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Energy Trading in Kenya: A Data-Driven Approach
This paper explores the potential of deploying eID technology and data analytics tools to address the energy crisis in Kenya.
Peter O. Anari
Apr 26, 20235 min read
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Why privatization will not end the energy crisis in South Africa!
The current energy crisis in South Africa has led to calls for the privatization of Eskom and a shift towards running on renewable “green”..

Bradley N Magumura
Mar 15, 20234 min read
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The Best Invention of Money is Called Bitcoin. What is Money? II
Looking at exchange value, Bitcoin over the past 5 years has outperformed all the currencies of the top 10 economies of the world.

Mpumelelo Seilane
Mar 1, 20236 min read
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Valuable yet undervalued: The care sector and the contribution of women
Economic development concerns itself with indicators of living standards such as poverty, literacy rates and life expectancy. However,...

Samuel Osmend
Aug 24, 20224 min read
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What is Money? The case for digital property.
Money is socio economic energy that holds value through space and time.

Mpumelelo Seilane
Aug 17, 20224 min read
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Can Putin carry on? How Russia finances the war amidst the West's economic response.
Since the beginning of the war, Russia’s defence budget has ballooned to a bloated $300 million per day [1], but this drastically...

Jonathan Evans
Jul 26, 20224 min read
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Just Transition: The Best Way Forward?
Aside from potentially decreasing unemployment there is also the potential for the JET strategy to have a positive economic effect in Sou...

Yasmin Meerholz
Jun 28, 20223 min read
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Russia-Ukraine Conflict & the Rest of the World
The war in Ukraine has left countries that were already facing an energy crisis, soaring inflation, and deteriorating standards of living...

Panashe Maningi
Jun 21, 20223 min read
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Eskom is Currently the Biggest Threat to South Africa’s Economic Recovery
Constant loadshedding and tariff hikes by Eskom have elevated running costs for businesses and reduced productivity and profitability.

Lebo Siboyi
Jun 2, 20224 min read
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Behavioural Economics: A Brief History and a New Unconventional Tool for Policymakers
Richard Thaler, one of the grandfathers of Behavioural Economics, points out that economic models “econs” fail to model humans.

Jonathan Evans
May 25, 20224 min read
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An Unlikely Turnabout: The new Slovenia
Slovenia has chosen her future and the electorate has chosen to place their trust in Robert Golob and the Freedom Movement. With a coalit...

Samuel Osmend
May 18, 20223 min read
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Defragmenting Financial Identities
What are financial identities? What are digital identities? What is their role in economies? What are digital financial identities?
Peter O. Anari
May 10, 20226 min read
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Recessions and the Public Purse
The accumulation of public debt during recessionary periods is unavoidable. However, it can be argued that policy decisions play a crucial..

Mbali Shamu
May 3, 20224 min read
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Credit Worthiness: Your Behaviour Determines Your Interest
A behavioural scorecard model is the tool of choice to predict the possible transition of your existing customers from one default state...

Mpumelelo Seilane
Apr 26, 20224 min read
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Does Game Theory Hold the Answers to South Africa’s Economic Problems?
A united and focused public can completely change the rules of the game.

Bradley N Magumura
Apr 20, 20223 min read
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Financialization: A solution to South Africa’s Economic crisis?
Domestic capital formation should be robust in South Africa, as it represents a percentage of savings and investment that will be re-inve...

Papama Meleni
Apr 12, 20223 min read
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How Is The E-Sharing Economy Affecting The Traditional Taxi Industry In South Africa?
The e-hailing system has increased the competitive conditions in the transportation industry as we know it in South Africa and has had a...

Buti Mthembi
Apr 5, 20224 min read
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The Urban Poverty Phenomenon
Urban poverty can be attributed to several factors including high and persistent levels of inequality, high levels of urbanization and hi...

Bradley N Magumura
Mar 15, 20223 min read
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Graduate Unemployment: Solving the Labour Market Paradox.
Graduate unemployment is fundamentally a two-fold problem. Firstly, it wastes human resources and taxpayer’s money; secondly it chips away..

Mpumelelo Seilane
Mar 2, 20225 min read
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Trickle-down economics: A strawman or a plausible argument?
It can be argued that the country still struggles to forget its colonial past and a legacy of uneven development, coming out of an acute...
Peter O. Anari
Feb 15, 20225 min read
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