The past two years have put tremendous pressure on retailers, manufacturers and brands to manage and maintain prices through severe difficulties related to COVID-19 and supply chains; this was now further exasperated by global conflicts, and the rise... Read more

Consumers COVID-19 Customers Economic FMCG

Our young people will have to live in the future we create. They will drive the change needed to build sustainable economies. Read more

Economic FMCG Investment Sustainability

M4JAM is a GIG technology company that connects organisations to communities through our mobile platform. By connecting corporates to everyday people, we not only give our clients Read more

Economic Financial

A view on the state of e-commerce in South Africa, with no mention of a new normal, pivoting or anything unprecedented. Read more

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The unemployment rate in South Africa is at an all-time high of 42.6%, with 11.2 million South Africans currently unemployed. Read more

Economic Employment Financial Sustainability

A survey of 1000 South Africans who participate in the gig economy has revealed that they could not put food on the table without a side hustle. Read more

Economic Shopper Marketing Trends

Those with little to no regular household income are finding it harder to get by in 2021. 86% of survey respondents – from among M4Jam’s registered jobbers, Read more

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