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Finance trends

Women the winners as insurance gets personal
Siyamthanda Williams
Innovations in fintech
Daniel Goldberg
What will happen in the crypto space?
Marius Reitz
Mobile-first generation is driving the financial services industry
Berniece Hieckmann
How technology is driving innovation in the insurance industry
5 ways tech is changing insurance
Travys Wilkens
SA's year for digital payments?
Rutendo Hlatshwayo
What to expect from SA's banking sector towards 2035
Ruellyn Willemse-Snyman
5 trends reshaping wealth management
Andrew Möller
Virtual value - decoupling physical reality from economic value
Bronwyn Williams
Millennials and green investing
Daniel Kibel

Healthcare trends

Technology and public-private partnerships on pharma's agenda
David Gibbons,
Global health challenges and how to change them
Stephanie Allen
Where tech will take healthcare
Nicci Botha
Diagnosing SA's healthcare sector
Madelein Barkhuizen
Telemedicine makes healthcare more accessible
Helen Weber
The future of healthcare is now
Lerato Mosiah

HR & Management trends

Legal trends

Directors' personal exposure will increase in 2020
Patrick Bracher
The future of flying drones in South Africa
Kiasha Nagiah
South Africa - challenges and opportunities in the year ahead
Morne van der Merwe and Wildu du Plessis
An optimistic forecast
Athi Jara

Lifestyle trends

From the rise of independent artists to the age of TikTok
Tecla Ciolfi
15 growing cocktail trends for 2020
Top food and restaurant trends from the 2019 Eat Out Award-winning chefs
All about authenticity - 3 major trends influencing the travel industry
Jared Ruttenberg
The new normal, 5 plant-based food trends for 2020
Tammy Fry
More tech, eco initiatives & homegrown championing for SA fashion
Meagan Duckitt
4 wine trends to look out for in 2020
Kristen Duff and Gosia Young
Digital arts - a viewfinder into culture in 2020
Lauren Fletcher

Logistics & Transport trends

Marketing & Media trends

Property trends

Main threat to SA businesses in 2020 is uncertainty
Karen Petersen
The century of the real estate A(I)gent
Louise de Beer
Top 2020 SA property market trends
Crispin Inglis
Where building security and technology meet
Derek Lategan
Female leadership in SA's property sector needs to be prioritised
Nonhlanhla Mayisela
Key development trends to drive the new South African city
Warren Hewitt
3 technology trends shaping the property industry
Tanja Lategan
SA retail favours the bold
Nomzamo Radebe
Home décor trends for summer 2019/2020
Elize van der Berg
7 shifts in retail attraction
Gavin Jones
Road map to the future and digital transformation in property
Paul Stevens
Student housing - what do Gen Z's want?
John Schooling
The rising role of women in real estate - 2020 and beyond
Yael Geffen
3 key trends shaping Africa's property sector
Gerhard Zeelie
Is a rental rebound on the cards?
Johette Smuts

Retail trends

Tourism trends

2020 has accelerated the importance of human touch in a contactless economy

The global Covid-19 pandemic has upended life as we know it and will most certainly have deep and lasting effects on society, business, governance and the economy at large...

By Bronwyn Williams 25 Jun 2020

3 energy trends for data centres

In 2017, a group of researchers estimated global data centres could use 25% of the world's electricity by 2025. This is more electricity than any country in the world...

22 May 2020

IDG reveals digital modernisation trends in SA

Dell Technologies recently announced new survey results looking at digital modernisation trends among South Africa's medium-size organisations...

21 Apr 2020

Top CX trends for CIOs to watch

Gartner predicts that by 2022, 70% of customer interactions will involve emerging technologies such as machine learning (ML) applications, chatbots and mobile messaging, up from 15% in 2018...

5 Mar 2020

#BlockchainAfrica: The impact of blockchain on the global economy

In 2020, many of the world's most influential business executives and policymakers are aware of blockchain's potential to turn the global economy around...

By Ilija Acimovic 4 Mar 2020

Reconnecting with humanity in a tech-filled world

Media keeps showing us pessimistic views of the future where it becomes all too easy to buy into the idea that tech is out to rob us of our humanity...

By Evan-Lee Courie 17 Feb 2020

#BizTrends2020: What does the African mobile consumer really want for the new decade?

The start of this new decade marks almost 10 years since the smartphone entered Africa...

By Lynette Hundermark 3 Feb 2020

#BizTrends2020: Imagine the impossible

In order to stay in business, one needs to stay abreast with technology and remain up to date with the latest innovations...

By Odette van der Haar 24 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: Educating Gen Alpha

In today's society, the youth are ageing at a faster rate than ever before. But are our educational facilitators ready for this, or are they in need of a reboot?

By Nicola Cooper 21 Jan 2020

Artificial intelligence: Do we know what we're doing?

Artificial intelligence is our shiny new toy. We're dazzled by its potential to help us make our lives more efficient, more productive... just... better...

By Catherine Black 20 Jan 2020