Stakeholders of all kinds increasingly hold organisations accountable for delivering sustainable value. In fact, stakeholders tend to place more trust in organisations that demonstrate a sustained interest in communities, the environment and good governance. They expect organisations to do more than simply ‘tick a box’ Organisations can help to build trust and deliver sustained outcomes…
American entrepreneur Jim Rohn once said that income seldom exceeds personal development. Simply put, investing in your personal development is one of the most valuable and enduring investments you can make Some managers invest heavily in their skills portfolio early in their careers and then do so less and less intensively as their careers progress.…
It is our role as accountants to ensure that we provide credible information in the financial statements that is useful and can be used to make sound financial, fiscal and policy decisions We find ourselves in an environment where our time and other resources are constrained. We need to be purposeful in our actions. This…
Entrepreneurship incubator My Dough is helping small businesses in South Africa rise Abed Tau Entrepreneurship and accounting might seem like odd bedfellows − after all, the perception holds that while the latter is all about innovation and pushing boundaries, the former is a staid and steadfast profession. However, the team at My Dough is proving…
Tessa Stromvig believes that every citizen who has access to any resources whatsoever has a duty and responsibility to help those who don’t. That was just one of the reasons why she was motivated to open Steducentre, a facility which aims to equip learners with critical skills that are neglected under the current education system…
If there’s one thing that the ongoing COVID-19 crisis has proven, it is that the healthcare system in South Africa is in drastic need of major transformation. One of the biggest issues highlighted by the pandemic is the iniquity in access to care, but there are signs that one of the effects of COVID-19 will…
Although South Africans are known to have open hearts, it is primarily the poor living in major townships who benefit from charity drives rather than those living in what Moeletji Mapheto calls ‘the forgotten villages’. Coming from one of those forgotten villages herself, Moeletji set out to remedy this with the establishment of her NGO,…
Shiluba Mawela CA(SA) Managing Partner: Tshiamo Impact Partners – an impact advisory and impact fund management firm. There are numerous pathways in which members and organisations can drive social impact in the country. These include traditional philanthropic giving, volunteering time along with deploying catalytic capital, or innovative finance tools to effect change. The business of…
Warwick Business School has recently confirmed that women investors outperform their male counterparts, and by no less than 1,8 % per annum on average. Over 30 years, that’s double your money! Mike Lledo CA(SA)IndependentFinancial Services Consultant R50 billion a year invested in stokvels. Incredible for a nation where the latest personal savings ratio is a…
Innovator and bloggerI tend to love the business, psychology and philosophy sections of Exclusive Books, but it recently hit me that I was reading almost predominately books written by males. So, in the middle of 2020, I vowed to make an effort to read more books by female authors Chief Innovation Officer: Tencent Africa ‘Be…