HomeChoice International plc is a leading provider of retail and financial services to the mass market in southern Africa through two trading operations, HomeChoice (Retail) and FinChoice (Financial Services). The Group has serviced the expanding urban African female middle-income mass market for more than 35 years.
The Retail business is an omni-channel retailer offering a broad…
We are all about finding tools to help entrepreneurs do more [and better] business and one of the key requirements for any business is the ability to manage and pay Suppliers and Freelancers on time.
Decusatio in partnership with South African SaaS company Flexyforce is analysing the state of Supplier and Freelance management software amongst small…
As an entrepreneur, there is an inherent curiosity about the financial performance of industry peers. Is your sector expanding or contracting? Are your peers seeing growth? Short of interrogating financial data of listed businesses, there are limited tools available to entrepreneurs to access this data in an affordable manner.
This is the key opportunity that the…
Cash-flow remains one of the single biggest challenges that all entrepreneurs face. There are few things worse than winning a big order and then being told by your supplier that you will be paid on 60 / 90 / 120 days... The good news is that South African entrepreneurs now have to help…
This is a question which comes up regularly from our community looking for lending solutions but not comfortable going to a bank for a loan.
The good news is that the SME lending environment in South Africa is definitely starting to innovate and a number of new players have come into the market.
Two of the players…
We are once again partnering with the team from Leaderex and looking to celebrate South African innovation and technology developers.
On the evening of 3 September 2019, we will be hosting an event which will:
Showcase 6 technology start-ups that we are watching
Panel discussion with our tech entrepreneur and partner Guy Addison from…
Earlier this week, we mentioned technology investment group Capital Appreciation on our podcast . The company has now released financial results for the year ended 31 March 2019 and we take a look at some of the key metrics.
Previously listed as a SPAC, Capital Appreciation has focused on securing investment stakes in high-growth technology businesses.
Over…
The AlphaCode Club is an interesting SA experiment bringing together traditional financial services heavyweights in the insurance and banking sectors and allowing them to interact with potential FinTech "disruptors". While there remains debate around how willing the South African market is to allow disruption into traditionally hyper-dominant industries, they are contributing to a culture of…
The Johannesburg bourse is not recognised as a home for high quality technology players but Capital Appreciation appears to be making some headway for investors.
On Monday 7 May 2018, the company released a trading update suggesting that earnings would rise significantly. The share rose 10% with 417 243 shares changing hands.
Background:
Capital Appreciation was the first of…