Ajay Lalloo, inspired by his grandfather's disability, exploited a gap in the cellphone market some 12 years ago to become one of South Africa's true entrepreneurial gems, writes Michael Appel. 31 Mar 2008
The home and commercial development and construction market in KwaZulu-Natal is to receive a significant boost with the opening of the first Pick & Build franchise operation in Durban. 31 Mar 2008
MTN South Africa announced today that it has decided not to renew its sponsorship agreement with Mamelodi Sundowns and that the end of the 2007/08 season would be the last year of their involvement with the team that they have sponsored for the past three years. 31 Mar 2008
Kagiso Khulani Supervision Food Services (KKS), a specialist operating division of Compass Group SA, has just marked two decades of sponsoring and hosting the KKS refreshment station at the Two Oceans Marathon, which took place in Cape Town on March 22. 31 Mar 2008
MTN has created a basket of communication solutions it says is aimed at assisting small to medium enterprise owners. 31 Mar 2008
Packaged applications take a considerable amount of risk out of any CRM implementation. Development time is reduced, testing time is reduced and, as a result, costs are typically lower. By providing standardized CRM building blocks, packaged applications allow companies to focus on the business value and making sure their CRM systems meet their business objectives. 31 Mar 2008
Companies that derive revenue from multiple channels often have two analyst teams: the "database marketing team" and the "web analysis team." These groups tend not to communicate. 31 Mar 2008
An energy-saving light bulb manufacturing plant is to be built in Lesotho in a bid to help South Africans reduce their electricity consumption. 29 Mar 2008
Standard Bank has reaffirmed its support of the wine industry by agreeing to sponsor the Soweto Wine Festival for the second year running. 29 Mar 2008
Mushroom and fruit juice company Country Foods Group has bought fishmonger The Mediterranean for R2. 28 Mar 2008
Fast-moving consumer goods group Tiger Brands said yesterday chief financial officer Noel Doyle would be leaving the company at the end of May. Doyle - who has been with the group for a decade - said his decision had nothing to do with the recent bread price-fixing scandal. "It's just an opportunity I've been considering for quite a while." 28 Mar 2008
Last month an interesting thing happened to me. I became the "subject" rather than the "solver." Having given advice to brands and businesses on how to use search engine marketing to manage their online reputation, I was suddenly faced with needing to manage my own. 28 Mar 2008
The demand for touch screen whiteboards has almost doubled, with sales in educational institutions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa increasing by 48% last year. 28 Mar 2008
Environmental Affairs and Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk has announced that the use, manufacture and processing of asbestos will be prohibited in South Africa with immediate effect. 27 Mar 2008
An internet-based trading platform for milk producers and buyers has been established, the Milk Producers' Organisation (MPO) said on Wednesday, 26 March 2008. 27 Mar 2008
Tiger Brands' chief financial officer and executive director Noel Doyle is to leave the company and resign as a director with effect from 31 May 2008. 27 Mar 2008
International brewer Heineken's proposed new 3-million-hectolitre brewery is set to be built in the Sedibeng district outside Johannesburg. 27 Mar 2008
USA - According to The Luxury Institute's latest WealthSurvey, the participation of wealthy online consumers in social networks dramatically increased to 60% in 2008, from 27% in 2007. Participation levels of online wealthy consumers in leading social networks are 16% for MySpace, 13% for LinkedIn, and 11% for Facebook. 27 Mar 2008
Mercedes-Benz South Africa had another bumper year in 2007 with turnover up by 13.5% to R37 billion. 27 Mar 2008
South Africa and Chile have agreed to actively expand economic and trade links between the two countries following bilateral discussions on Tuesday, 25 March 2008. 27 Mar 2008
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