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| Marketing & Media |
 | Grey continues its expansion in key African markets with the appointment of Centrespread as its affiliate in Nigeria.... Read |
 | Amidst the backdrop of a rapidly evolving business environment, characterised by a need for innovation to cut through the marketing clutter, and the growing trend of digital disruption led by mobile, the role of the chief marketing officers (CMOs) of the future will be fundamentally different to what it is today... Read |
 | JESSICA TENNANT Mann Made Media is the in-kind sponsor of the PR, content and event production for the upcoming 2017 SingularityU Southern Africa Global Impact Challenge for the second consecutive year. Here, owner and local amassador Mic Mann shares more about the event and the Silicon Valley-like culture such an opportunity presents to Africa's innovators... Read |
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| Retail |
 | Adidas celebrated the relaunch of the EQT brand, which began in the 90s in Berlin, by sending out an open invitation to South Africans... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | Businesses selling improved varieties and high-quality cassava stems for cultivation could help African farmers significantly raise their productivity... Read |
 | Free State Agriculture has announced Johan van Huyssteen as the winner of the 21st Free State Agriculture Young Farmer of the Year 2017 competition... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | Porsche and Audi have joined forces for the shared vehicle architecture strategy. The objective of the new initiative is to shape the mobility of the future together... Read |
 | The inaugural NAACAM Show reflected a significant intent and strategy shift within South Africa's automotive sector... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | A new contractor has been appointed to complete the provision of new roads, sewer, water, and stormwater services for the Belhar-Pentech housing development... Read |
 | From April 2017, says the Coega Development Corporation (CDC), investment projects worth over R1bn are ready for implementation in the its industrial development zone (IDZ)... Read |
 | The deadline for entries for the annual Women in Construction Awards has been extended to Monday, 10 April 2017... Read |
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| Education |
 | Curriculum and education service provider, Impak Onderwysdiens has announced the repositioning of its brand to 'Impaq'... Read |
 | The Glass Recycling Company (TGRC) is rewarding schools around South Africa for their dedication to reducing our country's waste with its Annual Schools Glass Recycling Competition... Read |
 | After announcing the project late in 2016, Porsche has now opened its new training centre in Cape Town... Read |
 | EDWARD WEBSTER In a recent opinion piece in the Business Day newspaper, author and academic Jonny Steinberg suggested that a “generational estrangement deeper than we have acknowledged” had emerged between the Fees Must Fall generation - those who've led protests against high university tuition fees and higher education structures they say are unjust - and their “scorn for almost everyone over the age of 40”... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | Record levels of renewable energy capacity were recorded in 2016, at an investment level 23% lower than the previous year... Read |
 | Eskom has signed a three-year deal with Botswana Power Corporation to supply electricity... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | Applications are now open for the Global Cleantech Innovation Programme for SMEs in SA (GCIP-SA)... Read |
 | The North Gauteng High Court recently ruled that the environmental authorisation for a new coal-fired power station had not properly considered the project's climate change impacts... Read |
 | Pan-African organisation United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa) will this week host a brainstorming workshop on how local authorities of Africa can access climate finance... Read |
 | Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa says the department will study the Constitutional Court order that dismissed the leave to appeal the application to keep a ban on the domestic trade in rhino horn... Read |
 | TRACY SWAIN It's the eco-friendly, super comfortable flat that's taking off. Rothy's flats are made from just one material: polyester fibre sourced from 100% recycled water bottles... Read |
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| Finance |
 | The millennial market, along with the rapid development of technology, is forcing insurers to explore new ways of connecting and engaging with their customers... Read |
 | PETER ALKEMA Over the top (OTT) services such as WhatsApp have harnessed the network effect very well to drive message growth through their groups feature... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | The Global Patient Safety Challenge on Medication Safety aims to address the weaknesses in health systems that lead to medication errors... Read |
 | JESSICA TENNANT Last year's SingularityU Southern Africa Global Impact Challenge winner, Nick Walker, chats about his stem cell bank concept that could cure HIV... Read |
 | TAWANDA KAROMBO AND ADRI KOTZE Could Zimbabwe's new Health Development Fund rescue the country's cash-strapped clinics and hospitals? Read |
 | LILIAN NAMAGEMBE Uganda, Malawi and Zimbabwe are the three high-burden African countries selected to be the first to benefit from a typhoid conjugate vaccine.... Read |
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| Legal |
 | KARL GERNETZKY The High Court in Pretoria has rejected a request by Tasima for leave to appeal a judgment ordering them to hand over control of eNatis... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | The final day of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town 2017 was postponed due to the weather. Organisers African Fashion International, however, are determined that nothing will stop the designers... Read |
 | DANIEL DERCKSEN Die Rebellie Van Lafras Verwey, Boss Baby, Gallows Road, The Last Face, Gold and La Traviata open at the cinemas this weekend. Read |
 | DANIEL DERCKSEN If there's one gateway to blissful showbiz, it's the super sumptuous and glamorous Gate 69, a cosy and intimate pleasure palace where Brendan van Rhyn's divine creation Cathy and the Trolley Dollies offers five-star entertainment. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | LOUW KANNEMEYER Potholes are the bane of many motorists who take to roads across South Africa. The persistent rains in recent months across large parts of the northern provinces have again led to frustration... Read |
 | Ethiopian Cargo has launched two new cargo routes to Europe: Milan, Italy and Zaragoza, Spain... Read |
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| Property |
 | The best response to SA being “junked” is to follow the advice of Rudyard Kipling and “keep your head when all about you are losing theirs”, says Berry Everitt, CEO of the Chas Everitt International property group... Read |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON While Growthpoint Properties is determined to maintain its position as a reliable South African-focused property fund that rewards investors over the long term, it is running out of space to grow in a constrained domestic environment... Read |
 | A joint venture between sister companies Momentum Global Investment Management in London and Eris Property Group in South Africa, the Momentum Africa Real Estate Fund (MAREF) held its final close on 28 February 2017, raising a total of $170m... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | For the past few years, the planned pipeline of new hotels has grown steadily... Read |
 | Indaba will return to the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre sporting a more streamlined programme and improved floor layout to make it easier for the world to come and sample Africa's tourism treasures... Read |
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| HR & Recruitment |
 | DAPHNE STANFORD With technology simplifying so many of the business processes that used to be done by hand, all that's left for entrepreneurs to do is to be smart about which shortcuts they use to their advantage... Read |
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| ICT |
 | DOROS HADJIZENONOS While most ransomware families prevent their victims from accessing their documents by encrypting them and offering a decryption key in return for a ransom payment, others use different ways... Read |
 | According to a recent National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) survey, only 14% of directors at public companies have deep knowledge of cyber risk... Read |
 | WIKUS COMBRINCK The world is slowly turning to data for decision making and with the amount of data generated in the technology era, data science has become a hot trend, increasing the demand for data scientists... Read |
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