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| Marketing & Media |
 | Mobile cash reduces hunger, boosts local economies in Kenya - the money is primarily transferred using the M-Pesa mobile phone-based money transfer service... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The world has become unpredictable, unstable and the traditional ways of doing business are not holding up in this new world... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH Seven years ago, the Apex Awards launched its bursary programme. Since then it has funded 60 bursaries. This year proceeds have enabled it to increase that number to 72, which is an additional 12 bursaries... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH In the context of the massive shift in digital the world is undergoing; the big idea is dead. There is a new way of work and it is lean and agile. It is about learning, tweaking and testing. It is about building a personal relationship with every customer... Read |
 | In 10 years, the digital economy will probably ‘weigh' 10% of African GDP... Read |
 | The German Presidency of the G20 managed to build on the achievements of the last summit in China which had emphasised sustainable development in Africa... Read |
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| Retail |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG South Africa's clothing and textile industry has seen some trying times. In the past 15 years, jobs in the local sector have decreased from 200,000 to 19,000... Read |
 | GARETH PEARSON With Stats SA reporting a 0.7% GDP decrease in the first quarter of 2017, the announcement we were all dreading finally came in June... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | WESSEL LEMMER As a result of the bird flu outbreak, exports will now be negatively impacted as neighbouring countries have imposed import bans... Read |
 | Global food commodity prices are projected to remain low over the next decade... Read |
 | Veteran cabinet minsters agree that the agricultural sector can be a major driving force for new economic growth... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | Ford has created a new robotics and artificial intelligence team which will, in partnership with Argo AI, drive research and development of autonomous vehicles... Read |
 | Opel has revised the Corsa models lineup in an aim to give better value to customers. It has resulted in improved specifications for some models as well as price drops across the range... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON Atterbury has completed the first-phase development of its $20m Pemba Shopping venture in Mozambique... Read |
 | ROBERT LAING Mercantile Bank's role in the liquidation of Alert Steel is heading to court, with plaintiffs, including ArcelorMittal, demanding R351m damages, Fin24 reported on Monday, 10 July... Read |
 | DAVID OLIVIER Water access is a key challenge for urban futures... Read |
 | The new 504-room Tsogo Sun hotel complex in Cape Town, set to open its doors in the CBD in September this year, has been selected for display at this year's New London Architecture (NLA) exhibition... Read |
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| Education |
 | Imbalie Beauty Training Academy has places for disabled students to apply for a 12-month beauty course... Read |
 | In anticipation of the SA Taxi Council's announcement that a nationwide strike might take place on 12 July, the organisers of the EduWeek event put plans in place to ensure the smooth-running of the event that would have been hugely impacted by this strike... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | Despite uncertainty around the future of South Africa's REIPPP, the country still ranked 10th among G20 countries for renewable energy investment... Read |
 | CHARLOTTE MATHEWS SepFluor has begun work on the R1.7bn Nokeng fluorspar mine at Rust de Winter, northeast of Pretoria, with funding provided by private equity and banks... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | JULIE C. ALEMAN Tropical Africa has two distinct features - rain forests which are dominated by trees and savannas which are dominated by grasses. Both depend on rainfall quantity and seasonality... Read |
 | MARITHA ERASMUS A stakeholder approach to sustainability in business has myriad benefits... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | This year, 400m people, that is one out of 17, mostly poor people, women and children, around the world remain without access to healthcare... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | The Cape Town Electronic Music Festival has announced its 2018 festival dates, which will take place in Cape Town from 6 to 8 April 2018. Read |
 | RUTH COOPER South African based entrepreneurs, Shakirah Sky Dramat and Wayne Hipe Robertson, recently relaunched THAT Network, a startup, which aims to create a sustainable creative industry... Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | The 2017 First Quarter East Africa Trade Report issued by Maersk Line Eastern Africa reveals that aggregate trade levels in the region have improved slightly since 2016... Read |
 | Boeing and Fedex Express will work together to fly the next eco-demonstrator... Read |
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| Property |
 | PriceCheck has launched a property portal on its e-commerce platform... Read |
 | While many landlords use a “standard lease” when signing a rental agreement with their tenants, it should be noted that there are various legal aspects of renting out a property that might not be included in such a lease, says Michael Bauer, managing director of estate agency SAProperty.com... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | Lesotho has joined 13 other African countries that issues electronic visas... Read |
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| ICT |
 | ILSE VAN DEN BERG Through The Sun Exchange, anyone can go solar and start building wealth powered by sunlight. It allows for collaborative solar finance using blockchain... Read |
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