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20 years of YouTube: 8 key innovations that have helped the video platform achieve its success

Alex Connock 18 Feb 2025

What is Bluesky? Why 10s of millions of people are heading for a ‘decentralised’ social media platform

Social Media

What is Bluesky? Why 10s of millions of people are heading for a ‘decentralised’ social media platform

Jean Burgess 27 Nov 2024

Bending Spoons is opening up access to premium features across its suite of apps.

Software

WeTransfer rolls out 'Save for Later' feature and 30-day links on mobile app

Lindsey Schutters 20 Aug 2024

Social Media

LinkedIn news team launches 3 games

9 May 2024

Marketing

Tesla recalls over 2 million vehicles, but it needs to address confusing marketing

Francesco Biondi 20 Dec 2023

Sam Altman on his way to closing talks with the OpenAI board. Source: x.com

4th Industrial Revolution

Opinion: Making sense of the Sam Altman news circus [updated]

Lindsey Schutters 22 Nov 2023

Local brands ignoring the obvious while chasing shiny, new tech

Digital

Local brands ignoring the obvious while chasing shiny, new tech

Johan Walters, Issued by Incubeta 16 Oct 2023

Fintech solutions. Source: Supplied

Funding

SA's unbanked attracts funding for fintech startups

Michael Bowren 12 Jul 2023

Why Meta's Threads app is the biggest threat to Twitter yet

Technology

Why Meta's Threads app is the biggest threat to Twitter yet

Lisa M. Given 7 Jul 2023

Meta takes on Twitter with Threads and wins in the market

Mobile & Apps

Meta takes on Twitter with Threads and wins in the market

Lindsey Schutters 6 Jul 2023

Source: 123RF/ra2studio

Trends

#EcomAfrica: How the rise of paytech is reshaping cross-border payments

Katja Hamilton 28 Apr 2023

Vincent Viviers, omnichannel retail executive at Pick n Pay, at Ecom Africa. Source: Lauren Hartzenberg

Trends

#EcomAfrica: 5 need-to-know trends shaping the future of e-commerce

Lauren Hartzenberg 21 Apr 2023

Big tech is firing employees by the thousands. Why? And how worried should we be?

Technology

Big tech is firing employees by the thousands. Why? And how worried should we be?

Nathalie Collins, Jeff Volkheimer, Paul Haskell-Dowland 15 Feb 2023

Tesla: what 2023 holds for the electric vehicle company and why it might be time for Musk to go

Fuel & Energy

Tesla: what 2023 holds for the electric vehicle company and why it might be time for Musk to go

Peter Wells 20 Jan 2023

The Twitter saga shows the importance of a multi-platform social media ecosystem

Social Media

The Twitter saga shows the importance of a multi-platform social media ecosystem

Sam Spiller, Issued by Clockwork 28 Nov 2022

Social Media

Why Meta's share price collapse is good news for the future of social media

Renaud Foucart 7 Nov 2022

Elon Musk takes Twitter private - here's what that means for the company and its chances of success

Services

Elon Musk takes Twitter private - here's what that means for the company and its chances of success

Erik Gordon 1 Nov 2022

Social Media

As pandemic measures are lifted, social media use has declined with the exception of TikTok

Philip Mai and Anatoliy Gruzd 26 Sep 2022

Source: Amazon.

Fintech

Amazon One's palm-scanning payment technology gains traction

Katja Hamilton 29 Aug 2022

Facebook puts an end to live shopping feature

E-commerce

Facebook puts an end to live shopping feature

5 Aug 2022

Branding

How Google fuels its brand value fire

Amandine Bavent, Issued by Kantar 26 Jul 2022

Challenger brands to watch in 2022: Oja - for delivering global, local

Marketing

Challenger brands to watch in 2022: Oja - for delivering global, local

Susie Milburn, Issued by eatbigfish 6 May 2022

Why an edit button for Twitter is not as simple as it seems

Services

Why an edit button for Twitter is not as simple as it seems

Lewis Mitchell 22 Apr 2022

Didi shuts down operations in SA

Public Transport

Didi shuts down operations in SA

11 Apr 2022

China's retail revolution: Innovations that could change the way the world shops

Retail

China's retail revolution: Innovations that could change the way the world shops

Mark Greeven 11 Mar 2022

Virtual sneakers produced by RTFKT. Source: RTFKT

Fashion & Homeware

Nike buys NFT fashion and collectibles startup RTFKT

14 Dec 2021

The self-driving trolley problem: how will future AI systems make the most ethical choices for all of us?

4th Industrial Revolution

The self-driving trolley problem: how will future AI systems make the most ethical choices for all of us?

Jumana Abu-Khalaf, Paul Haskell-Dowland 24 Nov 2021

CRM

Retailers, ignore customer experience expectations at your peril

Ajay Lalu 3 Nov 2021

South Africa's romcom revolution and how it reimagines Joburg

Film

South Africa's romcom revolution and how it reimagines Joburg

Pier Paolo Frassinelli 4 May 2021

When 1 in 3 users are tourists, that changes the bike-share equation for cities

Public Transport

When 1 in 3 users are tourists, that changes the bike-share equation for cities

23 Mar 2021

Jeff Bezos reshaped retail as CEO of Amazon. AP Photo/John Locher

E-commerce

How Bezos and Amazon changed the world

Venkatesh Shankar 4 Feb 2021

3 key trends for fitness and sports in 2021

Trends

3 key trends for fitness and sports in 2021

26 Jan 2021

2021 - The year of authentic visual immersion

E-commerce

2021 - The year of authentic visual immersion

Issued by Studio[K]irmack 19 Jan 2021

Moshe Lichtenstein,CEO and founder, One8Innovation

Trends

#BizTrends2021: Healthcare innovations to look out for

Moshe Lichtenstein 6 Jan 2021

New e-commerce-in-a-box offering set to transform SME landscape

E-commerce

New e-commerce-in-a-box offering set to transform SME landscape

Issued by DPO South Africa 3 Nov 2020

Google, Gmail, Google Drive causes havoc - UPDATE

ICT

Google, Gmail, Google Drive causes havoc - UPDATE

Evan-Lee Courie 20 Aug 2020

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Branding

Beyond the hype: How brands can take concrete steps to support the Black community

Ali Diallo 14 Aug 2020

Amazon's Paul Misener on the link between innovation and diversity

E-commerce

Amazon's Paul Misener on the link between innovation and diversity

Lauren Hartzenberg 21 Jul 2020

Social Media

Twitter hack exposes broader threat to democracy and society

Laura DeNardis 21 Jul 2020

Customer experience will help retailers overcome the financial hit from coronavirus

CRM

Customer experience will help retailers overcome the financial hit from coronavirus

Frederic Dimanche 6 Jul 2020

Image source: Gallo/Getty Images.

Marketing

6 ways 2019's marketing prepared us for 2020

Jainita Khatri 3 Jan 2020

Digital traders will not escape taxation. Create Jobs 51/Shutterstock

Taxation & Regulation

Kenya's tax on digital trade and services: what's known and not known

Mercy Muendo 9 Dec 2019

A month dedicated to Black Friday

Sales

A month dedicated to Black Friday

Eben Esterhuizen 2 Dec 2019

PayGate anticipates a 30% increase in sales in SA, this Black Friday

Sales

PayGate anticipates a 30% increase in sales in SA, this Black Friday

18 Oct 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Digital

Digital technologies are transforming African businesses

Elvira Bolat and Nasiru Taura 13 Sep 2019

Chijioke Dozie, Carbon CEO and co-founder.

Branding

#AfricaLeads: Africa is one of the most fertile regions for growth across industries

Louise Marsland 19 Jul 2019

Amazon is turning 25 - here's a look back at how it changed the world

E-commerce

Amazon is turning 25 - here's a look back at how it changed the world

Venkatesh Shankar 4 Jul 2019

3 trends in retailtainment

Retail

3 trends in retailtainment

Eben Esterhuizen 3 Jul 2019

Turning methane into carbon dioxide could help us fight climate change

Climate Change

Turning methane into carbon dioxide could help us fight climate change

Pep Canadell and Rob Jackson 22 May 2019