The Global Startup Awards, which have been held annually since 2012, aim to select and recognise startups and entrepreneurs who have shown outstanding achievement in business and service to the community. Nominations for Southern Africa Startup Awards now open. In the latest television interview, CEO of the Southern Africa Startup Awards, McKevin Ayaba, pointed out [...]
Sasfin has launched ‘B\\Yond’ (Beyond), a digital banking platform built to enable entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. Through B\\YOND for Business, the group aims to fulfil the banking needs of its own SME clients as well as those of businesses “neglected” by their larger competitors. The platform aims to handle the most onerous financial admin [...]
There are some overlaps with what we are seeing in South Africa; particularly with sectors like Elderly care and Disaster relief and the list focuses exclusively on US trends. Cape Town’s current drought, for example, has lead to a surge in water start-ups eager to come up with innovative solutions to #DefeatDayZero. Which of these [...]
Which of these customer service and delivery sins is your business guilty of? When contact is made with a business (mostly SMEs) via phone, it takes very long for someone to answer or it keeps on ringing. When messages are left for a call back, many are not returned. The same goes for website-driven or [...]
The national flag is flying half-staff, spirits are down as South Africa and the world mourn the passing of a heroine, a liberation fighter, a struggle veteran and the mother of the nation, Mama Nomzamo Zanyiwe Winifred Madikizela Mandela. Born to a Xhosa family in Bizana, Eastern Cape in 1936, Winnie Madikizela Mandela was the [...]
Creating coherent national policies is a challenge for most countries. And now the adoption of the UN's 2030 Agenda and its sustainable development goals (SDGs) has presented governments with an additional challenge: aligning national policies with expansive global development goals. Both developed and developing countries are faced with this challenge. This is exacerbated by the SDGs’ integrated nature and [...]
This week Rwanda is hosting the Next Einstein Forum aimed at nurturing the creative, skilled populations that will form the bedrock of knowledge-led economies in Africa, The presidential panel that opened yesterday’s Day 2 of the 2018 Next Einstein Forum (NEF) Global Gathering in Kigali lifted the level of debate at the conference a notch [...]
Companies Wesgro and Green Cape recently met to discuss how best to turn the water crisis into an opportunity for economic growth and job creation in the Western Cape. The session brought together officials from the City of Cape Town and the Western Cape Government, water sector businesses, consulate representatives and academics and focused on [...]
On This Holy Day, May His Light Guide Your Path, May His Love Grace Your Heart, And May His Sacrifice Strengthen Your Soul! Many Christians worldwide celebrate Easter with special church services, music, candlelight, flowers and the ringing of church bells. Easter processions are held in some countries such as the Philippines and Spain. Many [...]
Celebrating this Family day means spending time with family and loved ones, and being “free” from the corporate world. Family Day used to be known as Easter Monday, but the name was changed to reflect and show respect to all the different religious traditions of South Africa. Family Day gives family members and their children a chance to celebrate the [...]