The Mastercard Foundation Centre for Innovative Teaching and Learning in ICT on Friday announced the first cohort of 12 EdTech Fellows - companies that will benefit from the Centre's support to expand their operations and improve secondary teaching and learning across the continent...
24 Feb 2020
The Anzisha Prize announced that the 2020 call for applications is now open...
18 Feb 2020
South Africa's 'love economy' continues to grow, with Valentine's Day spend up 11%...
14 Feb 2020
African merchants should support payment methods that suit their customers, rather than following global trends just for the sake of it...
Peter Harvey 21 Jan 2020
Johannesburg has retained its place on the esteemed Euromonitor International Top 100 City Destinations List for 2019, and is the only sub-Saharan city that has managed to secure a spot...
Issued by Domestic Flights South Africa 15 Jan 2020
Mastercard's first-ever music single titled Merry Go Round was released on 7 January. The song forms part of the company's evolution of its sonic brand identity and the redefinition of how people interact with the brand.
14 Jan 2020
Just as much as consumers want the easiest shopping experience and getting their goods quickly, they want their money back fast for returns...
Thomas Pays 30 Dec 2019
The launch of Facebook's unified Facebook Pay system across its entire family of messaging apps hasn't just created the world's biggest payment platform. It's taken the existing payment universe and turned it on its head, with huge ramifications for how businesses and influencers monetise their social media presence...
Thomas Pays 24 Dec 2019
South African consumer spending shows an uptick ahead of the festive season according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, which looks at overall retail spending trends across all payment types including cash and cheques...
23 Dec 2019
In order to stay in business, one needs to stay abreast with technology and remain up to date with the latest innovations...
Odette van der Haar 19 Dec 2019
FNB is expanding its support for QR code payment channels in South Africa. The bank says this follows positive responses from merchants and consumers to its app-based QR code payments solution...
17 Dec 2019
The simplest way of optimising route to market is through pre-sales, which then creates a predictable order and allows for the best delivery routes to be calculated...
Andrew Dawson 25 Nov 2019
The 2019 Epica Awards winners have been announced with South Africa's VMLY&R's "Don't Tell Me What To Do" campaign for Edgars winning Silver in the Branded Content - Music Video category...
22 Nov 2019
The platform, available at bus.travelstart.co.za, will help customers save time and money by comparing bus tickets from competing companies...
20 Nov 2019
Has anyone ever really stopped to think about what innovation is and how it can drive a business?
18 Nov 2019
The 2019 Epica Awards shortlist has been announced with South Africa's VMLY&R's "Don't Tell Me What To Do" campaign for Edgars revealed as a finalist in the Branded Content - Music Video category...
12 Nov 2019
Yannick Kimanuka from the Democratic Republic of Congo was crowned her the winner of the 2019 Anzisha Prize...
29 Oct 2019
The governments of the two West African countries could do more to enhance women's participation in tourism...
Albert N. Kimbu, Ewoenam A. Afenyo-Agbe, Issahaku Adam 25 Oct 2019
Carbon for Business is a digital financial services platform that provides startups, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and fintechs with the services and technology they need...
24 Oct 2019
A recent poll found that South African rugby fans marvel at the impact technology has on improving the experience of the game...
2 Oct 2019
Beauty brand, Avon Justine, has launched a recruitment initiative to provide women in South Africa with sustainable earning opportunities. The company says it aims to ease SA's unemployment crisis...
18 Sep 2019
Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Africa, are examples of how digital inclusion can be accelerated across the continent for economic benefit to all...
16 Sep 2019
The private and public sectors must collaborate to reduce the reliance on cash and encourage the use of digital payment methods and financial services to achieve more inclusive and sustainable economic growth...
5 Sep 2019
Mastercard's 'Together We Lead' event focused on challenges faced by women entrepreneurs in Africa, and the role of technology in helping drive inclusive growth...
5 Sep 2019
Africa Data Centres becomes the first carrier-neutral data centre in Nairobi to be PCI DSS compliant...
21 Aug 2019
The Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs report revealed that in South Africa women in early-stage entrepreneurial activity dropped by 15.7% in 2018...
14 Aug 2019
With a predicted total subscriber base of over 600-million by 2025, which represents approximately half the population, sub-Saharan Africa is set to become a flagship for mobile disruption.
13 Aug 2019
Flexible working is close to celebrating its 30th birthday. Advances in technology and societal trends mean it has been a possibility for workers for decades. Yet, while this is not new, the last 10 years have seen working flexibly become widely accepted, and even demanded in South Africa...
8 Aug 2019
The winners, including Nike South Africa's "Just Do It: Caster Semenya", of the inaugural Gerety Awards have been announced...
1 Aug 2019
Forbes Woman Africa announces First Regional Forum in Rwanda for businesswomen...
26 Jul 2019
The Association for the Development of Education in Africa and the Ministry of Basic Education of South Africa in partnership with Mastercard Foundation, will host the first-ever ADEA High-Level Annual Policy Dialogue Forum on Secondary Education in Africa from 29-30 July 2019...
22 Jul 2019
If South Africa is to reap the economic benefits of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, it needs to look at existing infrastructure...
Thapelo Petje 18 Jul 2019
Today's world is unmistakably digital. At the World Economic Forum this year, it was said that the world has become a computer...
Carys Richards 17 Jul 2019
South African telecoms giant Vodacom and global payments firm Mastercard on Thursday announced a new secure digital wallet and payments app called VodaPay Masterpass...
Andy Walker 16 Jul 2019
Customer 360 Africa 2019 Cape Town will cover all aspects of the entire customer experience journey. It has recruited a wide range of industry leaders set to share their experience and knowledge with attending delegates...
Issued by Corinium Global Intelligence 3 Jul 2019
TBWA\Khanga Rue and Busara Centre for Behavioural Economics partner with TechnoServe to create a virtual business academy for Kenyan "duka" owners...
3 Jul 2019
Before the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity for 2019 kicked off last week, I caught up with six of this year's 7 SA judges for their predictions of the creative work that would roar as winners. Let's see who best saw into the future...
Leigh Andrews 26 Jun 2019
26 Jun 2019
The 66th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity concluded on 21 June, with the 2019 Film Lions, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Lions, Glass Lions, Titanium Lions as well as the associated Young Lions winners announced during the final Cannes Lions award ceremony...
21 Jun 2019
The 66th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity continued on 20 June with the 2019 Cannes Brand Experience & Activation and Creative e-Commerce winners announced during the Experience track award ceremony...
19 Jun 2019
The 66th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity continued on Wednesday, 19 June, with the 2019 Creative Data, Creative Strategy, Direct, Media, PR and Social & Influencer winners announced during the Reach award ceremony...
19 Jun 2019
The 66th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity came to an end on 21 June 2019, rounding out a full week of award shows that celebrated creativity across various categories. Here's a quick overview of the week's biggest winners...
18 Jun 2019
The 66th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity kicked off on 17 June, with the 2019 Cannes Print & Publishing Lions announced during the first Communication award track ceremony...
17 Jun 2019
By 2020, approximately 26% of the world's population will be Muslim, but most importantly for tourism destinations like Cape Town, Muslim tourism is already one of the fastest growing sectors...
14 Jun 2019
First launched in South Africa in 2017, Mastercard's inquiry-based STEM programme Girls4Tech has so far reached more than 400,000 girls (ages 8-12) in 25 countries...
13 May 2019
APO Group and Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) partner for deeper impact on African women's entrepreneurship...
9 May 2019
The World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) has called on all brands globally to hold social media platforms to account in light of recent failures to block dangerous and hateful content...
27 Mar 2019
5 Mar 2019
The 1% skills development levy is a key funding mechanism originally intended to fund learnerships and recognised occupational qualifications for South African business...
4 Mar 2019