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#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...
Lynette Hundermark 3 Feb 2020
#BizTrends2020: What's in store for a digitally connected Africa?
One of the great privileges of working in Africa is how no two days are ever the same...
Cathy Smith 14 Jan 2020
#BizTrends2019: Payments, engagement, partnership - African retail trends for 2019
With two key retail periods - Black Friday and festive season - now behind us, retailers are looking for new ways to increase revenue, grow market share, and boost profits...
Mark Schech 22 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: The speed of culture
A lot happens in a year, and as our population and their access to the world and each other grows, our collective innovation and productivity will continue to grow exponentially, making each passing year increasingly dense with 'trends' and 'disruptions'...
Yatish Narsi 22 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: Top mobile trends for the 2019 consumer
"This is not the year of the mobile phone". The African consumer is tired of hearing this...
Lynette Hundermark 17 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: From disappearing acts to dark social and digital wellness
Kalliebree Keynerd, head of social media at Joe Public Connect, predicts we'll see more of the following six trends over the coming months...
Kalliebree Keynerd 16 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: Digital, data-driven biometrics
The global biometrics market is growing rapidly. In fact, research indicates that the global market is growing a compounded growth rate of 22.9%...
Pine Pienaar 15 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: What's holding back the value of 4IR?
The world is in the middle of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. 4IR is happening all around us, but what are some of the drawbacks South Africa and Africa are facing?
Alan Knott-Craig 14 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: Top 12 trends for SA and the world
Marian Salzman, one of the world's top trendspotters, shares 12 of the top trends to expect as we delve into 2019...
Marian Salzman 8 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: The future of learning in relation to disruptive innovations
According to American developmental biologist, Dr. Bruce Harold Lipton, the brain of a child under the age of seven is in a lower vibrational frequency, a state called theta, imagination...
Neo Rantele Kuaho 7 Jan 2019
Trends empowering intelligent transformation
A new age is dawning. For big companies, the oncoming era will require new skill sets, technologies, alignments and business models...
Jim Holland 3 Dec 2018
#BizTrends2018: Make sure you're at the heart of disruption
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...
Damian Michael 8 Jan 2018
#BizTrends2018: Prescriptive data in the digital space, the next big thing
The recent advances in data analytics and machine learning will see a huge shift in how we use data in 2018...
Paula Raubenheimer 8 Jan 2018
#BizTrends2018: A positive perspective on moving towards 4.0
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...
Chrisna Basson 8 Jan 2018
#BizTrends2018: Top mobile trends for the 2018 consumer
Before we can start talking about any trends, marketers need to be aware of the fact that mobile starts with an understanding of how fiercely personal this device is, it has become more of an appendage than a device...
Lynette Hundermark 8 Jan 2018