The Covid-19 pandemic was almost universally negative in its sweeping, crushing impact on businesses, but it was those in the tech sector that were among the only ones left booming. Information and Communications Technology (ICT), financial...
Profiles
VISA: Innovation, Reliability and Security Drives Financial Inclusion
Since the dawn of Visa’s history in 1958, the year that Bank of America launched the first consumer credit card programme for middle-class consumers and SMEs in the U.S, innovation and growth have been two operative words that have defined its...
FNB NAMIBIA: Namibia’s Best Pioneers Sustainable Transformation
Operating throughout Africa, FNB is universally recognised as one of the most respected and most powerful brands on the continent, making available the best financial services in line with international standards. Not limited to financial services,...
CIPC: Innovating and Improving to Support Enterprise and Growth
Established by the Companies Act 2008, the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) is a vital agency of the Department of Trade and Industry in South Africa, coming into effect in May 2011. A dual office integral to the registration of companies, co-operatives, and intellectual property rights, CIPC seamlessly transitioned to not only maintain but improve standards and turnaround times as the pandemic took hold, with a policy of ceaseless innovation at the core of its efficacy.
RAWSON PROPERTY GROUP: Championing real estate Franchise ownership in South Africa
WHY REAL ESTATE? According to Tony Clarke, MD of the Rawson group, few industries can beat property for ease of access and earning potential. In every economic climate, in times of high interest rates and times of low interest rates, there will...
PARETO PROPERTY: Pareto Pushes Prosperous Transformation Programmes
Stark facts still detract from successes in the South African economy. There are fantastic examples of world-leading organisations that realise monumental accomplishments that are not just financial, but the country is the most unequal in the world...
AURIA SENIOR LIVING: Gold-Standard Choice Over Compromise in Golden Years
“This is not retirement. This is living.” So goes the Auria Senior Living (Auria) mantra, on its mission to erase a deeply-etched line for South Africans seeking a comfortable, hassle-free lifestyle in their older years. “At Auria we refer to...
GRAND REINSURANCE: Balancing Risk Across the Continent
Reinsurance is often more commonly known as ‘insurance for insurance companies’. A vital second layer of protection, it drastically reduces the risk for major insurers of suffering dangerously high losses as a consequence of payments for large...
GRAAFF FRUIT: Growing and Thriving in Ceres Valley
South Africa’s world-famous fruit farming industry is set to hit a boom period as good weather boosts harvests, and favourable trading conditions drive demand for the country’s tasty and lovingly nurtured products. Currently, South Africa is a...
CSIR: Changing Lives Through Leading Innovation
Established through an Act of Parliament in 1945, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) plays a key role in supporting public and private sectors through directed research, all aligned with the country’s priorities, the...
CIPC: Innovating and Improving to Support Enterprise and Growth
While they may not necessarily even be aware of it, every individual who has registered a company name in South Africa has been dealing with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) right from the inception of the nascent business....
SIBANYE-STILLWATER: Success from Sustainability at Sibanye-Stillwater
Sibanye-Stillwater is emerging from the years of pandemic and economic turmoil in solid shape following a period of strong acquisitive activity, and a focus on efficiencies. In terms of financial results, this powerhouse has delivered record...
ICE TECH: Digital Transformations Bridge Gaps Across the Continent
As quickly as the private sector has raised the bar on the customer experience, as have increased pressure and demands on the government to keep pace. As a result, digitisation of public services has become an imperative, helping governments meet...
ZUID-AFRIKAANS HOSPITAL: A Century of Quality Healthcare
While the physical appearance and facade of the hospital may have changed over its near 120-year lifetime, what Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital has never deviated from is the level of service and peerless standards that generations of families have grown...
BIDTRAVEL: SA Tourism Lives Again
By introducing legislation, restrictions, lockdowns, and controls around the movement of people, politicians took the fight to the quickly spreading Covid-19 virus in 2020. But the outcome was devastating for industries that run on people...
MOWANA PROPERTIES: Deep Roots Provide Great Growth for Mowana
In the listed property sector, and the busy property management industry in South Africa, there has been a shift in recent years as technology advances have changed expectations for clients, and transformation and revolution have created new...
SACAP: Innovative Education for a Better, Happier World
Since its establishment in 1997 in Cape Town, SACAP has enjoyed steady and consistent growth. A seminal moment in its history came with the advent of formalised bodies of recognition such as the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) which brought...
ADEGA: Seasoned Team Relaunches Adega
The years of 2020 and 2021 will forever be remembered as times of tragedy and difficulty. Covid-19 created challenges like never before. Travel, tourism, hospitality, retail – all battered by the virus itself and the subsequent restrictions....