Friday, November 22African Digital Business Magazine

Tag: Gen Z

Main, South Africa News

The rise of Gen Z means a rethink of permanent employment is on the horizon

By Gary Silbermann, Co-Founder and Innovation Director at One Degree Workers had barely adapted to a remote and hybrid workplace before businesses demanded more time in the office without exception. Tech big hitters such as Dell and Tata Consultancy Services have warned workers to return or face consequences. Remote working advocate Zoom has demanded that all those who live within 80km of the office need to work in-person twice a week. The reasons put forward by businesses who want employees in the office may vary but there are common themes, such as lower productivity and a struggling or absent company culture. While these concerns are valid and most certainly the lived experiences of C-suites trying to drive the bottom line, as the workforce demographics shift to younger generations it...
Business

How businesses can build towards sustainable social impact

By Kate Shead, HR Executive Telviva When asked how businesses build towards successful social impact the answer is easy - sustainability.  How to build sustainable social impact is a somewhat more complicated question. My advice would be to let organisational culture be your guide.    Businesses talk about culture often, but I think for many it remains a mystery. That’s because culture is not only what an organisation explicitly states, but also how it implicitly behaves.   Yes, it is influenced by the stated business objectives, organisational structure and systems, job functions and policies and procedures. But not only by these things - which is where it gets really interesting: The implicit elements of culture. This is the social community that develops, the shared experiences, the p...
The rise of fin-fluencers: Gen Z turn to social media for share trading advice
South Africa News

The rise of fin-fluencers: Gen Z turn to social media for share trading advice

One in five Gen Zers (21%) go to social media for investing advice. Older generations prefer online news and blogs for trading tips. Just 3% of South Africans use a Certified Financial Planner. Commentary from Finder.com’s investment editor Kylie Purcell. Social media is the go-to source for share trading advice among young adults in South Africa, according to Finder.com's Financial Planner Statistics. Finder’s survey of 1,201 South African adults found that 21% of those aged 18-24 turn to social media sites like Instagram and TikTok for their share trading advice. In fact, Gen Z are more than twice as likely to get trading advice from social media sites like Instagram and TikTok than any other age group. However older generations are still looking online for trading tips, b...