund management fees can be an investment killer in the long term
Africa is fertile ground for fintech
With so many unbanked citizens and alternative approaches to money, there’s plenty of room for innovation
In for a penny, in for a pounding
Although the individual increases are not large, they add up to a real squeeze.
Eskom rewards bosses for fine job
The lights are going out but the power utility defends its generous pay to its executives.
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