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Speaking in tongues: While Washington sought to scupper the success of the G20 Leaders’ Summit hosted by South Africa and actually boycotted the event, American business was in the plenary halls and vocal at the B20.
AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA

B20: A catalyst for Africa’s luxury renaissance

The world is moving from borrowing African aesthetics to embracing African authority

  • Buyi Mafoko
7 min read
PARTNER CONTENT

Standard Bank reaffirms commitment to South Africa’s SME growth following successful 2025 SAFT summit

Standard Bank’s headline sponsorship of the 2025 South African Future Trust (SAFT) Summit reaffirmed the bank’s commitment to unlocking opportunities for South African small and…

  • Standard Bank
4 min read
Alternative solutions such as revenue-based finance and invoice-based finance can provide capital for small and medium businesses to grow. Photo: Oupa Nkosi
ALTERNATIVE FINANCE

How to boost your business credit using alternative funding strategies

There are ways for start-ups and small and medium enterprises to avoid financing problems

  • Altesh Baijoo
4 min read
Norman Nyawo, Head of Merchant Solutions at Business and Commercial Banking at Standard Bank South Africa
ARTICLE

Game-changing tech adoption can turn SMEs into retail giants

The story of technological innovation is one of empowerment. For SMEs, embracing digital transformation is not optional but essential

  • Standard Bank
3 min read
Photo: Laird Forbes/Gallo Images
BUDGET

A letter to Godongwana: How to create one million jobs in South Africa

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana must lay out tangible, clear and coherent strategies to make good on the president’s State of the Nation promises

  • Miguel da Silva
5 min read
SMALL BUSINESS

Four lessons for SMEs from the events of the past two years

After a period of instability,our democracy is growing up. The temper tantrums are part and parcel of this process

  • Miguel da Silva
6 min read
There are initiatives that can be taken to help millennials overcome challenges. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
2019 ELECTIONS

Three ways the youth can act to make South Africa a better place

Given the challenges millennials face, these initiatives could go a long way in assuring them that a bright future is possible

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read