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IMRAN SALIE
Elisabeth Moreno, vice president and managing director of HP Africa, elaborates on HP's efforts in cultivating entrepreneurship and women empowerment through technology... read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Cape Town-based startup, Creative Crafting Club is the brainchild of sisters, Christelle Janse van Rensburg and Stefanie de Wet...read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Imagine this...you're 16 years old, you're in Grade 10 and you're sitting in a classroom and all of a sudden an idea comes to mind...read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Here's how President Ramaphosa's SONA address for 2020 promised to shine a light on making a better future through inclusive economic growth, with a firm stance on the empowerment of women and taking steps against gender-based violence... Read
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Applications for the 10th annual SAB Foundation's Social Innovation and Disability Empowerment Awards will open on 24 February 2020... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Lanie Krugel has just launched Kru & Co, a South African social media agency. We discussed the agency's startup story and social media trends for South Africa to wake up to... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Developed in the backyard of South Africa, Peers24 is a social media network that focuses on value-driven content... Read
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Business Plans
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Companies of all natures, shapes, and sizes are at risk of cyber threats and crime. No organisation is immune to cyber-attacks... Read
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Community
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The co-working trend is here to stay and many entrepreneurs, as well as bigger corporations, are looking at moving into these shared office environments... Read
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Funding
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ISSUED BY NEDBANK BUSINESS BANKING
Nedbank recently financed South Africa's first commercial floating solar farm. This innovative development was installed at Marlenique farm near Simondium, Paarl... Read
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Freelancers, tradesman and other self-employed people easily fall into the trap of tangling their business and personal finances... Read
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Stellenbosch University (SU) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) will be co-investing with the newly established R150m University Technology Fund (UTF) that was set up by the SA SME Fund... Read
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Research Reports
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ISSUED BY GORDON INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS SCIENCE
A two-year programme, through generous grant funding support from the Walmart Foundation, has resulted in research that has lifted the veil on South Africa's township economies and the entrepreneurs who drive them... Read
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Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
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The new year brings with it several challenges for small business owners. A decrease in sales and the country's depressed economy may force several SMEs to close down... Read
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Forty-five talented South African designers will have their products feature at the NEXT20 Trade Exhibition, taking place from 27 February to 1 March 2020 at the V&A Waterfront... Read
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Starting Up
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JACQUELINE RAW
If you own your own business, staying ahead of the competition by keeping your skills sharp and current goes without saying... Read
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LISA ILLINGWORTH
Every day, across the country, men and women dream about starting their own businesses... Read
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NICCI BOTHA
Mining is so much more than just digging up rocks. Sustainable development, community welfare, greenhouse gas emissions and traceability of the source of minerals all play a substantial role in developing the industry as an economic driver in Africa... Read
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The Nigerian Academy of Science has called for the current outbreak of Lassa fever in Africa's most populous nation to be declared a national health emergency because of its severity... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Media keeps showing us pessimistic views of the future where it becomes all too easy to buy into the idea that tech is out to rob us of our humanity... Read
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WYNAND SMIT
Irrespective of industry sector, 81% of customers want to take matters into their own hands and solve queries before reaching out to a contact centre agent... Read
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Google announced a $1m pan-African Google.org fund to support innovative ideas around privacy and launched a child online safety programme, Be Internet Awesome... Read
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Disruptive business models will require new job specifications, which in turn will demand an element of upskilling... Read
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RUTH COOPER
The eighth instalment of the Investec Cape Town Art Fair recently ran at the CTICC. We got in touch with Investec Cape Town Art Fair art fair director Laura Vincenti to find out what goes into putting on an event of this scale, cultivating a Pan-African dialogue and art trends for the year ahead... Read
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Good Things Guy has been named South Africa's Blog of the Year for 2019, for the third consecutive year, as well as Best Lifestyle Blog for 2019... Read
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