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L’Oréal’s Brandstorm Innovation Competition calls for applications

Health & Beauty

L’Oréal’s Brandstorm Innovation Competition calls for applications

3 days

Matimba Mbungela, Group Chief Officer for Human Resources at Vodacom Group

HR & Management

#TopEmployers2025: Matimba Mbungela, chief HR officer - from the Cape to Cairo, what sets Vodacom apart from the rest

Shan Radcliffe 17 Feb 2025

Source: Supplied. Marc Ashton, chief executive officer of Decusatio.

Markets & Investment

#BizTrends2025: 6 investor relations trends to watch in 2025

Marc Ashton 24 Jan 2025

Chasing the Sun producers, T+W win top spot at 2024 Sport Industry Awards

Marketing & Media

Chasing the Sun producers, T+W win top spot at 2024 Sport Industry Awards

4 Dec 2024

The African continent has five jury members represented on the Gerety Awards Grand Jury for 2025 - two from SA, and one each from Nigeria, Kenya and the Côte D'Ivoire (Image supplied)

Advertising

5 Gerety Awards Grand Jury members for 2025 from the African continent

3 Dec 2024

Icon honours a legacy in cancer care at Arcadia Oncology Centre in Pretoria

Oncology

Icon honours a legacy in cancer care at Arcadia Oncology Centre in Pretoria

Issued by Icon Oncology 26 Nov 2024

3 South African entrepreneurs shaping the future

Community

3 South African entrepreneurs shaping the future

Ben Bierman, Issued by Business Partners Limited 25 Nov 2024

Source: © 123rf The 20th edition of the Sunday Times GenNext Awards winners have been announced

Youth Marketing

Sunday Times GenNext Awards crowns the coolest of the cool crowd

20 Nov 2024

Boost for local techpreneurs with new ALX bootcamp academy

SMEs

Boost for local techpreneurs with new ALX bootcamp academy

31 Oct 2024

Flags indicate how many trees each donor country has planted. Jeremy Allouche,

Climate Change

Africa’s Great Green Wall will only combat desertification and poverty by harnessing local solutions

Jeremy Allouche and Élie Pédarros 18 Oct 2024

GoMetro secures R3m grant for EV transition in UK freight

Transport

GoMetro secures R3m grant for EV transition in UK freight

18 Oct 2024

Google invites Black SA founders to apply for startup funding

SMEs

Google invites Black SA founders to apply for startup funding

1 Oct 2024

Last Mile Innovation Nexus calls for startups in retail and logistics to pitch

Community

Last Mile Innovation Nexus calls for startups in retail and logistics to pitch

2 Oct 2024

SA youth platform empowers 4 million young South Africans

Skills Development & Training

SA youth platform empowers 4 million young South Africans

25 Sep 2024

Essential tips for making your first hire as a startup

HR

Essential tips for making your first hire as a startup

Mmasetena Nyatlo 4 Sep 2024

Poetry, Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator donate pre-loved dresses to disadvantaged jobseekers

ESG

Poetry, Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator donate pre-loved dresses to disadvantaged jobseekers

3 Sep 2024

Public-private collaboration: Could this breakthrough model lead the future of national health?

Oncology

Public-private collaboration: Could this breakthrough model lead the future of national health?

Issued by Icon Oncology 10 Sep 2024

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Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Air pollution in South Africa: Affordable new devices use AI to monitor hotspots in real time

Bruce Mellado 19 Aug 2024

Financial Services

Hloolo platform bridges funding gap for green SMEs

16 Aug 2024

Intel needs a win to turn its business around and the automotive sector may be it.

AutoTech

A pivot to automotive could save Intel

Lindsey Schutters 12 Aug 2024

This year a new campaign, Choose Truth, created by South Africa's Daily Maverick, will be featured for World News Day (Image supplied)

Media Freedom

South Africa's Daily Maverick's Choose Truth campaign for World News Day

12 Aug 2024

Economy

A behavioural finance lens on the question: Are women really better investors?

Paul Nixon 8 Aug 2024

Source: © LIA Michelle Marais, senior copywriter at Dentsu Creative and a 2024 Cannes See It.Be It. recipient talks about being a female in the creative industry at the tip of Africa

Women's Month

#WomensMonth: Michelle Marais - Working in advertising takes guts; as a woman even more so

Danette Breitenbach 6 Aug 2024

Mogale Maleka: Leading the way in water-efficient farming as a GoGettaz finalist

Agriculture

Mogale Maleka: Leading the way in water-efficient farming as a GoGettaz finalist

Robin Fredericks 8 Aug 2024

AI is slowly making its way into advanced pharmacology, but will need investor patience.

Data & Analytics

Forget chat bots, AI is helping out in drug discovery and development

Lindsey Schutters 17 Jul 2024

Volkswagen brings new electric SUVs to South Africa

Automotive

Volkswagen brings new electric SUVs to South Africa

Imran Salie 17 Jul 2024

Future-ready youth – Business must collaborate to build skills for the evolving workplace

Youth Employment

Future-ready youth – Business must collaborate to build skills for the evolving workplace

Issued by Trialogue 1 Jul 2024

Tag Collective: Innovation for Africa

Marketing

Tag Collective: Innovation for Africa

Issued by Tag Collective 26 Jun 2024

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2024: How project management can help the creative industry

27 Jun 2024

Icon Oncology launches state-of-the-art full-service oncology centre in Johannesburg.

Oncology

Icon Oncology launches state-of-the-art full-service oncology centre in Johannesburg.

Issued by Icon Oncology 24 Jun 2024

V&A Waterfront Neighbourhood Awards have launched

Retail

V&A Waterfront Neighbourhood Awards have launched

24 Jun 2024

That's a wrap for Africa’s Big 7 2024

Exhibitions & Events

That's a wrap for Africa’s Big 7 2024

21 Jun 2024

Source: @biovac_inst/X

Public Health

Biovac, EuBiologics partner to boost Africa meningitis vaccine

21 Jun 2024

PepsiCo's Kgodiso Fund fuels growth for Stokka Fela in township markets

Funding

PepsiCo's Kgodiso Fund fuels growth for Stokka Fela in township markets

18 Jun 2024

Standard Bank EmpowHER Conference Cape Town 2024 winner announced!

How To Start Up

Standard Bank EmpowHER Conference Cape Town 2024 winner announced!

Issued by Topco Media 14 Jun 2024

Artificial Intelligence

What OpenAI’s deal with News Corp means for journalism (and for you)

4 Jun 2024

Source: © 123rf Google AI is reshaping the digital advertising ecosystem. Why now? asks Geoff Cohen, partner - DY/DX

Digital

Google's generative AI search is another nail in the content coffin

Geoff Cohen 3 Jun 2024

Artificial Intelligence

Wan-Ifra and OpenAI launch accelerator to boost AI adoption in newsrooms

30 May 2024

Trialogue Business in Society Conference challenges stakeholders to collaborate for change

ESG & Sustainability

Trialogue Business in Society Conference challenges stakeholders to collaborate for change

Issued by Trialogue 21 May 2024

30 music publishers selected for inaugural Music Business Lab Training Programme

Music

30 music publishers selected for inaugural Music Business Lab Training Programme

14 May 2024

(L to r:) eQvest CEO, Nathaniel Bricknell, MACC Chairperson Angelo Tandy, Mathe Okaba, MACC Charter deputy-chairperson, and Rudy Kruger, CEO of the accelerator project at the launch of the MACC Fund

Marketing & Media

First of its kind MACC Fund to raise R10.2bn to transform creative industry

Danette Breitenbach 13 May 2024

Grindstone backs 40 SA startups with new programme

SMEs

Grindstone backs 40 SA startups with new programme

30 Apr 2024

NBA Africa introduces new accelerator programme targeting African startups

SMEs

NBA Africa introduces new accelerator programme targeting African startups

25 Apr 2024

Tesla recalls Cybertrucks over accelerator pedal issue

Manufacturing & Parts

Tesla recalls Cybertrucks over accelerator pedal issue

22 Apr 2024

Pepsi unleashes new refreshed look after 14 years

Retail Marketing

Pepsi unleashes new refreshed look after 14 years

16 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied.

Entrepreneurship

Unveiling ALX Ventures: The catalyst for a 21st century African entrepreneurship revolution!

12 Apr 2024

Source: © NFI Samro's newly launched Music Business Lab training programme aims to empower 30 music publishers

Education

Samro’s Music Business Lab training programme empowers music publishers

12 Apr 2024

OceanHub Africa launches 5th acceleration programme for ocean-minded startups

SMEs

OceanHub Africa launches 5th acceleration programme for ocean-minded startups

10 Apr 2024