The mission of BiD Network is to contribute to sustainable economic growth by stimulating entrepreneurship in emerging markets. BiD Network supports entrepreneurs in writing their business plans by offering them coaching and other business tools. The best entrepreneurs gain access to investors in our ne… Continue

When any company is contemplating whether or not to upgrade to a new system, one big question always emerges: How are we going to train all of our employees?

The easiest and most effective way for employees to master a new system is to have an expert sit down with each of them for one-on-one training. But with hundreds or thousands of employees and very little time to prepare for a rollout, this usually isn’t a realistic option. Enter The Edcomm Group Banker’s Academy’s System Simulation Traini… Continue

Quindiem Consulting (Pty) Ltd is a dynamic Johannesburg based consulting firm specialising in actuarial science, insurance-related consulting and financial inclusion. The Financial Inclusion practice consults to banks, MFIs, insurers, donors, regulators and governments across a number of strategic areas.

The practice is expanding its operations and is seeking to hire a Senior Consultant with experience in inter alia transformational banking, payments and distribution, e-commerce, and banking re… Continue

Anti-consolidation efforts have re-emerged in the Nigerian banking industry in an effort to shake public confidence in five of Nigeria’s largest banks. The recent Nigerian bank consolidation, an effort to pool bank resources to raise the 25 million Naira (NGN) required for capitalization by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), is intended to improve services rendered by the banks and the overall stability of the banking system.

Adequate capital is vital to maintaining any stable business environm… Continue

Financial institutions across the world have implemented the Basel II framework for measuring capital adequacy in an effort to protect customers, employees and the organizations as a whole. First issued in June of 2004, Basel II is the second accord to come from the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, which outlines appropriate capital adequacy requirements banks should abide by in order to prevent bank failure. As a result of the current tumultuous times in Financial Services, this framewor… Continue