Future Trends

Financial inclusion key to business growth – iMasFinance

Digital enablement and financial inclusion. This, believes Eddie Brandt, iMasFinance national manager: group brand ambassador, are the main developments set to impact the future…

[Opinion] Remote biometric authentication shapes digital identities

South Africa has cutting-edge remote biometric authentication technology that will not only ensure secure digital identities, but also shape the future. This is the…

Canadian adtech company, MonetizeMore, comes to South Africa

Canadian-based, global ad-tech giant MonetizeMore has entered South Africa through a partnership with SiSebenza. The boutique investment advisory business scours the globe for innovative tech…

[Opinion] Matric results: It’s time to democratise how we assign competence

Every year when South Africa announces its matric results the country goes into education discourse hyperdrive as analysts, politicians and civil society attempt to…

Five trends that predict the future of manufacturing

Last year was a challenging year for the manufacturing industry with the global chip shortage and ongoing Covid pandemic having a severe impact on…

[Opinion] The 2022 crypto market, according to Luno

Crypto regulation is imminent in South Africa. In addition, ongoing price volatility and more formal links to the financial services sector are predicted for…

Applications now open for the Circular Economy Accelerator incubator

The Fetola Circular Economy Accelerator (CEA), an initiative that aims to provide South African entrepreneurs looking to scale their businesses in the circular economy…

Five South African Venture Capital firms to watch in 2022

While crypto assets will continue to dominate the headlines, these VCs have laid a solid foundation for growing businesses that will transform society. Naspers…

Top 5 tech careers South African CEOs are looking for

With the 2021 school year in the books, many of the nearly 900 000 matriculants who completed their national exam are wondering what to…

Cape Town tumbles down Global Cities Index

This year’s edition of the Kearney Annual Global Cities report once again offers key insights on how COVID-19 and the resulting pandemic response has…

How digital twins will unlock the circular economy

Global technology intelligence firm ABI Research forecasts that the world economy will achieve over 10.5% circularity by 2030, as sustainability and incoming legislation start…

In with the young: Why fintechs need young thinkers to thrive [Opinion]

The traditional finance industry has for a long time been driven by legacy approaches. The rapid growth in fintechs and startups illustrates the growing…

Fintech has arrived and it’s changing the South African economy

The unemployment rate in South Africa is at an 11-year high, with 5.7-million people finding themselves without a job. The technological boom in the…

Gartner: Banks need innovative startups to survive

Observers of the South African startup space may have noticed something interesting happening over the past couple of years: the country’s big banks, almost…

Biosimilars: the next great biotech investment?

Entrepreneurs are all about disruption. As crowded as many industries have become with thousands of startups competing for market share, one area still has…

How B2B startups promote big data for business growth, efficiency

The relationship between business and big data is growing ever tighter. This sentiment is expected to intensify as adoption becomes more mainstream and as…

From product to customer: Omni-Channel Retail next step in ecommerce

In the early 2000s, online retail threatened the “bricks and mortar” stores with extinction. The talk was of being “Amazoned,” meaning Amazon.com would add…

From Kickstarter to exit: how Oculus made billions without building a single product

Well this is interesting. Facebook has been on a Yahoo-cum-Google spending spree of late. As everyone who cares and some who don’t now knows,…

Project management: 3 myths debunked and the skills needed for the future

One of the major hurdles companies face in being able to extract the maximum value from their project management infrastructure and strategies is perception…

7 customer service trends that startups should know about in 2014

Ask people about the state of customer service and there is a good chance that they will be able to tell you at least…

African startups take note: 3 trending technologies opening up new markets

Technology: the great equaliser. It can empower so many players in an industry, from buyers and sellers to suppliers and competitors. It can cheapen…

Thor: Love and Thunder tickets now on sale in SA: How to get yours

New online booking platform in Cape Town protects cleaners from hidden fees

Samsung Galaxy A53 5G & A33 5G Gets Connected to a World of AWESOME

Why start-ups with flat organisational structures often fail

AFEX aims to replicate Nigerian farmer success in Kenya

[Opinion] Exactly how smart will tomorrow’s homes be?

The new HUAWEI P50 is now available for pre-order in South Africa

Redmi Note 11 Series from Xiaomi delivers exceptional value-for-money

Intel 12th-Gen Core Mobile processors launched in SA

Review: Isuzu MU-X 3.0 Ddi 4×4 Onyx

Ford EcoSport Active is not mellow yellow

Microprocessor crisis could be over for Toyota