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Standard Bank & African Development Bank Empower SMMEs & Trade

The African Development Bank Group and Standard Bank Group (SBG) have signed a landmark agreement to increase funding for small, medium, and micro enterprises (SMMEs) while expanding trade across Africa. The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited has signed a...

5 Great Apps Created For The Township Market

South Africa's total employment through the informal economy otherwise referred to as the 'township economy' is 17%. In a country that has a significantly high unemployment rate, the informal sector can be a lifeline to families who lack formal...

Coca-Cola Commits to Supporting Township SMMEs in South Africa

Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) is driving economic inclusion by supporting township-owned SMMEs. According to the quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) Q2 2023, 32.6% of unemployed people in South Africa, this figure has dropped by 0.3% since the first quarter,...

Huawei Cloud to Invest $6-Million in Startups Over the Next 3 Years

Huawei South Africa CEO Spawn Fan announced that Huawei Cloud will invest R100 million ($6 million) in 1000 startups over the next three years at Huawei’s Eco Connect 2022 event which took place on Friday.  Fan underlined the importance...

Telkom Business’ izwe.ai Brings Multilingual Translation Services to SMMEs

Telkom Business, in collaboration with Enlabeler, has introduced izwe.ai, an artificial intelligence-driven transcription and translation platform that provides businesses with speech-to-text services to create a cost-effective and convenient communication experience for SMMEs.  Transcription and translation  Through izwe.ai businesses can engage directly...

Telkom Launches New Mobile Pay App for SMMEs in SA

Telkom Financial Services has launched the Telkom Pay Mobile Point-of-Sale (mPOS) app, a fintech tool that allows small, micro, and medium business owners to make and receive payments through their mobile phones. Telkom says that the said businesses will be...

Orderin CEO Gives 5 Simple Ways SMMEs Can Become Competitive in eCommerce

A few years ago, the majority of South Africans had never made a single purchase online. Today, the local e-commerce market has experienced a massive boom as lockdown restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, made online shopping feel...

To Emerge from COVID-19 Businesses Will have to “Re-Think” Traditional Models

Traditional models of business funding need a re-think if South Africa’s small businesses and entrepreneurs are to emerge from the financially crippling “winter of coronavirus” into a spring of growth and rejuvenation. Accepting that downturns, recessions and economic crises are...

CCaaS gaining traction among Kenyan SMEs

Contact Centre as a Service (CCaaS) is fast becoming the preferred solution for contact centre operators across the globe, as it offers scalability as and when the operational needs of an enterprise change and provides several advantages over traditional...

i-Pay changes to Ozow and offers zero processing fees

If you've done any kind of online shopping in South Africa, you're more than likely to be familiar with the name i-Pay. Not only do they make electronic funds transfers (EFTs) smoother and safer, they also singlehandedly saved 2018...
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TECNO and itel Present Tech Gifts Ideas for Father’s Day 2025

Father’s Day is around the corner, on 15 June. It is a time to celebrate, honor, and appreciate the...
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