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#BizTrends2020: What does the African mobile consumer really want for the new decade?
The start of this new decade marks almost 10 years since the smartphone entered Africa...
Lynette Hundermark 3 Feb 2020
#BizTrends2020: 2020 - Africa's year for digital disruption
A number of macro trends are delivering unhindered economic progress on the African continent, driving momentum and positioning Africa as a significant component of the world market...
Geoffrey White 14 Jan 2020
#BizTrends2020: What's in store for a digitally connected Africa?
One of the great privileges of working in Africa is how no two days are ever the same...
Cathy Smith 14 Jan 2020
#BizTrends2019: Convergence, connections and trust
Jessica Tennant reports back on Charles Stuart's analysis of the annual 'Entertainment Media Outlook: An African Perspective', specifically with regard to three key trends in the entertainment and media space...
Jessica Tennant 31 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: Payments, engagement, partnership - African retail trends for 2019
With two key retail periods - Black Friday and festive season - now behind us, retailers are looking for new ways to increase revenue, grow market share, and boost profits...
Mark Schech 22 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: The speed of culture
A lot happens in a year, and as our population and their access to the world and each other grows, our collective innovation and productivity will continue to grow exponentially, making each passing year increasingly dense with 'trends' and 'disruptions'...
Yatish Narsi 22 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: The digitalisation of payment providers in 2019
Corrie Bakker, head of strategy and business development for Africa at PayU talks about what we can expect in the payment provider front in 2019...
Evan-Lee Courie 21 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: Top mobile trends for the 2019 consumer
"This is not the year of the mobile phone". The African consumer is tired of hearing this...
Lynette Hundermark 17 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: From disappearing acts to dark social and digital wellness
Kalliebree Keynerd, head of social media at Joe Public Connect, predicts we'll see more of the following six trends over the coming months...
Kalliebree Keynerd 16 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: Digital, data-driven biometrics
The global biometrics market is growing rapidly. In fact, research indicates that the global market is growing a compounded growth rate of 22.9%...
Pine Pienaar 15 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: Don't miss out on Google Shopping power because of poor feeds
Google Shopping and Facebook Dynamic Product Ads are a powerful way for retailers to reach new customers and drive sales...
Andrew Smit 14 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: What's holding back the value of 4IR?
The world is in the middle of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. 4IR is happening all around us, but what are some of the drawbacks South Africa and Africa are facing?
Alan Knott-Craig 14 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: Top 12 trends for SA and the world
Marian Salzman, one of the world's top trendspotters, shares 12 of the top trends to expect as we delve into 2019...
Marian Salzman 8 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: 4 Tech trends to watch for in 2019
It's that time of year again when everyone in the tech industry takes out their crystal balls and starts making predictions about what's going to happen in the industry in 2019...
Esti Kilian 7 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: The future of learning in relation to disruptive innovations
According to American developmental biologist, Dr. Bruce Harold Lipton, the brain of a child under the age of seven is in a lower vibrational frequency, a state called theta, imagination...
Neo Rantele Kuaho 7 Jan 2019
Trends empowering intelligent transformation
A new age is dawning. For big companies, the oncoming era will require new skill sets, technologies, alignments and business models...
Jim Holland 3 Dec 2018
Moving towards a synchronized society for the connected generation
Technology trends and changes in human behaviour are inseparable and synonymous with innovation...
Lwazi Piti 18 Oct 2018
#Apex2018: Are we human or are we brands?
Musa Kalenga, chief future officer at the House of Brave, opened the Association for Communication and Advertising's Apex 'Next Level of Thinking Masterclass' last week where he spoke about the shifts that are taking place and why he believes we ought to solve real human problems before we think like brands...
Jessica Tennant 24 Jul 2018
#BizTrends2018: Make sure you're at the heart of disruption
I recently travelled to Dubai to attend the 37th Gitex Technology Week - where the future of business begins. Tech pioneers and futurists, business leaders and IT professionals come to GITEX to experience the world's most advanced technology...
Damian Michael 8 Jan 2018
#BizTrends2018: E-sports in South Africa - it's only just begun
E-sports in the last two years has exploded onto the South African scene with not much in the way of any sort of understanding of how to get involved. The biggest question is, where is this going to go in 2018 and onwards?
Barry Louzada 8 Jan 2018
#BizTrends2018: Prescriptive data in the digital space, the next big thing
The recent advances in data analytics and machine learning will see a huge shift in how we use data in 2018...
Paula Raubenheimer 8 Jan 2018
#BizTrends2018: A positive perspective on moving towards 4.0
What a year it's been! But enough people have written about that, so I'd rather look at a few of the consequences we'll feel in 2018. Which, to my surprise, are mostly positive. I've highlighted four of the best...
Chrisna Basson 8 Jan 2018
#BizTrends2018: Top mobile trends for the 2018 consumer
Before we can start talking about any trends, marketers need to be aware of the fact that mobile starts with an understanding of how fiercely personal this device is, it has become more of an appendage than a device...
Lynette Hundermark 8 Jan 2018
Vodafone announces global brand relaunch
Vodafone has made a global announcement across all of its markets that it is relaunching its brand positioning, which marks the biggest relaunch it's had in its 33-year history...
Jessica Tennant 6 Oct 2017
#BizTrends2017: Reimagine work, redefine productivity
We are in the midst of a technological revolution, and it's not only blurring the lines between the physical and digital spheres but between how we live and work...
Lauren Hartzenberg 31 Jan 2017
#BizTrends2017: People-powering the digitalisation process
The number of mobile phone users is expected to hit 4.8 billion in 2017 and 2,55 billion people are predicted to engage on social networks...
Lauren Hartzenberg 27 Jan 2017
#BizTrends2017: Top five mobile trends to help you plan for 2017
This is not another "year of the mobile" trends piece - that ship sailed five years ago. If you do not have a mobile presence then you really should not be playing in the digital space...
Lynette Hundermark 26 Jan 2017