Debenture

06/12/2016

Finance + Tech = "great money machine."

Sixty miles east of Wall Street, a spit of land shaped like a whale’s tail separates Long Island Sound and Conscience Bay. The mansions here, with their long, gated driveways and million-dollar views, are part of a hamlet called Old Field. Locals have another name for these moneyed lanes: the Renais...

01/11/2016

. We think this bodes well for SME's in particular.

Converting airtime to WiFi access is long overdue.

26/10/2016

Why isn’t Traditional Credit Scoring Enough for Emerging Markets?

90% of the world’s data was created in the last two years. What does that mean for the un-banked in emerging markets? Across the emerging world, innovative financial institutions are …

19/10/2016

"...The majority of small businesses surveyed indicated that finance for growth would be the most likely they would apply for, followed by working capital and equipment finance, respectively..."

This is just one of the findings from the 2016 National Small Business Survey released by the National Small Business Chamber (NSBC).

19/10/2016

Insolvency is the state of being unable to pay outstanding debts. Here’s everything you need to know about going bankrupt.

18/10/2016

It's been 31 years of hard work for Ivan Saltzman, founder and CEO of discount pharmacy chain Dis-Chem, who entered a fragmented and competitive market when the prevailing wisdom was that retail pharmacy was an expensive and risky industry.

The family-run company could pull in a market cap of R25 billion, as it eyes growth plans.

12/10/2016

Great Read!

Staying organized and finding direction for your day when no one is telling you what to do can be tough for anyone, especially someone starting out. It is so easy to get sidetracked by social media…

12/10/2016

According to famed author and educator Peter Drucker, entrepreneurship is crucial for economic development. What does it mean, then, to live in a society that is becoming more entrepreneurial? There are six major signs that you live in an entrepreneurial society: 1. Innovation precedes regulation: T...

12/10/2016

This is a really great initiative.

Lionesses of Africa Public Benefit Corporation is a social enterprise passionate about women's entrepreneurship in Africa and works to empower the startup dreams of all women on the continent.

12/10/2016

If you know of anyone who runs an SME, and is not being served by banks, let them know about us. ,

Survey shows only 5% of SMEs in sub-Saharan Africa ‘adequately served’ by banks.

12/10/2016

This is depressing

The bond market was characterised by foreign selling, traders said at lunchtime, just two weeks before Gordhan delivers the medium-term budget policy statement

04/10/2016

Great read on the struggles of SME's in South Africa.

Around the world SMEs are a significant driver of GDP and the primary job creator. In South Africa SMEs account for around 40% of GDP.