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Regardless of the size of your company or how long you have been in operation, it is essential that you have communication tools in…

In the South African market we constantly see the rise and fall of different online shopping ventures. Some of these businesses use proven cookie-cutter methods of…

In January last year an illegal copy of the movie, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, was making its rounds on the internet. The…

South African entrepreneur and the founder of creative agency group MadWorld, Adelaide Potgieter, is very daring. In between rocky roads of the past, vulnerabilities,…

Apart from the fact that one is a continent and the other a country, Africa is the new China. This seems like an odd…

Have you ever noticed how some companies seem to go out of their way to place obstacles between their customers and great service? I…

Starting an ecommerce store in South Africa is a difficult undertaking; making it a success is a far more daunting challenge. Wootware is an…

Last week, we witnessed one of South Africa’s greatest success stories to date. A local tech company was acquired by Automattic, which is the…

Once the realm of stodgy bankers, the financial services industry is changing rapidly as young software engineers breathe new life into the sector. That’s…

You’ve got a great business model. You’re offering the kind of product or service people will absolutely love and, more importantly, pay money to…

The acquisition of WordPress theme developer WooThemes, along with its signature ecommerce product WooCommerce, by WordPress.com holding company Automattic is massively important to the…

MoboFree is an African-based mobile marketplace with a social twist that allows people to buy, sell and swap products with each other. The goal…

The term growth hacking has been thrown around for a while now. Well, pretty much since 2010 when it was coined by Sean Ellis…