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Tashmia Ismail

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TASHMIA ISMAIL, CEO OF YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.Africa’s finance sector has long associated itself with paper and print. In recent years, the industry has demonstrated the importance of agility in the space while working to adapt to the opportunities and challenges that come with digital transformation. Having to ask itself what their consumers struggle with most, while assessing risk, developing policies, redefining competitive rates.
The 4th industrial resolution and its digital solutions need to address these fundamentals.
The Finance Indaba which started today is focused on engaging with the sector on how it can, under the 2019 theme,Discover, Learn and Grow, while enabling the ever-prevailing human factor and cyber threat, as the world has grown too small to be a distant financial sector. Tashmia Ismail (CEO of Youth Employment Services) was speaking at the event
16 Oct 2019 12PM English South Africa Business News · Investing

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