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Bizcommunity invited a diverse selection of thought-leader industry veterans and #BizTrends2020 contributors to join its vision for Africa at its annual and much-awaited BizTrendsLIVE! event, which took place at Ster-Kinekor Imax Theatre at the Mall of Africa in Midrand, Johannesburg on Thursday, 30 January... read
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Top Trends
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DION CHANG
By the end of 2019, the rising anger around the globe was palpable, as were the divisions that fuelled the rage... Read
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MARIAN SALZMAN
In the knowledge economy, every glimpse of the probable future carries monetary value... Read
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Advertising trends
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PEPE MARAIS
South Africa. A nation paralysed by talk, where the majority of problems are a product of our failure to execute... Read
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CRM, CX, UX trends
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BOGOSI MOTSHEGWA
The concept of sustainability from a business point of view requires a change in operation and how its leaders think about almost everything... Read
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Digital trends
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BONISWA PEZISA
I predict we will see a rise of essentialism and discernment, mindfulness and wholesomeness, and Boomer apps over the course of 2020... Read
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Marketing trends
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ISSUED BY KANTAR
'Africa is changing fast' is a euphemism. The nature of the continent's change is not just fast, it has been deep, at times totally unforeseen and always multi-dimensional... Read
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Media trends
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BONI MCHUNU
2019 was a painful year for South African women. The brutal murders of women like Uyinene Mrwetyana, Meghan Cremer and Leighandre 'Baby Lee' Jegels left South Africans shocked, sad and angry... Read
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Mobile trends
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LYNETTE HUNDERMARK
The start of this new decade marks almost 10 years since the smartphone entered Africa... Read
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Events & Conferences trends
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WARREN MOSS
Companies are truly starting to understand what good B2B marketing looks like and are looking for dedicated agencies to deliver it... Read
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Agriculture trends
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NICO GROENEWALD
The broader agricultural economic environment is changing, and this would require us to revisit how we determine our success as well... Read
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Automotive trends
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KRIBEN REDDY
Back in 1951, the publishers of Popular Mechanics predicted that every family would have at least one helicopter in their garage by 2020... Read
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Construction & Engineering trends
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DHESIGEN NAIDOO
The quickest win of all lies in reticulation efficiency. We currently lose about 25% of treated, expensive drinking quality water to leaks in our cities and towns... Read
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CSI & Sustainability trends
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NAZEEMA MOHAMED
Non-profit organisations (NPOs) are working in a challenging context and this will continue in 2020... Read
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Education trends
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PROFESSOR PATRICK BEAN
Post-schooling education remains a 'hot button' topic in South Africa. A struggling education system and barriers to entering higher education are certainly significant... Read
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Energy & Mining trends
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NJ AYUK
Africa holds around 7% of the world's proven crude oil and natural gas reserves, yet the continent remains largely under-explored... Read
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Entrepreneurship trends
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EUGENE COETZEE
What role can tech startups play in helping to solve the unemployment crisis? The short answer is: in a greater capacity than you'd think... Read
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Finance trends
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ISSUED BY FMI INSURANCE
Technology has transformed every sphere of the world we live in and is arguably the single biggest force changing human behaviour and the nature of business... Read
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Healthcare trends
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HELEN WEBER
Forty-three percent of South Africa's population lives in rural regions, with just one physician responsible for 7,700 people, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). With limited options, telemedicine has the potential to make healthcare far more accessible, as technology evolves... Read
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HR & Recruitment trends
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ISSUED BY TOP EMPLOYERS INSTITUTE
Top Employers Institute on the top three trends shaping HR in Africa for 2020 - what organisations can learn... Read
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ICT trends
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STEPHEN VAN DER HEIJDEN
Access to software skills is now critical for any growing company... Read
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Legal trends
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ATHI JARA
Mining remains one of the major contributors to the South African economy. In 2019, the mining industry saw a number of exciting developments. More interesting developments lie ahead... Read
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Logistics & Transport trends
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BENOIT VERBAERE
The airport experience has morphed dramatically in the past 10 years with the introduction of biometric security, mobile check-in, and baggage tracking. And there is much more to come... Read
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Property trends
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YAEL GEFFEN
According to a recent Time magazine article, women are 'on the brink of a massive power shift... Read
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Retail trends
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CHRISTELE CHOKOSSA
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to 14% of the world's population and by 2030, the region's population will surpass that of China. The way consumers shop in the region is ever-changing... Read
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Tourism trends
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MARTIN JANSEN VAN VUUREN
Many global megatrends, that will have an impact on the South African tourism industry, have already been identified. These include the rising importance of technology and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, flight shaming and the rise of carbon-neutral trips and the rise of Bleisure... Read
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Lifestyle trends
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TECLA CIOLFI
While it's not exactly easy to predict the future, there are a few musical movements that have seemed to gain momentum over the last year-or-so, movements that will hopefully be more relevant than ever, in the first year of our new decade... Read
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