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Tap, Tap, Tap and Grow Summary insights here on a huge year for ECommerce - and coming from the Chairperson of the ECommerce Forum of South Africa (EFSA) and the CEO of PayU South Africa, Karen Nadasen....
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Black Friday's slow start The impact of lockdown and COVID-19 was evident as Black Friday sales got off to a disappointing start with total spend down 63% and trading volumes plummeting 33%, by comparison to last year, in the first minute afterthe clock struck midnight....
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The Impact Of COVID-19 On Financial Planning For Businesses Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can help to cut forecast errors by up to half, now leaving traditional methods behind when accuracy is needed most. For many industries, Lockdown and COVID-19 caused havoc when it came to forecasting - how do you manage staff and stock when shop......
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Arno Lawrenz Joins Sasfin Asset Managers As Chief Investment Officer Sasfin has announced that Arno Lawrenz will join the Sasfin Asset Managers team as Chief Investment Officer. Backed by a track record within the biggest names in asset management, Lawrenz has been managing fixed income funds since the 90s. As Head of Fixed Income at Coronation, he launched the Coron......
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Prosus’ PayU Dominates Emerging Markets With Its $1bn (R15.8bn) Acquisition Trail Prosus' PayU business has been on a barnstorming acquisition trail with over R15bn spent on M&A. PayU’s global expertise, payment methods and cross-border products specifically supports emerging markets - and will transform PayU's proposition on the next e-commerce frontier - the African continent....
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