| |
JESSE WEINBERG The smartphone has perhaps become one of the greatest gifts to an entrepreneur looking to launch a business on little to no seed capital... |
|
|
|---|
|
| Marketing & Media |
 | Warc has released its latest monthly Global Ad Trends report focussing on threats to the digital advertising ecosystem... Read |
 | SHAE LEIGH If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then a powerful content video is worth 1,000 pictures. The challenge comes when you have to sit down and choose those 1,000 pictures and create something from them that resonates with people... Read |
 | Plans necessary to nurture the creative, skilled populations that will form the bedrock of knowledge-led economies in Africa, was discussed at the Next Einstein Forum in Rwanda this week... Read |
 | VICTOR MORERIANE The time is now ripe for organisations to employ forward-looking risk mitigation and reputation management strategies. The story of the Panama Papers has changed the world... Read |
 | LEIGH ANDREWS The rise of fake news means today's social media bunch are more sceptical than ever before, but how many people actually fall for April Fool's headlines... Read |
|
| Retail |
 | TAMAR KHAN The listeriosis outbreak has negatively affected trading partners' perceptions of the safety of food exports from SA and could have financial repercussions that extend far beyond the firms at the heart of the crisis... Read |
 | Cloth diapers, nappies, menstrual cups and other re-usable sanitary wear are growing in popularity as environmentally-friendly options to reduce waste, increase savings and improve general hygiene... Read |
|
| Agriculture |
 | ESTHER NGUMBI The increasing occurrence and severity of extreme weather events linked to climate change necessitate all stakeholders involved in agriculture to ramp up their efforts of making sure that newer agricultural innovations and technologies are available to farmers... Read |
 | PROF ABBAS EL-ZEIN Land degradation can take many forms, but always entails a serious disruption of a healthy balance between five key ecosystem functions. These are: food production, fibre provision, microclimate regulation, water retention, and carbon storage... Read |
|
| Automotive |
 | SAN FRANCISCO, US - A co-founder of a self-driving truck startup Uber bought to rev up its autonomous vehicle efforts is leaving the ride-share company, CNBC reports... Read |
 | SAN FRANCISCO, US - The race to perfect robot cars continues despite fears kindled by the death of a woman hit by a self-driving Uber vehicle while pushing a bicycle across an Arizona street... Read |
|
| Construction & Engineering |
 | MATTHEW KIBBY Mobile technology could help South African construction companies to boost productivity as they seek to optimise efficiencies in the face of a long industry slump... Read |
|
| Education |
 | SHAN RADCLIFFE The latest edition of the Oxford Afrikaans-Engels English-Afrikaans Skoolwoordeboek School Dictionary is more than just basic word translations... Read |
 | AYO Technology Solutions (AYO) has revealed its plans to launch the AYO Incubation and Technology Hub, which will concentrate on building digital inclusion through skills development and mentorship... Read |
|
| Energy & Mining |
 | ALLAN SECCOMBE Gold Fields made its long-anticipated move to buy assets in Ghana, buying half of Canadian Asanko Gold's subsidiary in the country and buying a 9.9% stake in the parent company for a combined total of nearly $204m... Read |
 | ALLAN SECCOMBE Anglo American restarted its Minas Rio iron ore slurry pumping after a 15-day hiatus caused by a leak... Read |
|
| ESG & Sustainability |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH Late last year, Saudi Arabian women were granted the right to obtain a driver's licence... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH A refugee is a person that cannot live in his/her own country for fear of persecution, human rights violations, or no rights at all. Economic migrants, on the other hand... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH In today's world, the girl child is the most vulnerable, and female genital mutilation (FGM) is one of the cruellest practices and forms of discrimination against girls and women... Read |
|
| Finance |
 | ROBERT LAING African Bank has promoted Basani Maluleke from designate CEO to CEO, making her the first black woman to head a bank in SA... Read |
 | LINDA ENSOR The Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (Irba) has extended its investigation into the role of auditing firm Deloitte in the auditing of Steinhoff financial statements back by two years to 2012... Read |
|
| Healthcare |
 | An estimated 540-million people are debilitated by low back pain at any given time worldwide. In Africa, the statistic translates into more than one in three people... Read |
 | Flu vaccines have been less effective in recent years. New research shows that this is due to an immune history with the flu which influences a person's response to the vaccine... Read |
|
| Legal |
 | BEKEZELA PHAKATHI Final regulations on the expiry of data bundles are set to be published by the end of April, telecommunications regulator the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) told MPs on Wednesday... Read |
 | CHETAN VANMALI AND KAGISO NONYANE In South Africa, as with most other countries around the world, there is no guidance and regulation regarding cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin... Read |
 | LINDA ENSOR The head of the Hawks's commercial crime unit has slammed a report submitted by Steinhoff management as lacking in substance and "malicious"... Read |
|
| Lifestyle |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG British singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae graced the Kippies stage at the acclaimed Cape Town International Jazz Festival last weekend, dazzling the audience with her progressive blend of jazzy neo-soul and folky indie rock... Read |
 | The Cape Town Electronic Music Festival (CTEMF) will be held at Atlantic Film Studios in Milnerton, Cape Town from 6-8 of April 2018. Read |
|
| Logistics & Transport |
 | Delivering his keynote address at the recent Garden Route Investment Conference under the theme "creating opportunity in global uncertainty", Nico Walters, GM: strategy at Transnet National Ports Authority acknowledged the important role of ports in the local economy... Read |
 | FRANKFURT, Germany - German carmakers Daimler and BMW said on Wednesday they would merge their car-sharing services Car2Go and DriveNow, creating a European giant with around four million users to take on challengers like Uber... Read |
|
| Property |
 | SAMUEL SEEFF The decision by the Monetary Policy Committee of the SA Reserve Bank to cut the repo rate by 25bps from 6.75% to 6.50%, taking the base home loan rate from 10.25% to 10%, is a welcome boost for the economy and property market... Read |
 | DR ANDREW GOLDING The recent announcement of an interest rate cut of 25bps, coupled with Moody's decision to not only leave South Africa's credit rating unchanged... Read |
|
| Tourism, Travel & Hospitality |
 | WTTC's annual Economic Impact Research shows that travel and tourism were responsible for the creation of seven million new jobs worldwide. The report also shows that 2017 was a bumper year for the global travel and tourism sector... Read |
 | CRISTINA GARDUÑO FREEMAN Most people's experience of World Heritage is now a digital one. Whether it's on social media, an official website, Wikipedia or a simple Google search, this shift in "visitation" means many people who engage with World Heritage will never physically travel to the actual site... Read |
|
| ICT |
 | CHICAGO, US - Apple on Tuesday unveiled new applications and a discounted iPad tablet aimed at the education market as it tries to regain momentum lost to Google in the world of classroom technology. Read |
|
| Featured Press Office of the day | More | Join |
|
|
 | Launched in the heart of Johannesburg in 1971. AdCheck provides a comprehensive advertising monitoring and analysis service to the Media & Advertising agencies, as well as Brand Owners. Assisting clients to enhance their own marketing & advertising strategies. |
| Jobs offered |
|
|
|
|
|
|
