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2025 Africa Supply Chain Excellence Awards winners revealed

Logistics & Transport

2025 Africa Supply Chain Excellence Awards winners revealed

18 Aug 2025

SA youth demand robotics and coding in schools, new research reveals increasing digital divide

Primary & Secondary Education

SA youth demand robotics and coding in schools, new research reveals increasing digital divide

Issued by Seseko 6 Aug 2025

Creating smarter South African retail experiences

Artificial Intelligence

Creating smarter South African retail experiences

Issued by Helm 31 Jul 2025

Image credit: Google DeepMind on Pexels

Food, Water & Energy Security

Is AI the answer to SA's water troubles?

Dr Lester Goldman and Dr Ashton Busani Mpofu 30 Jul 2025

Culture Summit Africa 2025 to spotlight the people behind Africa’s culture-led companies

Management & Leadership

Culture Summit Africa 2025 to spotlight the people behind Africa’s culture-led companies

Issued by The Publicity Workshop 29 Jul 2025

South Africa's economy reignites urgent mental health focus

Employee Wellness

South Africa's economy reignites urgent mental health focus

Issued by Bullion PR & Communication 4 Jul 2025

Social Media

Global Alliance demands mental health protections for content moderators

20 Jun 2025

An AI that mentions chicken randomly whenever interacted with has been revealed to be an all-new South African artificial intelligence (AI) platform created by KFC, the Kentucky AI Integrated Assistant (Image supplied)

Advertising

The Kentucky AI Integrated Assistant: Going to extraordinary lengths for the taste of KFC

19 Jun 2025

Artificial Intelligence

Can you truly bond with AI? Waseda University's findings may surprise you

2 Jun 2025

Futureproof education

Primary & Secondary Education

Futureproof education

Issued by Oxford University Press 22 May 2025

Volkswagen temporarily suspends car production to upgrade facilities

Manufacturing & Parts

Volkswagen temporarily suspends car production to upgrade facilities

16 Apr 2025

Why working in media is still a great job

Media

Why working in media is still a great job

Chris Botha, Issued by Advertising Media Forum 17 Feb 2025

Advertising

5 Super Bowl commercials that deserve places in the advertising hall of shame

Matthew Pittman 10 Feb 2025

#BizTrends2025: E-commerce fuels surge in last-mile delivery demand

Trends

#BizTrends2025: E-commerce fuels surge in last-mile delivery demand

Damian Velayadum 6 Feb 2025

Source: Supplied. Jeff Ryan, managing director for AWCape, now a member of TydeCo.

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Navigating the future of financial management

Jeff Ryan 16 Jan 2025

Source: © 123rf Estelle van Tonder, professor of marketing at the University of South Africa, says that while self-service options can further augment the customer experience, in practice, things can (and often will) go wrong in the self-service delivery process

CRM, CX, UX

4 ways to ensure positive customer experiences in spite of self-service failures

Dr Estelle van Tonder 15 Jan 2025

Choreographed integration of human workers, robotic and agentic systems and equipment in a facility digital twin. Source: Image courtesy of Accenture, Kion Group.

Construction & Engineering

Nvidia ‘Mega’ Omniverse is digital win for industrial engineers

Lindsey Schutters 7 Jan 2025

Takealot bets on townships to fend off global rivals

E-commerce

Takealot bets on townships to fend off global rivals

Nqobile Dludla 17 Dec 2024

Singularity Summit 2024 brings mind-bending exponential technologies to Africa

Events & Conferencing

Singularity Summit 2024 brings mind-bending exponential technologies to Africa

Issued by Mann Made 7 Nov 2024

Jaguar Land Rover invests £500m to transform historic factory for EV production

Fuel & Energy

Jaguar Land Rover invests £500m to transform historic factory for EV production

1 Oct 2024

Image source: DC Studio from

4th Industrial Revolution

South African Gen Z sees AI as career booster, new skills catalyst

26 Sep 2024

Adapt or perish – The uncomfortable truth employers and employees must face: Unpopular opinion by a CCO

Advertising

Adapt or perish – The uncomfortable truth employers and employees must face: Unpopular opinion by a CCO

Issued by Wetpaint Advertising 4 Sep 2024

South African fast food market’s taste for technology driving growth

Research

South African fast food market’s taste for technology driving growth

Issued by Insight Survey 4 Sep 2024

Image: Supplied

4th Industrial Revolution

How to become indispensable in an AI workplace

Lyndy van den Barselaar 24 Jul 2024

Logistics & Transport

Can artificial intelligence revolutionise the logistics sector?

20 Jun 2024

Yaskawa Motoman HC robots

Construction & Engineering

Machine learning is revolutionising local manufacturing

9 Apr 2024

#BizTrends: Kate Wolters - 3 trends that will impact B2B marketing in 2024

Marketing

#BizTrends: Kate Wolters - 3 trends that will impact B2B marketing in 2024

Kate Wolters 22 Feb 2024

Human-machine interaction is ready for AI disruption.

Construction & Engineering

AI can bridge gap in human-machine interaction

19 Feb 2024

Youngster's paradise at the Rand Show

Events

Youngster's paradise at the Rand Show

Issued by Rand Show 14 Feb 2024

Sonia Tshabalala, People Director at Sage Africa and Middle East

4th Industrial Revolution

The disruption of HR: Green jobs, digital transformation, and liquid workforces

Sonia Tshabalala 12 Feb 2024

Retail tech: what to expect in 2024

Technology

Retail tech: what to expect in 2024

Mike Smollan 7 Feb 2024

Amazon calls off iRobot deal

Technology

Amazon calls off iRobot deal

30 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: Key supply chain trends set to transform businesses

Trends

#BizTrends2024: Key supply chain trends set to transform businesses

MJ Schoemaker 11 Jan 2024

Source: © 123rf Ronelle Bester, MD of Red Ribbon Communications, delves into some of the key PR trends anticipated to define 2024

PR & Communications

9 key PR trends for 2024

Ronelle Bester 8 Jan 2024

Navigating the ever-changing landscape: The unfolding metamorphosis of supply chain management

Supply Chain

Navigating the ever-changing landscape: The unfolding metamorphosis of supply chain management

MJ Schoemaker 20 Dec 2023

Google celebrates girl children with Cape Town Science Centre partnership

Technology

Google celebrates girl children with Cape Town Science Centre partnership

12 Oct 2023

Glencore pivots to youth empowerment and training

Science & Engineering

Glencore pivots to youth empowerment and training

11 Oct 2023

How to attain a performance edge in your supply chain

Supply Chain

How to attain a performance edge in your supply chain

Neil Gouveia 18 Aug 2023

Branding

Why Dunkin' and Lego rebrands succeeded - but X missed the mark

Matthew Pittman 11 Aug 2023

Source: Hanson Robotics.

Palliative care

AI robots could play future role as companions in care homes

Emma Farge 7 Jul 2023

Busting the myths for our youth: Careers for creatives

Education

Busting the myths for our youth: Careers for creatives

Issued by Vega School 23 Jun 2023

With AI on the rise, do we still need to teach math at school?

Primary & Secondary Education

With AI on the rise, do we still need to teach math at school?

22 Jun 2023

Image: Supplied

Trends

6 trends shaping the future of work

Phumza Capa De Bruin 24 May 2023

Load shedding and liability: Are you at fault for accidents at traffic lights?

Maintenance

Load shedding and liability: Are you at fault for accidents at traffic lights?

12 May 2023