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June 05, 2026 | Category: Featured, Research news, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured

Leveraging advances in 4IR to foster economic growth

The financial market development and financial technology research of Prof Athenia Bongani Sibindi, who is attached to Unisa’s College of Economic and Management Sciences, aims to contribute meaningful insights and policy recommendations that can help bridge the gap in financial access and promote inclusive growth across diverse populations.

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February 27, 2025 | Category: Lead, Dept Finance, Risk Management and Banking, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured

Unisa students reach global finals in risk management challenge

Students from the College of Economic and Management Sciences have secured a place in the global finals of the prestigious Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge, and will compete at the RISKWORLD conference in Chicago.

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September 19, 2020 | Category: Lead, Dept Finance, Risk Management and Banking, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured

Caught flat-footed by a pandemic

The unpreparedness of governments and organisations around the world to deal with the Covid-19 crisis has highlighted the need for better decision-making, enhanced forecasting, improved planning and advanced risk management, argued speakers at a virtual webinar hosted by Unisa's College of Economic and Management Sciences.

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July 27, 2020 | Category: Lead, Dept Finance, Risk Management and Banking, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured

It's time to rethink

In a lecture presented at the Iraqi-African Centre for Strategic Studies on 14 July 2020, Prof Joseph Chisasa, Chair of the Department of Finance, Risk Management and Banking at Unisa, emphasised that the AU 10-year plan is no longer completely achievable by 2023 because of Covid-19.

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July 10, 2020 | Category: Lead, Dept Finance, Risk Management and Banking, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured

Mega crowdfunding could help poor countries in Covid-19 fight

Unisa’s Prof Dan Makina, from the School of Economic and Financial Sciences, says that WHO could issue bonds to which the general public, private companies, organisations and governments could subscribe to finance a vaccination programme.

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