We're now living in a world dominated by technology and digitisation. Whatever the business or industry may be, technology is sure to be at the heart of it...
Amelia Neate 10 hours ago
Refreshing: Orchid for Cell C for reviving big brand storytelling; Capitalises on aspiration - which drives many to search for better lives...
Brendan Seery 16 Feb 2021
The industry now has a unique opportunity to reevaluate, restrategise, and create robust structures better suited to roll with the pandemic punches...
Greg Cooke 15 Feb 2021
...And how to get to the right questions, and the right spend!
Allan Dickson 5 Feb 2021
Vulnerabilities were exploited to the maximum and there were a number of highly publicised attacks across the globe. However, while this has led to greater awareness of the risks and an increase in caution, businesses cannot afford to let down their guard in 2021...
Simeon Tassev 3 Feb 2021
This week I catch up with Tilesh Bhaga, creative technologist at Grey Advertising Africa...
Evan-Lee Courie 3 Feb 2021
Dion Chang, one of South Africa's most respected trend analysts, kicked off BizTrends2021 - Towards New North and New Narratives...
Evan-Lee Courie 28 Jan 2021
The hype around WhatsApp's new privacy policies has drawn so much attention from the media. Many different views have been expressed and some are accurate and others not so accurate. Be that as it may, people have been misinformed...
Rirhandzu Shingwenyana 26 Jan 2021
Musa Kalenga was one of eight speakers at the BizTrends2021 online event "Towards New Norths & New Narratives" on Thursday, 28 January 2021...
Evan-Lee Courie 26 Jan 2021
Staff augmentation is fast becoming the buzzword in the app development job market, attracting more businesses to hire remotely...
Nick Durrant, Bluegrass Digital 26 Jan 2021
Data and analytics are disrupting traditional business models and ecosystems, helping modern organisations remain competitive...
Nick Durrant, Bluegrass Digital 25 Jan 2021
"Virtual reality, or VR, is something that we have heard a lot about over the last few months - especially in response to Covid-19. It is becoming a big part of travel and tourism with many questions cropping up on what it looks like, how it works and, most importantly, how we can leverage it."
Chelsey Hale 25 Jan 2021
Businesses across the globe are investing heavily in mobile apps to easily drive traffic to their websites. However, it remains a challenge for business owners to choose between developing a native app or a cross-platform app...
Nick Durrant, Bluegrass Digital 21 Jan 2021
The traditional waterfall software development methodology is fast losing its popularity as more companies adopt the agile model. Each model offers a different way to deliver a project, but deciding which is best suited depends on the scope of the project...
Nick Durrant, Bluegrass Digital 20 Jan 2021
Looking to the year ahead, we expect the most common form of attack - phishing emails - to increase in both volume and sophistication...
Anna Collard 20 Jan 2021
Launched in February 2020, Play Zuri Health Limited is a mobile health service that delivers first level medical services to its users through their mobile devices via apps, WAP, and SMS...
Papama Nyati 19 Jan 2021
Whilst the role of the marketing department appears to have evolved significantly over the past few years, fundamentally it is still about building relationships...
Paula Sartini 18 Jan 2021
Lars Lehne has been appointed group CEO of Incubeta, the South African-born, global independent digital marketing services group...
Evan-Lee Courie 15 Jan 2021
When reflecting on the fourth industrial revolution, a number of things immediately spring to mind - for example, IoT, AI, and robots. Regrettably, little attention is given to individual employees and workers in this emerging industrial world, unless one is discussing the concerns related to potential job losses...
Lyndy van den Barselaar 14 Jan 2021
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gaining notable momentum across a number of industries. In the past year, we saw rapid digital transformation spurred by Covid-19, with new technologies being adopted almost overnight...
Dries Cronje 13 Jan 2021
Companies have to realise that technology and digitisation are pivotal to surviving in the new normal. However, it's not just about who will go digital. It's about who will go digital-first and who will do it better...
Saurabh Kumar 8 Jan 2021
What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago, most technology forecasts centred around the 4th Industrial Revolution and the need for businesses to use the newest technologies to stay competitive. This is still true a year later, but Covid-19 has changed the direction of travel...
Esti Kilian 6 Jan 2021
If 2020 has shown us anything, it's that change and disruption are a constant. The effects of the global coronavirus pandemic led to unprecedented shifts in the way we live, work, learn and transact - with a widespread move online and digital platforms...
Michelle Wynne 6 Jan 2021
The year 2020 has been one of the most challenging years in recent memory, both in terms of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on societies and economies around the world, and the impact of a dramatic rise in cybercrime...
Brian Pinnock 6 Jan 2021
The digital acceleration of the last two years, but most especially during 2020, has placed a growing focus on digital marketing delivery...
Niamh NicLiam 6 Jan 2021
We have learned this year the true meaning of digital transformation across every industry. That is, reimagining businesses to better serve customers and understand their needs, and having the agility to respond to changing circumstance...
Robin Fisher 23 Dec 2020
Optimists among us realised early on that the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns should be viewed as the ultimate opportunity to accelerate the transformation to digital. Increasingly, a digital strategy is becoming the only strategy...
Shaune Jordaan 21 Dec 2020
Forrester predicts that 2021 will be the year that companies accelerate digital transformation while focusing on customer experiences (CX) and the platforms and technologies designed to enhance them. This is a view shared by many. The world has certainly changed in 2020 and so have customers. But as a business, have you?
Wynand Smit 21 Dec 2020
Robyn Peterson, chief technology officer at CNN chats about the evolution of the media landscape; the impact of technology on the consumption of news and the future of news journalism in a tech-driven world...
Evan-Lee Courie 15 Dec 2020
While online merchants are revelling in the excellent growth of new customers, fraudsters are also migrating online and, if left unchecked, these bad actors could destroy the windfall of this new customer acquisition...
Brendon Williamson 11 Dec 2020
