Creative CFP

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Cape Town, South Africa Business advisory firm Creative CFO has recently launched Creative Growth Capital, its very own investment vehicle to meet the high demand for flexible funding solutions that are better geared toward SME business models.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Analysts estimate the South African government has lost a total of about $37 billion as a result of misinvoicing in its global trade operations. Reports this week in South African publication the Daily Maverick said think tank Global Financial Integrity (GFI) has calculated the South African government lost about $7.4

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Louis is the Director of WealthUp, an independent advice practice based in Cape Town, South Africa, that oversees the U.S. Welcome back to the 303rd episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! My guest on today's podcast is Louis van der Merwe.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2018

In South Africa, there’s been a rise in debit order fraud. Enoch Malisa, chief operating officer for the Payments Association of South Africa (PASA), stated that 90 percent of those disputes are tied to consumers contacting banks and reversing orders that had been previously authorized.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2017

ACI Worldwide , a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, announced the launch of Alipay in South Africa, via leading regional payment service provider Peach Payments. Alipay is the world’s largest online and mobile payment platform, with more than 450 million active Chinese users.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Mastercard announced last week that people in South Africa can now use Masterpass, the digital payments service by Mastercard, for purchases at more than 30,000 SnapScan merchants in South Africa via their mobile phones.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2017

When it comes to smartphone penetration in Africa, South Africa leads the way. In South Africa, 37 percent of the country’s 55 million citizens have access to smartphones, however, using their phone to make payments isn’t their default choice. In South Africa, nearly $9.8 percent in 2015.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2017

In South Africa, where cash still reigns and there are few signs of merchants and consumers moving away from paper and coin payments, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) face several payments dilemmas. Face2Face Africa says part of the problem is inertia: most consumers are just used to paying cash.

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CFO Talks

JUNE 6, 2023

Written by Staff Writer Amsterdam-based Katekani Mabasa, who is the Global M&A Senior Finance Lead at Phillips International, explained to CFO Convo why South African CFOs are suited to international success. South Africa is one of the countries where Europe recruits quite a lot of accountants.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2016

The response to the first Starbucks location in South Africa has compelled the company to scale up its expansion plans — by no small amount. ” “I think [the South African] market is going to be larger than we probably thought initially,” he added. At the time of the opening of the omnipresent (in the U.S.,

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CFO Talks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Over the decades, Gauteng has moved from a mining hub to the manufacturing and financial services heartbeat of South Africa. The post Why Gauteng’s economy and its CFOs hold the keys to national prosperity appeared first on CFO Club Africa.

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CFO Talks

JUNE 22, 2023

Written by Staff Writer Professor Matthew Egu has spent much of the last decade researching what makes businesses successful in Africa. His research includes how South African multinationals perform in SADC countries and the challenges smaller firms have accessing finance in Africa. He shared his story exclusively with CFOClub.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

That’s what First National Bank of South Africa is doing. South Africa still has a large section of the population that has limited access to banking facilities, and we want to turn this around,” said Lee-Ann van Zyl, chief executive of First National Bank of South Africa, in a report.

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CFO News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The major trading partners of India in that region in 2022-23 were South Africa (total trade USD 18.9 billion, exports USD 8.5 billion); Nigeria (USD 11.85 billion, exports USD 5.15 billion); Togo (USD 6.6 billion, exports USD 6 billion), and Tanzania (USD 6.5 billion, exports USD 3.93 billion).

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CFO Talks

JULY 19, 2023

Written by Staff Writer South African CFO Club was recently part of the historic founding of the International CFO Alliance. Access to bigger markets and global recognition, according to the new chairperson. “Imagine a CFO Club Africa Member being afforded an opportunity to apply… and being awarded an international CFO designation.

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CFO Talks

JUNE 15, 2023

Written by: Leigh Schaller Clawing for success Jeff Ryan is the managing director of AWCape, a Sage provider in South Africa. If you step outside of that role, some people get irritated because they have their own role, and other people are amazed that you’re willing to go over – and that is a South African mentality.

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CFO Talks

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Since its launch in July of 2022, the CFO Club has been growing at a rapid rate, welcoming 200 new CFOs from across Africa to its ranks and recently celebrating its 200th podcast recording. The CFO office requires guts, creativity and gumption – everything South Africa needs if we’re going to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps.

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CFO Talks

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Below are the advantages and considerations for CFOs contemplating this shift, drawing inspiration from the groundbreaking 4-day workweek pilot in South Africa. Insights from the South African Pilot: The results of the first 4-day workweek pilot in South Africa, starting on March 1, 2023, are illuminating.

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CFO Talks

APRIL 13, 2023

However, setbacks have not held Gumbo, assistant vice president at Citibank South Africa, back. Gumbo is a regulatory accountant who serves as the assistant vice president at Citibank South Africa and as a non-executive director at the Institute of Bankers of South Africa. However, success took work. “I

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CFO Talks

JANUARY 18, 2022

From SPENCER STUART : SPENCER STUART, a management consulting firm conducted a report to find out more about CFOs in the top 40 JSE listed companies, also comparing their findings to the US, UK and Australia. The detailed analysis of the CFOs in the JSE top 40 companies include the following insights: Ethnicity. Experience. qualification.

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CFO Talks

APRIL 5, 2023

Written by Leigh Schaler In a recent interview on the CFOTalks podcast, Zebediah Marewangepo a Senior Business Consultant at Taxdirect, shared his insights on the accounting profession in Zimbabwe and South Africa. South African firms’ focus on compliance, but only a little else.

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CFO News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Prior to this appointment, Shanker was associated with Schneider Electric as CFO for its International Business GSC covering India, Middle East, Africa, South America, East Asia, Japan & Pacific, according to a statement.

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CFO Talks

AUGUST 10, 2023

Written by: Leigh Schaller Clive Chitungo, national operations reporting manager of Komatsu South Africa, shared with the CFOClub Podcast his journey marked by resilience and self-accountability. Clive Chitungo is the national operations reporting manager of Komatsu South Africa. appeared first on CFO Club Africa.

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CFO Talks

JUNE 29, 2023

Written by Staff Writer Dr Trish Ndlovu explains to CFOClub Africa how being a finance leader in the education sector is deeply meaningful. “I Education is highly regulated in South Africa. If you look at our history of education in South Africa, it’s a sore point. appeared first on CFO Club Africa.

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CFO Talks

JULY 31, 2023

Written by Leigh Schaller At the recent CFO Africa conference, four CFOs shared their thoughts on managing the tech transitions and whether AI poses an existential threat to CFOs. This is unlikely as long as CFOs embrace and adequately manage the disruption, according to a recent panel discussion between CFOs at the CFO Africa conference.

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CFO Talks

JULY 7, 2023

Fifteen CFO associations from Europe, Africa, and Central America formed the Alliance, with South Africa playing a prominent role. The post George Luputa on being part of a historic CFO moment appeared first on CFO Club Africa. In ten, twenty, or fifty years, I strongly believe that this alliance will become big.

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CFO Talks

AUGUST 2, 2023

This is why I love being part of the CFO Club, Africa Community because I have exposure to a network of the most powerful and dynamic finance business leaders in South Africa and the rest of Africa.” But for me, another big part of it is community.

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CFO Talks

AUGUST 24, 2022

Welcome to this SAIBA CFO podcast, SAIBA is the South African Institute of Business Accountants, it has more than 12 000 members and specialises in a wide range of disciplines such as accountancy and tax, training and development, career enhancement, legislation and financial reporting. Adding value to business is critical for our role’.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

In this week’s look at the latest in bank-FinTech collaboration, PYMNTS explores the newest initiatives around open banking to support corporate end-users, including the latest application programming interface (API)-driven initiative from Xero in South Africa. Xero Drives Open Banking In South Africa With Nedbank.

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CFO Talks

OCTOBER 19, 2022

‘ A mindset focused on delivering results ‘ Welcome to the CFO Club Africa podcast, where we interview leading CFOs from Africa and beyond. CFO Club Africa is a division of the Chartered Institute of Business Accountants, the professional body for business accountants, financial managers and chief financial officers.

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CFO Talks

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Focusing behind the Highveld Van Wyk also wants CFOs to think beyond South Africa’s boundaries in their search for growth. “We We want to move the focus of the CFO towards Africa. Van Wyk points out that Africa’s population is, on average, young, and the continent is ripe for development.

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CFO Talks

JUNE 13, 2023

This milestone event, hosted by Tunisia’s local CFO association, COGEREF, brought together CFO leaders from 15 associations spanning Northern and Southern Africa, Europe, and Central America. The formation of this alliance marks a significant step towards the collective mission of elevating the CFO profession on a global scale.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2019

The deployment in South Africa of what some observers are calling ATMs for medicine. South Africa has the highest number of people with HIV of any country. It’s not exactly clear how the early deployment of those machines are impacting pharmacy payments in South Africa, though. The latest development?

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Creative CFP

AUGUST 31, 2022

For South African business owners, the economic stability of Europe coupled with business-friendly legislation makes the continent a desirable place for expansion. the value of a company over its earnings) of selected listed companies in the Netherlands was just under 12x, whereas in South Africa, the multiple was just over 6x.

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CFO Talks

APRIL 25, 2023

Access to AI thought leaders A look at developed markets such as Switzerland can help predict what may happen in South Africa. The post The future is AI, but the skills are missing – survey appeared first on CFO Club Africa.

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CFO Talks

OCTOBER 21, 2022

South African CFOs spent twelve days in Italy attending the annual CFO Alliance Summit, learning from international peers, and bouncing ideas off each other. What South Africa can learn from Italy. What Italy can learn from South Africa. But South Africa has been pounded quite a few times.

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CFO News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Russia contributes 8 per cent, Brazil is at 7 per cent and South Africa contributes a paltry 2 per cent, giving combined 26 per cent of global economic output. Currently China contributes 70 per cent of the BRICS' GDP, which will decline to 62 per cent, while India chips in with 13 per cent now that will inch down to 12 per cent.

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