Is your website driving away customers?

[Leigh Andrews] US consumers in particular are very discerning when shopping online, so much of the global ecommerce research stems from there, but it's more than just a 'Western concern'. Here's why African business should take online shopping cart abandonment into account locally and when selling to an international market...

#JoburgIndaba: Pityana calls Zuma out on corruption

[Danette Breitenbach] "Zuma must go" was the call from Sipho Pityana, AngloGold Ashanti chairman...

Defining work for a new generation

[Danette Breitenbach] The nature of work has changed and the design of the workplace and spaces of the future will influence the human mind in the workplace. The role of millennials in the workplace, the way they think and work, are an important aspect of this...

ROI on customer experience as simple as replacing these 'apps'

[Johan Botha] Some might reason I am a bit of an "appsoholic" as I just cannot help myself when new apps are released. I have little self-control and just have to experience them! So the download begins...

The customer experience ripple effect

[Mareli Smit] In celebration of Global CX Day today, 5 October 2016, it is perhaps time to look at customer experience with a different lens on...

Five tips to win the youth over for brand managers

[Antoinette Pombo] If you're over the age of 25, you'll be able to reminisce how easy it must have been to be the brand manager for Citi Golf. That's because every adolescent who passed their driver's licence drove a Citi Golf...

#SustainabilityMonth: How Cinemark is walking the CSI talk

[Leigh Andrews] Cinemark, part of the Ster-Kinekor family, recently took home the best media owner in the cinema category MOST award. Motheo Matsau, chief marketing and sales officer of Ster-Kinekor Theatres explains how this is proof of their winning CSR strategy...

Transmission and power boost for Soul

[Henrie Geyser] Kia has enhanced its funky cross-over status by arming its flagship Soul 1.6 CRDI SMART with a new seven-speed dual-clutch transmission...

#SAGO16: Gas-to-power IPP programme explained

[Nicci Botha] The much anticipated PIM, outlining the scope of South Africa's gas-to-power IPP programme and detailing priority projects has been released...

Celebrate spring with the #StellaSessions

[Ruth Cooper] Flipping flip flops it's great to start feeling the first tendrils of spring start to unfurl in the Mother City - warm breezes and denim blue skies, I welcome you!

Characteristics of a good entrepreneur

[Jonathan Stewart] The life of the entrepreneur can seem highly attractive to those looking from the outside. Who would not be attracted by the lure of greater freedom, independence and individual sovereignty...

Twitch

[Senzo Xulu] According to data, around half a million people worldwide find themselves within the context of advertising and communication...

The reality of perception

[Mike Taberner] One of the age-old sayings is that "Perception is reality" and while many brands would like to think that they are immune to this, they are not...

Aisha Pandor sweeps up two titles at the PriceCheck Tech & E-Commerce Awards

[Jessica Tennant] Aisha Pandor, co-founder and CEO of SweepSouth, swept up two titles at the 2016 PriceCheck Tech & E-Commerce Awards, where she was named both Best Female Tech/E-Commerce Entrepreneur and Best Black Tech/E-Commerce Entrepreneur...

[Newsmaker] Mthunzi Plaatjie

[Beverley Klein] Mthunzi Plaatjie has been appointed as the manager director of integrated agency, AVATAR's Cape Town office. Plaatjie has a wealth of experience in the industry having successfully launched BET Networks across Africa...