Women's Month offers an opportunity to reflect not only on how far South Africa has come, but also on the people whose decisions continue to shape its future. In health, effective leadership has never been
Maxcine Pillay, Product and Partner Manager at SentivI have watched women stand on the first tee with their hands shaking, worried about getting it wrong, worried about slowing everyone down, and unsure whether they belong
The image of the entrepreneur working alone from a kitchen table has long been romanticised for its ‘flexibility’. But for a growing number of South African women, flexibility isn’t being built in isolation any longer.
By Niki Giles, Head of Strategy at Prescient Fund ServicesFor many South African women, financial independence is about far more than building wealth. It's about creating choices, security and freedom.One of the simplest and most
Nadine Laubscher, Chief Financial Officer at Aurora Capital SAWomen’s Month is often framed around recognition, resilience, and progress. Financial independence deserves to be part of that same conversation because the ability to make choices is
As women now account for nearly four in ten financed vehicle purchases, Weelee’s Head of Marketing, Sam Ghisleni, is championing a more human, transparent approach to buying pre-owned cars.For decades, South Africa's automotive industry has
This Women's Month, amid the usual flurry of stories focusing on underrepresentation and strategies to drive gender equity, the Institute of Municipal Engineering of Southern Africa (IMESA) is flipping the narrative.Since its establishment in 1961,
Digital tools can return time and attention to women, but technology must not become a more efficient way of preserving an unequal division of care.By Lungi Sangqu, CEO at Africa Digital SuccessA second shift that
Supply chain industry body SAPICS is putting the spotlight on this issue this Women’s Month. “While AI itself isn't biased, it’s a mirror. When trained on historical data, AI tools reflect the gender prejudices that
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has today released a new report, Financing Women's Digital Entrepreneurship: A Pathway to Closing Africa's Economic Gender Gap, revealing that women's economic participation in Africa has fallen 0.6 percentage points below
