The infant is growing and in rude health. On 4th August 2013, Biznews was born. It has been muscling up every day since, helped by editor Alec Hogg’s Undictated column. Initially commissioned by Business Day newspaper, Undictated has evolved into a self-standing section exclusively for Biznews. Here, in descending order, are the 10 best read … Read more
I should have been with my pals at CNBC Africa last Friday. But by the time the sleep was wiped out of the eyes, I was on an aeroplane to Cape Town for a pre-arranged visit with Capitec’s CEO and founder Riaan Stassen. It all worked out for the best in the end. CNBC produced … Read more
We’ve been paying a lot of attention to Capitec. It’s a phenomenal story of a micro-lender that has gone mainstream, ploughing in the high profits from its unsecured lending into creating a transaction fee base now approaching R1bn a year. But as serious problems have emerged for its core business, questions have been raised around … Read more