Focus: A rosier future for crypto?

Monique Verduyn spoke to crypto expert Petri Basson, a CA(SA) who is building digital companies from the Cayman Islands, as well as developing a crypto data aggregation and normalisation business (Hash Data) to simplify digital asset management. Cryptocurrency is not just for young, tech-savvy millennials anymore. Governments, central banks and major enterprises can no longer…

Focus: What keeps cryptocurrency auditors awake at night?

Insights from a webinar hosted by Mazars in collaboration with South African digital asset exchange Luno. Today, South Africa finds itself amongst the top-ranking cryptocurrency trading nations on the continent. With local daily crypto asset trading values exceeding the $45 million mark, regulators and auditors play an increasingly crucial role in securing and validating the…

Focus: Blockchain technology for government procurement #A must or a maybe?

South African government supply chain and procurement processes are often marred by irregularities and allegations of corruption which are reported annually by the Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) and other bodies, as well as the media. Of even greater concern is the lack of (quality) service delivery that often results from these irregularities and corruption, and…

Focus: How do decentralised digital identities (DIDs) work on Ethereum?

Blockchain technology allows users to create and manage digital identities through the combination of three components: decentralised identifiers, identity management and embedded encryption. A digital identity arises organically from the use of personal information on the web and from the shadow data created by the individual’s actions online. A digital identity may be a pseudonymous…

CATEGORY WINNER: LEGACY – WISEMAN LUMKILE NKUHLU

SAICA Chairman’s Difference Makers Awards The 2022 Chairman’s Difference Makers Awards, sponsored by SAPRO, recognises SAICA members who are #differencemakers in various areas of business and society – those who have breached the gap between being good and being excellent. The awards acknowledge members who make decisions that provide sustained prosperity for all and help…

CATEGORY WINNER: LEADER IN PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY – KIMI MAKWETU (POST-HUMOUS)

SAICA Chairman’s Difference Makers Awards The 2022 Chairman’s Difference Makers Awards, sponsored by SAPRO, recognises SAICA members who are #differencemakers in various areas of business and society – those who have breached the gap between being good and being excellent. The awards acknowledge members who make decisions that provide sustained prosperity for all and help…

CATEGORY WINNER: LEADER IN BUSINESS – AJEN SITA

SAICA Chairman’s Difference Makers Awards The 2022 Chairman’s Difference Makers Awards, sponsored by SAPRO, recognises SAICA members who are #differencemakers in various areas of business and society – those who have breached the gap between being good and being excellent. The awards acknowledge members who make decisions that provide sustained prosperity for all and help…

CATEGORY WINNER: COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP – IGNATIUS SEHOOLE

SAICA Chairman’s Difference Makers Awards The 2022 Chairman’s Difference Makers Awards, sponsored by SAPRO, recognises SAICA members who are #differencemakers in various areas of business and society – those who have breached the gap between being good and being excellent. The awards acknowledge members who make decisions that provide sustained prosperity for all and help…

CATEGORY WINNER: ETHICAL LEADERSHIP – PARMI NATESAN

SAICA Chairman’s Difference Makers Awards The 2022 Chairman’s Difference Makers Awards, sponsored by SAPRO, recognises SAICA members who are #differencemakers in various areas of business and society – those who have breached the gap between being good and being excellent. The awards acknowledge members who make decisions that provide sustained prosperity for all and help…

CATEGORY WINNER: HUMANITARIAN – ISMAIL LAMBAT

SAICA Chairman’s Difference Makers Awards The 2022 Chairman’s Difference Makers Awards, sponsored by SAPRO, recognises SAICA members who are #differencemakers in various areas of business and society – those who have breached the gap between being good and being excellent. The awards acknowledge members who make decisions that provide sustained prosperity for all and help…