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How tech and finance are unlocking Africa’s smallholder farming future

Agriculture

How tech and finance are unlocking Africa’s smallholder farming future

Humphrey Nxumalo 2 days

RAPT BizTrendsTV: Heidi Patmore – Digital wallets: A gamechanger

BizTrendsTV

RAPT BizTrendsTV: Heidi Patmore – Digital wallets: A gamechanger

Danette Breitenbach 24 Jun 2025

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Property

Urban innovation or economic despair? The rise of co-living in South Africa

30 Apr 2025

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Smart Buildings & Cities

Leveraging technology: A new hope for South African municipalities drowning in debt

9 Apr 2025

Ahmed Dhupli: Associate, Dispute Resolution Practice Group, PH Attorneys

Corporate & Commercial Law

Starlink challenges South African regulations as it hits BEE roadblocks

Ahmed Dhupli 20 Mar 2025

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Travel

Qatar Airways equips half its 777 fleet with Starlink

25 Feb 2025

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Primary & Secondary Education

Open for entry: Computer Olympiad Talent Search includes offline option for digitally disadvantaged

4 Feb 2025

Source: © 123rf Africa’s entertainment and media industry expected to outpace global growth in the next five years, driven by internet advertising and streaming services says PwC’s newly launched Africa Entertainment and Media Outlook 2024–2028 report

Media

Africa’s entertainment and media industry: A positive story of resilience and expansion

28 Jan 2025

Source: Supplied. Yael Geffen, chief executive officer of Lew Geffen Sotheby’s International Realty.

Trends

#BizTrends2025: The suburban renaissance

Yael Geffen 22 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Unleashing Africa’s economic potential through transformative logistics

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Unleashing Africa’s economic potential through transformative logistics

Amadou Diallo 13 Jan 2025

Integrate to innovate

Radio & Audio

Integrate to innovate

Issued by Motherland OMNi 13 Dec 2024

Source: Chief executive officer of Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (Savca), Tshepiso Kobile.

Finance

2024 in review: A transformative year for Southern African private capital

Tshepiso Kobile 30 Dec 2024

AI offers a unique opportunity for South African businesses

4th Industrial Revolution

AI offers a unique opportunity for South African businesses

Issued by ASUS 28 Nov 2024

Transforming education through edtech: Success stories from Free State and Northern Cape

E-learning

Transforming education through edtech: Success stories from Free State and Northern Cape

Issued by JNPR 28 Nov 2024

Fostering tech inclusivity in rural South African schools

Higher Education

Fostering tech inclusivity in rural South African schools

Issued by ASUS 22 Nov 2024

Championing the township economy with Bulelani Balabala, founder of Township Entrepreneurs Alliance (TEA)

Informal Retailing

Championing the township economy with Bulelani Balabala, founder of Township Entrepreneurs Alliance (TEA)

Evan-Lee Courie 12 Nov 2024

SA's township economy: where e-commerce meets opportunity and challenge

E-commerce

SA's township economy: where e-commerce meets opportunity and challenge

31 Oct 2024

Funding

South African calling app Talk360 raises R27m in funding

11 Sep 2024

Telemedicine can expand universal access to care and improve patient experience, by Medshield

Medical Aid

Telemedicine can expand universal access to care and improve patient experience, by Medshield

Issued by Stone 5 Jul 2024

Careerbox is the starting point for many call centre careers in the local CCI base of operations in uMhlanga.

Services

BPO industry report says Africa is becoming global CXM hub

Lindsey Schutters 20 Jun 2024

Undersea cables connecting East Africa to the internet have experienced multiple incidents in 2024.

Telecoms & Networks

East Africa internet disrupted by another major undersea cable cut

Lindsey Schutters 12 May 2024

Train to retain: 10 ways to maximise training and talent retention on the frontline

Skills Development & Training

Train to retain: 10 ways to maximise training and talent retention on the frontline

Issued by Digemy 1 Feb 2024

Unlocking Africa’s fintech potential: Insights from Dentsu and McKinsey

Digital

Unlocking Africa’s fintech potential: Insights from Dentsu and McKinsey

Issued by Dentsu 3 Apr 2024

The digital divide in sub-saharan Africa: A barrier to quality education and information access

Education

The digital divide in sub-saharan Africa: A barrier to quality education and information access

George Barrett 2 Apr 2024

Internet access and the challenge of providing equitable education in South Africa

Education

Internet access and the challenge of providing equitable education in South Africa

6 Mar 2024

Praveen Govender is chief sales and marketing officer at DFA, a subsidiary of Maziv

Telecoms & Networks

#Sona2024 response: SA must unleash telco potential for economic growth

Praveen Govender 18 Feb 2024

Business continuity: How to navigate an unpredictable 2024

Management & Leadership

Business continuity: How to navigate an unpredictable 2024

Issued by GO Content Lab 31 Jan 2024

Community radio. Additional value beyond the schedule

Radio & Audio

Community radio. Additional value beyond the schedule

Candy Dempers, Issued by MediaHeads 360 25 Jan 2024

Source: Rami Osman, director for business development, MediaTek Middle East and Africa.

Services

MediaTek pledges 5G collaboration in East Africa

27 Dec 2023

Rami Osman, director for business development, MediaTek MEA.

Telecoms & Networks

MediaTek keeps Africa 5G adoption as ‘strategic priority’ for 2024

22 Dec 2023

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E-learning

Could virtual public schools be the answer to capacity issues and budget cuts?

21 Dec 2023

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Residential Property

Load shedding is compromising your home security this festive season

Rein Snoeck-Henkemans 12 Dec 2023

Rudie Opperman. Source: Supplied

Technology

Edge computing could solve SA's illegal mining crisis

Rudie Opperman 13 Nov 2023

Higher Education

Multimedia is key to distance education: I built a model South African universities can use

Khanyisile Yanela Twabu 8 Nov 2023

Why choose Vasco Connect for uncapped fibre and fast LTE?

Internet

Why choose Vasco Connect for uncapped fibre and fast LTE?

Issued by Vasco Connect 12 Oct 2023

Connecting cultures: Amapiano, from South Africa to the world...

Music

Connecting cultures: Amapiano, from South Africa to the world...

Vanashree Govender, Issued by Irvine Partners 27 Sep 2023

Medtech

Telemedicine can help women get early abortions safely: South African study

22 Aug 2023

South African ISPs must do better. Source: 2H Media/Unsplash

Internet

South Africa's ISPs must do better

Richard Firth 18 Aug 2023

Logistics is adapting to the changing business landscape. Here's how

Logistics & Transport

Logistics is adapting to the changing business landscape. Here's how

Natasha Parmanand 6 Jul 2023

Source: © Yulia Grigoryeva Automated cash management reduces costs to retailers by 40% and supports customer choice

Banking & Finance

5 key benefits of automated cash management for retailers

21 Jun 2023

Free internet for over 300 schools

Education

Free internet for over 300 schools

Issued by React Ideas Agency 20 Jun 2023

Amplify your women-owned business with the Road to Growth programme

SMEs

Amplify your women-owned business with the Road to Growth programme

Issued by Gordon Institute of Business Science 15 Jun 2023

BET Software in Johannesburg turns 1

Software

BET Software in Johannesburg turns 1

Issued by BET Software 19 May 2023

Eduroam rolled out at all ACSA airports

Higher Education

Eduroam rolled out at all ACSA airports

26 Apr 2023

UCT Online High School: redefining the online education system in SA

E-learning

UCT Online High School: redefining the online education system in SA

Evan-Lee Courie 18 Apr 2023

Vodacom, Netstar launch free in-taxi Wi-Fi service for SA commuters

Internet

Vodacom, Netstar launch free in-taxi Wi-Fi service for SA commuters

6 Apr 2023