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On the Money. Budding stock market investor Jarryd Neves, of BizNews, sends out an invitation to everyone who wants to ask questions about share investing – but is too embarrassed to ask. Write to [email protected] And tune in for his regular Monday column: On the Money If you’ve been tuning in to the BizNews Power Hour – if not, you really should be – you will have undoubtedly come across numerous nuggets of wisdom, dropped by the knowledgeable and informed guests. One such guest was Candice Paine of PR Financial Services. Talking about tax-free savings and investments, Paine unpacked the often overlooked investment vehicle in great detail. ....
Carbon Zero Bringing normalcy to the chaos of crowdfunding In June 2020, I wrote about some Nigerian companies that were offering eye-catching returns to investors. Although a few of these companies called themselves “agritech” startups, it is more accurate to call them crowdfunding companies. While the returns they offered - some as high as 40% in three months - grabbed my attention, I knew that investors were at risk of losing their money with such outsized returns. A few people lost their money at the time, and one Nairaland thread shows the number of such agritech companies that have defaulted on payments to investors. ....
Jan 25, 2021 The pandemic in 2020 had a massive impact on the financial services industry, with social distancing and remote shopping driving new demands – and local fintechs are largely filling these niches. Dominique Collett, senior investment executive at Rand Merchant Investments and the head of AlphaCode, unpacks the organisation’s predictions for 2021. Each year, at AlphaCode , we use our vantage point of the fintech landscape to share what we expect this year. We had no idea last January that a whole new world awaited. One that would include global lockdowns, Zoombombing, covidiots, closed borders and quarantining. AlphaCode is the Rand Merchant Investments (RMI) incubation, acceleration, and investment initiative that identifies, partners, and grows early-stage financial service ventures so we get to see where the interest and focus is in fintech. ....
On the Money. Budding stock market investor Jarryd Neves, of BizNews, sends out an invitation to everyone who wants to ask questions about share investing – but is too embarrassed to ask. Write to [email protected] And tune in for his regular Monday column: On the Money Unless you were born as wee baby Rockerfeller, personal finance plays an important role in your life. To many, the idea conjures up imagery of retirement accounts, sensible saving and a meticulous budget followed to the T. And that idea isn’t necessarily wrong. For many, it’s exactly that. Many of us save and invest but aren’t quite sure why, or indeed, for what? ....