#WindAc 2017: Transition to renewables well under way

[Sindy Peters] Today saw the start of WindAc Africa 2017 - the annual "academic hour for wind power" hosted by the South African Wind Energy Association...

Designing for voice - Dentsu

[Adriaan Steyn] The ability to use your voice to get search results is, without a doubt, growing at a rapid pace, and for good reason - it's fast, convenient and just plain fun...

#Newsmaker: Amanda Dambuza named Veuve Clicquot Elle Boss 2017

[Jessica Tennant] This year's deserving recipient of the Veuve Clicquot Elle Boss Award is Amanda Dambuza, founder and director of consulting company Uyandiswa, currently in its fourth year and already employing more than 70 people...

The business of curating a Loveable online and pop-up store

[Leigh Andrews] Just in time to avoid the Christmas shopping panic mode most consumers snap into come November, The Loveables pop-up store has opened online as well as a brick-and-mortar store...

Local agency approached to cover Beaumont's world-record circumnavigation

[Jessica Tennant] Scottish cyclist Mark Beaumont approached South African sports production agency MoonSport to cover his Artemis World Cycle, which he recently completed, breaking the Guinness World Record for circumnavigation by bicycle in 78 days, 14 hours and 40 minutes...

Managing your personal brand

[Bianca Quinn-Diavastos] Social media and digital marketing expert Bianca Quinn-Diavastos shares tips for making use of social media to manage a thriving personal brand online...

SA's Wezart helps African artists sell to world

[Tom Jackson] South African art and fashion marketplace Wezart is helping African artists and designers sell to the rest of the world via its e-commerce platform...

#Newsmaker: Karabo Denalane on advertising in such a time as this

[Jessica Tennant] A year and a half since being appointed CEO of TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris, Karabo Denalane explains why there's never been a better time to be in the industry...

#BehindtheSelfie with... Tumi Voster

[Leigh Andrews] This extended #EntrepreneurMonth, we go behind the selfie with technophile Tumi Voster - she's marketing manager for Universal Music, a 5FM radio DJ, and a Tropika Island of Treasure Maldives celebrity...

#BCXDisrupt: "No-one can safeguard themselves against the next big thing"

[Leigh Andrews] Nick Goldman, one of the highly anticipated speakers at last week's BCX Disrupt Summit, shares the importance of conferences like BCX Disrupt, as well as the crux of his talk on the importance of long-lasting digital archives...

Why companies don't always test for alcohol... and why they should

[Rhys Evans] Although alcohol and substance testing forms part of the health and safety policies and procedures in many industries, there are still a great number of organisations that do not employ the same cautionary practice, potentially resulting in significant loss to the business...

Ask Afrika Orange Index: Feeling customer service

[Danette Breitenbach] Marketers need to understand the dynamics of emotions in marketing and how they relate to other factors such as attitudes, persuasion and brand loyalty...

Data visualisation tools provide a view of the customer journey beyond marketing

[Richard Mullins] One of the largest challenges that organisations face in becoming more data-driven is to bring data together from different systems across and within departments...

Strange bedfellows. Banks and start ups need to collaborate

[Peter Alkema] New customer preferences threaten the traditional business models of financial services companies and large banks...

Managing your business in the freelance economy

[Dan Marcus] Remote working is the way of the future, and with the rise of the gig economy, driven by an ever-growing freelance workforce, comes the challenge of project managing a team working from different locations...

Simplicity to the power of three

[Glen Meier] Today consumers are spoilt for choice. The question is whether the increasing number of options are stimulating purchase, or causing purchase-paralysis...

#AfricaCom: How businesses can play their part in growing the tech ecosystem

[Ilse Burger] Emeka Afigbo, strategic products partnerships manager at Facebook, says he is often reminded just how much the technical ecosystem in Africa has grown and how the internet is drastically changing the continent.

#EntrepreneurMonth: Talking African inspiration with Trevor Stuurman

[Leigh Andrews] One of the highlights of WGSN's Futures Cape Town was an inspirational talk by 24-year-old Trevor Stuurman - in effortless digitally savvy youth fashion, this Christmas Day baby is an entrepreneur, photographer and multimedia visual artist with a verified Instagram account and over 156,000 Twitter followers - here's why his fresh ideas resonate so deeply....

#BCXDisrupt: "Disrupting is the new norm"

[Leigh Andrews] Ian Russell, CEO of BCX, shares the importance of conferences like BCX Disrupt taking place last week, as well as the power of sharing the impact of technology and innovation with the youth...