09/10/2023
Despite the efforts of many corporates and stakeholders, the South African ICT sector still has a significant gender gap and greater efforts need to be made to create a supportive environment for women to thrive in the industry.
There is no escaping the fact that South Africa has a severe and deep-seated debt problem. The average household spent nearly 62% of its income on servicing debt in 2022. While that’s slightly down from the 66.1% they spent in 2021, there are other indicators that consumer debt troubles are getting worse.
Cape Town-based fintech Peach Payments has secured a US$30-million (R575-million) funding round led by Apis Partners, a private equity firm.
Euphoria Telecom and South Africa’s oldest breast cancer organisation, Reach for Recovery, have partnered to by creating giant pink sticky notes to raise awareness and funds to help assist on early detection of breast cancer throughout October.
From a technological perspective, microsegmentation of your IT security environment can be viewed as a way to identify, isolate and curtail the reach of any threat – even once it is in your network.
We believe in Root’s vision that the future of insurance is embedded, enabling companies to provide much more accessible, contextual and affordable insurance to consumers.
