App unlocks investments for everyone

after landing his first corporate job in the research and development team of Discovery in 2015, Dr Thomas Brennan became increasingly aware of the barriers preventing South Africans from investing their money to build wealth, rather than leaving it in the bank where it doesn’t grow as quickly, due to inflation.

He saw numerous financial advisers, but none lived up to his expectations. “Being a programmer specialising in machine learning, I would use the data they gave me to develop simulations of how their suggested investments would perform, including the ongoing fees. Most