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Ken van Ginkel

[Production]

Erik van Wyk introduces another beautifully told story for Allegro Europe.

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RETAIL

The State of the (online) Nation

[Johan Nel] With the budget speech coming up next week, it is anticipated that the finance minister is likely to be focused on growing the sluggish South African economy, but a hidden online economy has quietly been thriving beneath the surface that we have not yet begun to explore fully...

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FINANCE & INSURANCE

[eCommerce Africa Confex] The changing face of financial services

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[Nicci Botha] Four online business gurus, Andrew Dean, managing director: Calleo; Tim Bishop, online and mobile strategy innovator; Charles Pittaway, managing director: Sage Pay and Craig Mcleod...

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RETAIL

[eCommerce Africa Confex] Get mobile with mpayments

[Nicci Botha] An obsession with social media means we are permanently attached to a mobile device, so it's logical that this is where the future of financial services delivery lies...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

[Design Indaba 2016] A font of wisdom

[Terry Levin] Design is not a neutral word. It is a term that on hearing it, somehow makes people feel obliged to question its relevance against their entire world view...

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IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

#DesignMonth: What survived after Flash went nuclear?

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[Alessandro Bonora] Flash is dead. It's not a rumour. If you haven't heard the news here it is...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

[Design Indaba 2016] Hubert and Snask close day two

[Pasqua Heard] Day two of the Design Indaba ended on a high note with addresses from Benjamin Hubert, founder of Layer, and Fredrik Öst, founder of Snask...

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EDUCATION & TRAINING

The value of self education in South Africa

[Hicks Crawford] The average annual cost of an undergraduate course of study in South Africa is R30,000. This includes living expenses and tuition for an average student...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

The weight of the no wait debate

[Seth Whitehead] I recently bought a watch from an online store. I went through the usual online user experience: I went online, searched through the pages of a vast variety of watches. I had a type of style in mind...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

[Design Indaba 2016] All the feels

[Leigh Andrews] Bar the handful of invited media, the bulk of Design Indaba attendees don't act like screen-obsessed workplace millennials...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

[Design Indaba 2016] An Indaba dabba doo

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[Anice Hassim] I am in town with some of the immedia team to soak up the stimulation from Design Indaba 2016. We have been to many conferences, but this is our very first Design Indaba...

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Lesley Svenson

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MARKETING & MEDIA

[NewsMaker] Kristin Louw - GM of Digital Briefcase

[Louise Burgers] Kristin Louw has been appointed general manager of Digital Briefcase, a new division of Spark Media launched to address the digital marketing needs of the SME market...

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Lesley Svenson

[BizTakeouts Radio Show & Podcasts]

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Lesley Svenson

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AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE & FORESTRY

#DesignMonth: Re:Fresh with bicycle powered juices

[Cari Coetzee] "One of Re:Fresh's fundamental aims is to change attitudes around waste and sustainability..."

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MARKETING & MEDIA

[Design Indaba 2016] Once upon a time...

[Beverley Klein] The first day of Design Indaba brought with it two performances illustrating design, from excerpts from a Pidgin-English Opera to a play about the dreaded design pitch...

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LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT

Ice cream sandwiches for my Valentine

[Nina Timm] Ice cream sandwiches are my Cupid's arrow this Valentine! And ice cream sandwiches don't only have to be for your kids you know. The flavour possibilities are endless and you can try anything from chocolate and banoffee to lemon creams with Mojito ice cream for the grown-ups.

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