Marketing & Media trends
Industry trends
Marketing & Media trends
4 PR business trends you can expect in 2020
Mimi Kalinda
Huge business and investment momentum in Africa
Graham Deneys
Agriculture trends
Construction & Engineering trends
5 key architectural and sustainable initiative trends
Bouwer Serfontein
Pioneering immersive design
Emily Clark
Africa's new wave architecture
Chris Malan
Route to water prosperity - new perspectives for 2020
Dhesigen Naidoo
New technologies to power smart cities
Taru Madangombe
CSI & Sustainability trends
3 trends in responsible business
Zyaan Davids Anter
Technologies and tactics in curbing wildlife poaching
Nicholus Funda
SA's transition to a cleaner, greener economy
Ntombifuthi Ntuli
Time for the NPO sector to ask tough questions
Nazeema Mohamed
Simple tech in M&E for non-profits
Anja Mulder
Education trends
Energy & Mining trends
Entrepreneurship trends
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
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
Millennials and green investing
Daniel Kibel
Healthcare trends
Global health challenges and how to change them
Stephanie Allen
Diagnosing SA's healthcare sector
Madelein Barkhuizen
The future of healthcare is now
Lerato Mosiah
HR & Management trends
The evolving role of HR as a strategic partner
Sandra Crous
ICT trends
5 trends in AR & VR to watch in 2020
Jade Duckitt
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
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
Property trends
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
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
3 key trends shaping Africa's property sector
Gerhard Zeelie
Retail trends
SA trends for brick and mortar stores - the present and the future
Beate Stiehler-Mulder and Mariëtte Frazer
Tourism trends
Afro-disruption and Afro-centrism will be trending when Bizcommunity in association with Ster-Kinekor and Kantar, bring you BizTrendsLIVE!2020, on Thursday, 30 January 2020...
12 hours ago
Afro-disruption and Afro-centrism will be trending when Bizcommunity in association with Ster-Kinekor and Kantar, bring you BizTrendsLIVE!2020, on Thursday, 30 January 2020...
In his state of the nation speech in 2019, President Ramaphosa pledged to ensure that within the next five years, every 10-year-old child would be able to read for meaning. I applaud this vision, but realise it's not without its challenges and government cannot do this alone...
Tricky as it can be to 'gaze into a crystal ball ', applying one's mind to what might come to pass is still a worthy undertaking. The shape and format of the marketing and advertising sector continues to evolve and as it ebbs and flows, I suspect more than predict that the CMOs existence as a marked person will prevail...
#BizTrends2020: Advocating childhood literacy - today's readers are our future leaders
In his state of the nation speech in 2019, President Ramaphosa pledged to ensure that within the next five years, every 10-year-old child would be able to read for meaning. I applaud this vision, but realise it's not without its challenges and government cannot do this alone...
By josephine buys 18 hours ago
#BizTrends2020: Speaking of things yet to come
Tricky as it can be to 'gaze into a crystal ball ', applying one's mind to what might come to pass is still a worthy undertaking. The shape and format of the marketing and advertising sector continues to evolve and as it ebbs and flows, I suspect more than predict that the CMOs existence as a marked person will prevail...
By Sizakele Marutlulle 18 hours ago
#BizTrends2020: SA trends for brick and mortar stores - the present and the future
It's a new year and a blank page is ready to be filled with the retail story of 2020...
Beate Stiehler-Mulder and Mariëtte Frazer 12 hours ago
#BizTrends2020: Faster and smarter - 8 retail trends for 2020
For the retail sector as a whole - and for physical stores in particular - 2020 will be a year of reinvention where retail will get faster and smarter.
Dov Girnun 1 day ago
#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?
Nicola Cooper 1 day ago
#BizTrends2020: Consuming media and living the dream
With the greatest anticipation that the African marketing and communication industry will thrive and strengthen in the foreseeable future, it is important to note that the way we as South Africa and the greater continent consumes media will determine the speed at which we progress as a nation in that regard...
Gee Motsepe 1 day ago
#BizTrends2020: Culture systems, systems culture
It's one thing having the people and the resources to create culturally relevant work, but to be really effective, agencies must build the systems to support them...
Elouise Kelly 1 day ago
The key trends within the airport environment in 2020
Mzukisi Deliwe, Deputy CEO of Provantage Media Group and head of leading airport environment out-of-home player Airport Ads, unpacks the most pertinent trends for 2020...
Provantage Media Group 2 days ago
#BizTrends2020: Creativity's tipping point in business
I'm going to buck the trend and not talk about anything to do with tech or mobile, or the demise of the agency model. I'm also going to be honest and say that what I'm writing about isn't a mainstream trend yet, but it should be...
Gillian Rightford 2 days ago
#BizTrends2020: The rise of afro-natural beauty as an advertising trend
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?...
Josephine Sebesho 2 days ago
#BizTrends2020: Keep it simple in 2020
M&C Saatchi Abel leaders say now is the time to approach briefs with razor-sharp focus...
Mike Abel and Makosha Maja-Rasethaba 2 days ago
#BizTrends2020: 3 trends in responsible business
Companies spent an estimated R10.2bn on corporate social investment (CSI) in South Africa in 2019 - a 5% year-on-year increase in nominal terms (2018: R9.7bn), but flat when taking inflation into account, reflecting a subdued economy...
Zyaan Davids Anter 17 Jan 2020
#BizTrends2020: What you need to know about AI in 2020
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the ability of computers to learn, gain experience and make decisions, just like humans...
Avsharn Bachoo 17 Jan 2020
#BizTrends2020: A truer, more meaningful narrative for the African child
If brands want to succeed in South Africa and the rest of Africa, they need to love and appreciate Africa and the rich diversity that unifies instead of divides us...
Kamo Mogashoa 17 Jan 2020
#BizTrends2020: The need to prove that marketing is business™
Right now, intangible brand assets are worth $57.3tn globally. That's more than ever before; it's A LOT of rands...
Dale Hefer 17 Jan 2020
#BizTrends2020: Using e-commerce tools to build disruptive consumer brands
Many disruptive consumer brands eventually expand into retailers in order to reach broader scale, and fast-moving retailers can accelerate this process...
Paul Cook 16 Jan 2020
#BizTrends2020: It's the year of gamechangers
The digital and social media marketing landscape is in constant flux due to software updates, changes to platforms and new ways of consuming content. It is key to keep improving the experience for consumers, staying ahead of the trends...
Zubeida Goolam 16 Jan 2020
#BizTrends2020: Adapting to a new business paradigm
We're living and working in a world that is making less and less sense. Increased confusion, uncertainty and volatility are all having an impact. Businesses are under more operational pressure than ever before...
Adam Byars 16 Jan 2020
#BizTrends2020: Fashion won't be sustainable until consumers are educated
If you're wondering if sustainable fashion really does exist in South Africa, the answer is yes, but only on a small scale...
Emma Longden 15 Jan 2020
Going for growth in 2020: Have you looked towards uncomfortable places?
The choice facing businesses in 2020 is a simple but challenging one: Will you stay in survival mode or go for growth?...
Ashish Williams, MediaCom 15 Jan 2020
#BizTrends2020: Design thinking to rise in the public sector
In the face of increasingly tough systemic and complex challenges, there is an emerging global trend in the public sector towards using a design thinking approach to unlock new and innovative solutions...
Erica Elk 15 Jan 2020
#BizTrends2020: Taking the 20s into the cloud for marketing clout
The last decade was all about the cloud. From 2010 the cloud moved from novelty to the accepted means to deploy infrastructure...
Johan Walters 15 Jan 2020
#BizTrends2020: Machine learning set to burst the bubble of digital marketing
For years digital marketers revelled in the fact that they could accurately measure the return on ad spend. Since everything could be tracked, we could know where our money was being spent and how it was being consumed by our target audiences.
Andrew Smit 15 Jan 2020
#BizTrends2020: Digital content creation trends for smart brands to ride in 2020 and beyond
The advent of 5G and the growth in video consumption will lead to the creation of more visual content that customers can utilise and easily share. There will be more investment in collaborating with content creators whose messaging can be easily linked with certain brands without a major change in narrative...
Mongezi Mtati 15 Jan 2020
#BizTrends2020: 5 ways of being to make 2020 great
South Africa. A nation paralysed by talk, where the majority of problems are a product of our failure to execute...
Pepe Marais 15 Jan 2020
Top 10 global consumer trends for 2020 - Euromonitor
Market research provider Euromonitor International has released its 'Top 10 Global Consumer Trends 2020' report. The annual report identifies the most impactful trends driving consumer behavior, values and habits in the year ahead...
14 Jan 2020
No one cares about your marketing
With everything changing so fast, it shouldn't surprise you that the way we talk about, market and promote our businesses is changing too. Here's the bitter truth - no one cares about your marketing. The evidence for this is everywhere...
Jos Caelers, Engagement Factory 14 Jan 2020
#BizTrends2020: The year of storytelling
The truth about storytelling is that it will never go out of fashion. Perhaps the mediums through which it comes will continue to change, but the form itself... it is here to stay...
Masego Motsogi 14 Jan 2020
#BizTrends2020: End of an era as the 3rd party cookie crumbles
An interesting year has just flown by, in which it feels like all things digital are under pressure - the adtech ecosystem is contracting, Facebook is being slammed as usual, Google is in a showdown with French publishers, and cookies are errr... crumbling.
Lisa Macleod 14 Jan 2020