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| Marketing & Media |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS The MTN App of the Year awards were a success a few weeks ago, but have you ever wondered about the tech-savvy system behind the awards? Mike Lysko, CEO and founder of Flock Eventing Platform explains the connectivity, convenience and entertainment opportunity of the delivery mechanism... Read |
 | JESSICA TENNANT Woolworths recently launched a digitally-led and multi-channel marketing campaign called the 'Starts With' challenge - a seven-week balanced living challenge facilitated through a Facebook event inviting participants to take part... Read |
 | LOUISE MARSLAND How are people coping in this new connected world? A global study from Viacom looks at The Next Normal: Rise of Resilience among consumers, including from Nigeria and South Africa, and how brands should respond... Read |
 | Africa's first all-Africa movie review platform calls for collaboration to showcase and crowdsource the best African-made movies to a local and global audience... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS This #EntrepreneurMonth, we go behind the selfie with Scott Cundill - part marketer, consumer champion, technologist, and published author, he's the innovator, story architect and business tech driver of The Gentle Reminders Club, as well as CEO of Majestic3... Read |
 | The Midas Awards have announced their grand and executive juries, which include three South Africans, and due to overwhelming demanded extended the entry deadline to 17 November 2017... Read |
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| Retail |
 | TFG expects to see a rising contribution from online sales - which now account for 6% of group-wide turnover - as it invests in its e-commerce operations, says CEO Doug Murray... Read |
 | DR TANYA ZACK Over the last 20 years Johannesburg has become an intense wholesale and retail centre for local hawkers and for traders from all over sub-Saharan Africa... Read |
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| Agriculture |
 | Nestlé has announced that it will complete it's transition to a cage-free egg supply chain in Africa, Latin America, Oceania and the Middle East by 2025, an important benchmark in the global move towards... Read |
 | JOHNSON KANAMUGIRE The increasing number of hungry people, coupled with the climate-linked extinction of crops and livestock varieties has seen the world exploring alternative genetic materials... Read |
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| Automotive |
 | HADLEE SIMONS The current F1 engine formula is set to stay in place for a few more years, but the V6 turbo hybrid era is set for a significant change come 2021... Read |
 | Japanese car giant Nissan said on Monday it would resume domestic production which was suspended following an inspection scandal... Read |
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| Construction & Engineering |
 | South Africa will this month host a summit to profile investment opportunities in water infrastructure... Read |
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| Education |
 | BCX has launched a digital learning platform designed to propel South African education into the future by providing free access to online educational content... Read |
 | The inaugural Allan Gray Entrepreneurship Challenge (AGEC) which was conceptualised to creatively coach high school learners to think entrepreneurially has been lauded a "huge success"... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | Environmental activists wearing hazard suits marched onto one of the world's largest open-pit coal mines, near Bonn on the eve of 196-nation UN climate talks in the city.... Read |
 | ERIK NORDMAN Cape Verde, the small island archipelago nation off Africa's northwest coast, has set itself a very bold renewable energy target... Read |
 | The 2017 version of the Mining Charter will also have a significant impact on mining sector service providers... Read |
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| ESG & Sustainability |
 | Nations that adopted the Paris Agreement with champagne two years ago regroup this week amid grim omens of climate peril and with an anxious eye on Donald Trump's America... Read |
 | FRED KOCKOTT MSC says it has "taken over the clean-up of the harbour in recent days in order to expedite the process"... Read |
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| Finance |
 | With the cryptocurrency boom continuing across the world, it is fast becoming an attractive target for cybercriminals... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | The Groote Schuur Hospital Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic (GSH PHC) is a specialist clinic offering improved treatment for state and private patients suffering from the disease... Read |
 | The chairperson of the South African Medical Association (Sama), Dr Mzukisi Grootboom, has refuted claims made in the Witness newspaper... Read |
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| Legal |
 | NALEDI SHANGE The SABC's head of legal services Sizwe Vilakazi was murdered at the weekend... Read |
 | In July this year, 72 JSE-listed companies were identified as the subject of employment equity reviews by the Department of Labour Inspection and Enforcement Services (IES)... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | The Platter's by Diners Club South African Wine Guide 2018 was unveiled at The Table Bay Hotel in Cape Town. Read |
 | MARTIN MYERS In an exclusive interview with Bizcommunity, we speak to an extraordinary man and talent, international music and media producer, Spencer Proffer. Spencer is visiting South Africa this week to produce a groundbreaking new way to expose a film. Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | DORINA POJAN, IDERLINA MATEO-BABIANO, JONATHAN COR Parking may seem like a "pedestrian" topic (pun intended). However, parking is of increasing importance in metropolitan areas worldwide. On average, motor vehicles are parked 95% of the time. Yet most transport analysis focuses on vehicles when they are moving... Read |
 | Sean S. Fitzgerald has been appointed as Maersk Container Industry's new chief executive officer to lead the A.P. Moller - Maersk's Transport & Logistics division in its development of refrigerated and dry containers... Read |
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| Property |
 | ALISTAIR ANDERSON Redefine Properties, the second largest SA-based property group, is due to expand its offshore property platform with another foray into Eastern Europe... Read |
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| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | CNN International's Inside Africa recently explored the history and revitalisation of Cape Town's Waterfront - the most visited landmark in South Africa - which attracts 24 million visitors a year... Read |
 | Euromonitor International has released the 2017 edition of the Top 100 City Destinations Ranking, incorporating global travel trends to provide insight on how cities are at the forefront of tourism growth... Read |
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| ICT |
 | COLIN THORNTON More than ever before, technology drives our world. It powers businesses, cities and governments, and shapes individual lives in a hugely impactful way... Read |
 | Mobile data prices could start to fall faster as operators invest in their networks, according to Robert Pasley, chief strategy officer at Cell C... Read |
 | ILSE VAN DEN BERG The NEC/XON ICT Summit 2017 kicked off on Monday, 6 November 2017. Keynote speakers included the likes of Carel Coetzee, CEO of XON and Hironobu Kurosaki, president and CEO of NEC Europe... Read |
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