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 | | We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2020 lists across all our industries featuring our most popular articles, most-read contributors and brand press offices with the most views... read |
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 | ERIC PORAT It's common knowledge that a mistake is just an opportunity for growth and learning. Don't let yourself be afraid to fudge up now and then. A minor mistake simply provides a lesson on what not to do...read |
|  | JEREMY LANG If your business has made it this far, congratulations! You have likely survived one of the biggest collective economic crises of our generation...read |
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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM Since March 2020 when Covid-19 first turned business on its head, Bizcommunity has been the place where virtual business gets done, fully set up to seamlessly steer your business communications through the challenges of lockdowns, meltdowns and new remote working norms... Read |
| #StartupStory |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE MOOD Gin is the lockdown baby of Nzeka Biyela and her partners, Rob Heyns and Matt Schaal.... Read |
| Awards |
 | The African Development Bank's Fashionomics Africa initiative has launched an online competition to support designers of sustainable and circular fashion... Read |
| Community |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE SMTAX Digital Accounting has launched a business accelerator for SMMEs called SMTAX Transire which is empowered by Old Mutual Masisizane Fund... Read |
| Funding |
 | PHILANI SANGWENI Many entrepreneurs rely on investments from venture capitalists (VCs) to fund their growth. These are usually firms that rely on outside investors for the money they put into startups... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SAICA Thursday, 3 December 2020, saw 141 small businesses led by historically underserved entrepreneurs graduate from the bespoke Funding Accelerator Programme, aptly named 'Khulisa iBiznis', meaning 'Grow your business'... Read |
| Legal Regulations |
 | Government has gazetted the National Small Enterprise Amendment Bill 2020 in an effort to provide an ombud service that will assist small enterprises with legal issues... Read |
| Research Reports |
 | The 2020 Science of Success Festival brought a fresh perspective to household financial wellness using data and insights from the Momentum Unisa Household Financial Wellness Insights report in an accessible and unconventional way... Read |
| Small and Medium-sized Enterprises |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG "The world is not as it was, and neither is retail. A new approach was needed that challenged the status quo and offered a way for local brands to be seen and bring excitement back to shopping malls..." Read |
 | KHATHUTSHELO MUFAMADI Without a doubt, small businesses have been the most acutely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Here are some insights from one SMME to others on its survival strategy... Read |
 | Supporting small, micro and medium enterprises (SMMEs) is key to economic growth and recovery but SMME's in South Africa lag far behind their international counterparts when it comes to job creation... Read |
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 | Kirsten Barnes, the project lead for SA Plastics Pact, GreenCape, and Kevin O'Brian, the Group Sustainability and Risk Executive for SPAR, discuss the Plastics Pact and the vision for a circular economy for plastics in SA... View |
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 | Ambassador Riina Kionka, the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to South Africa, Ambassador Martin Schäfer, the German Ambassador to SA, and Ambassador Aurélien Lechevallier, the French Ambassador to SA, discuss the importance of investing in a green recovery for South Africa as well as the EU's projects in South Africa. View |
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 | ADEJUWON SOYINKA Over nine months into Covid-19 outbreak in Nigeria, there are concerns about how well the country has managed the pandemic.... Read |
 | The Digital4Agriculture Initiative aims to foster African startups in the agricultural sector and strengthen the long-term living conditions of local small farmers by increasing productivity and quality... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Having enjoyed a successful 15-year career in the South African advertising industry, Aileen Sauerman has risen through the ranks at Duke Advertising to become their first female managing director... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Robyn Peterson, chief technology officer at CNN chats about the evolution of the media landscape; the impact of technology on the consumption of news and the future of news journalism in a tech-driven world... Read |
 | LOUISE ROBINSON For anyone in sales, 2020 has been a challenging year. Going forward, we will see this hardship continue into 2021 and how we respond to the new demands will be critical... Read |
 | Google has revealed the results of its 2020 Year in Search, sharing what the world and South Africans searched for, asked about, looked for, ate and dreamt of exploring in 2020... Read |
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