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About Ciaran Ryan
The Writer's Room is a curated by Ciaran Ryan, who has written on South African affairs for Sunday Times, Mail & Guardian, Financial Mail, Finweek, Noseweek, The Daily Telegraph, Forbes, USA Today, Acts Online and Lewrockwell.com, among others. In between he manages a gold mining operation in Ghana, and previously worked in Congo. Most of his time is spent in the lovely city of Joburg.

Is this the future of investing?

July 3, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Digital exchanges like Mesh.trade have cut trading costs to 0.2% while making it possible to buy fractions of an asset. All transactions are logged on […]

Protests continue over increased ID verification costs

June 27, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Crypto companies are voicing their concerns and offering possible alternative solutions. From Moneyweb. Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber came out swinging this week over […]

How regulation opened the crypto arbitrage floodgates

June 25, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Ben Jordaan of crypto arbitrage company Shiftly notes how regulation has been a blessing and a curse for crypto arbitrage, introducing thousands of new participants […]

Ciaran Ryan on Power 98.7 on the ongoing delays in getting visas to SA

June 24, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

You can listen here to the interview with Tehillah Niselow on Power 98.7. The Department of Home Affiars under new Minister Leon Schreiber has cleared […]

R60bn class action suit against the banks set down for 2026

June 24, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Hundreds say their properties were repossessed and sold by the banks for a fraction of their worth. From Moneyweb. Several hundred former homeowners who say […]

Court declares Absa’s accounting in ‘disarray’, dismisses attempt to attach property

June 23, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Says no to application for summary judgment – and the matter ‘could have been solved by mediation’. From Moneyweb. Absa’s bookkeeping was in ‘disarray’ and […]

Home Affairs given 30 days to issue visa to UK accounting professional

June 23, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Rejection rates appear to be climbing. From Moneyweb. The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has been given 30 days to issue a critical skills work visa […]

PwC investigated over Choppies audit in Botswana

June 23, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Stock exchange suspension led to 75% drop in market value. From Moneyweb. Botswana’s Accounting Oversight Authority has launched an investigation into PwC for its role […]

MTI liquidators hit a snag in the UK courts

June 23, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

You’re out of time, says court – but liquidators reissue claims against investors. From Moneyweb. Following the article’s publication, Farrer & Co sent a letter […]

Banks are about to enter the crypto space

June 19, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Frank Leonette of AfriDAX delves into the imminent arrival of banks into the crypto space in SA, a surprising and ironic turnaround given their prior […]

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