With 2024 approaching, many businesses will be reviewing and adjusting their travel budgets in light of spending predictions for the coming year. In terms of benchmarks, the Global Business Travel […]
Taking care of physical and mental health while at work
Highly successful leaders understand the importance of self-care as a foundation for their effectiveness and well-being. There is a plethora of literature and articles on this topic which often focus on […]
6 ways payment technology has revolutionised opportunities for companies
It doesn’t matter whether a company is a small to medium-sized enterprise or a large corporation, or where it’s based, we are all now operating in a global economy. Irrespective […]
GinjaNinjas – proudly standing out in the crowd
Samantha Hogg-Brandjes, Managing Director of GinjaNinja, talks about the long road to business success and why PR is so high on the cost-effective on a company’s marketing and promotions index. What […]
Mind the (IT talent) gap
Innovation and creativity can make a meaningful dent in SA’s skills shortage and unemployment rate, writes Diane van Zyl, Lead: Smart Skills. South Africa finds itself in the precarious position […]
Gender disparities emerge in SME tech effectiveness
Nearly two thirds (63%) of South African small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are making effective use of technology, but there is a significant gap in the effectiveness of technology use […]
South African SMEs use technology effectively to navigate a challenging business landscape
World Wide Worx research reveals a digital divide across genders with an access gap among female entrepreneurs, in their The South African SME Tech Index 2023. Nearly two thirds (63%) […]
Empowering entrepreneurs towards investment-readiness
There is no shortage of investors with a strong desire to invest in innovative products and services – the challenge is finding and partnering with businesses that are investor-ready. According […]
Telkom FutureMakers, building SME capability through innovation and outsourcing
Launched in 2015 as the Enterprise and Supplier development unit of Telkom, the Telkom FutureMakers incubation programme has supported over 2500 small, medium, and micro-sized enterprises through incubation, investment, connectivity, […]
The solar owner sensation
Jason Delaney, founder and CEO of Solar Sage, shares his journey of starting and growing a business and offers his owner-insights to aspirant SMME start-ups. Jason, what motivated you to […]
Trends Shaping Financial Inclusion in South Africa’s Insurance Industry
South Africa stands as one of the most unequal societies globally, underscoring the critical importance of financial inclusion in the nation’s progress, writes Vis Govender, Co-founder of Everything.Insure and Group CEO of […]
Should “Chief Learning Officer” be your next recruit?
By Ursula Fear, Senior Talent Programme Manager at Salesforce South Africa One of the paradoxes of South Africa’s high unemployment rate is that the country also has a massive skills […]
The blended generation: Self-service must go hand-in-hand with personalisation to cater to all
For decades, we believed that insurance was simply too complex an industry to ever go digital, writes Vis Govender, Co-founder of Everything.Insure and Group CEO of firstEquity Group. Today, digitalisation […]
The greatest teaching secret (and it includes a trampoline!)
This past week I have twice had the chance to sit down and interview Andrew Bourne, Zoho’s Regional Manager for Africa. Andrew is a pretty cool guy: a former wakeboarder […]