 | LOGISTICS & TRANSPORT  Grant Fraser Ten years ago, analysts predicted that technology would be the greatest catalyst for change in the fleet telematics space and it certainly has been... |
 | CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING
[Alison Groves] According to the latest United Nations Economic Commission for Africa report, Africa is the fastest urbanising region after Asia. The report also highlights that despite the current slowdown in many African economies... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Tashalene Reid] Even the most successful brands require a makeover now and then. Tashalene Reid, brand marketing manager for Hungry Lion, draws out lessons learnt from the company's "Good to Great" journey... |
 | IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
[Hadlee Simons] Earlier this year, we got word from LG that it was targeting Alexa-enabled appliances for South Africa in 2018. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Tralone Khoza] If participating as an exhibitor in one or various exhibitions is part of your organisation's below the line advertising (BTL) strategy then that part of your marketing budget should not be wasted but should be well spent and hopefully with some ROI... |
 | CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING
[Hanlie Turner] Traditionally the domain of a serious set of older engineers, cement / concrete technology and civil engineering are currently undergoing a slow but steady transition... |
 | RETAIL
[Rachel Thompson] Consumers around the world are putting more value on experiences than they do on possessions, and South Africans are no different... |
 | IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS  Damian Michael I recently travelled to Dubai to attend the 37th Gitex Technology Week - where the future of business begins. Tech pioneers and futurists, business leaders and IT professionals come to GITEX to experience the world's most advanced technology... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  Screengrab from ShowMax Ode to the Holidays. I love this time of the year as big brands pull out all the stops to reach into consumers hearts and tug on their purse strings. These are my top festive season adverts so far... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  Image credit: rawpixel via Pexels According to the latest November stats from Effective Measure, 'South Africa Online', a whopping 67.38% of unique browsers came from mobile itself... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  Mike Oelschig, head of advisory at Cerebra. Terms like "command centre" or "digital centre of excellence" have been in the South African marketing landscape's lexicon for a few years now; but for the most part that is largely where the concept has remained. Until now... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  Eyewitness News reporter Gia Nicolaides. If you heard the news today, it's because you chose to. It doesn't mean that you and I have consumed the same news and even if we have, the information and our level of engagement may be different... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  Nicole Solarsh Glickman, creative group head at House of Brave. For years we've been told that the future of advertising is the internet and data. So, we all followed the trend and jumped onto the super highway. From the days of dial-up to LTE and fibre, we have continuously raced ahead, finding new ways to create new waves. Today, streams of videos, interviews, content, shows, sounds, and apps, are brought to us by brand X... |
 | IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
[Jarryd Chatz] It's hard to imagine the world today with no internet - without it, internet service providers would certainly not exist. Yet, there are still many who don't really understand how it works. Or, more importantly, what the internet really is... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  Chrisna Basson, head of strategy at Weathermen & Co, Namibia. What a year it's been! But enough people have written about that, so I'd rather look at a few of the consequences we'll feel in 2018. Which, to my surprise, are mostly positive. I've highlighted four of the best... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  Image credit: picjumbo.com via Pexels. Effective causal communications using the digital ecosystem can be powerful instruments for systemic change and brand longevity, not just in times of giving like the festive season... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  Laura Owings Rawden, director at Locomedia. Marketing is all about crafting the right message for your audience. And since the dawn of the Mad Men age, there's been no limit to how we do that - until now... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  © David Shankbone via Flickr (CC BY 2.0), via Memeburn This year has been a whirlwind of racist scandal after sexist scandal after "How have they been running a business? Holy sh!t" scandal. (part 3)... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  Matt Preschern, EVP and chief marketing officer of HCL Technologies. When the yachts contesting the Volvo Ocean Race (VOR) left Cape Town bound for Melbourne, Australia, Matt Preschern, EVP and CMO of HCL Technologies, the tech partner of the VOR in Cape Town, shared his five most important trends in marketing today... |
