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The Future of Health event: SingularityU to host SA changemakers [Sponsored]

Are you interested in learning more about the Future of Health? Well, you’re in luck. SingularityU’s Cape Town and Johannesburg Chapters will this week host…

Zapper hits one million downloads since launch

Zapper, a South African mobile QR scanner app, has hit one million downloads. The app allows its merchants to receive payments from customers by…

Apple bars apps from promoting their prices

If you’re looking to put your free product in the iOS App Store, you’re going to have to settle for the simple “Get” button…

Periscope live streams will now feature YouTube-like ads

After news broke this week that Twitter is mulling a possible paid tier of TweetDeck, the company this week announced a new advertising format…

Move aside .com: Africa will soon have its own top-level domain

Africa will soon have its very own top-level domain on the internet. ICANN, a non-profit better known as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names…

Are printers now ‘worst’ for enterprise security? [Native]

This is a native advertising article. To find out more, read our guide to native advertising versus sponsored content. Printers might not be the flashiest gadgets…

ShowMax: what the Memeburn team thinks

By now you’re probably well aware of the fact that Naspers has launched ShowMax, a video on demand (VoD) service aimed squarely at grabbing…

Why programmatic buying should be a core part of your marketing strategy

Programmatic buying is sweeping across the world of marketing and advertising, bringing with it new opportunities for brands to improve customer engagement, enhance media…

Pick n Pay blunders, ShowMax launches: 5 Memeburn posts you loved this week

It’s been an interesting seven days in tech. Internationally, headlines were dominated by the release of user data from dating site Ashley Madison. Locally…

7 ways the cloud will help African manufacturers enhance their competitiveness

Whatever the size or specialty, manufacturing companies across Africa are under pressure to grow revenues, reduce costs and increase profitability. Yet many of them…

8 essential things that customers are looking in an ecommerce site

Unlike brick-and-mortar retail stores, eCommerce websites do not offer the tangible experience that customers experience from retails stores. Hence, they pose additional barriers to…

Beyond the hype: what tech trends should Africa really be excited about

There are very few players in the tech space who don’t have their eyes on Africa. With its fast-growing economies and reputation for adapting…

ShowMax: the good, the bad and the Naspers conundrum

Naspers’ video on demand (VoD) service ShowMax launched late yesterday. It comes with a reasonably large library (including plenty of classic South African series…

5 digital marketing lessons you can learn from trade shows

Marketing professionals know the blood, sweat, tears, and money that go into finding new leads or making conversions. But it might come as a…

POPI: there are actually massive positives for digital marketing

With the immanent implementation of the Protection of Personal Information Act, marketing companies have the opportunity to affirm their customers that the systems they…

ShowMax: 7 things you should know about Naspers’ new VoD service

Naspers today officially launched its ShowMax video on demand (VoD) offering. The Johannesburg launch followed more than a week of media reports around the…

It’s official: Naspers launches video streaming service ShowMax

Naspers today officially announced the launch of ShowMax, its Netflix-style online streaming service. At an event in Johannesburg, the emerging markets internet and media…

Here are the people making the most money from tech

Did you know the net worth of the 100 richest tech geeks in the world is equal to $842.9 billion? Neither did we until…

8 things you need to know about lead generation for software businesses

Your marketing team’s job is to generate leads. Indeed, lead generation takes a primary role in your business’s marketing division. Today’s lead generation tactics…

Philips launches search for the #nextbigidea in SA healthcare

South Africans reckon they’re pretty innovative. In fact, a good percentage of people in the country reckon they’re sitting on “the next big thing”….

Google is opening a YouTube Space studio in Mumbai

Google has announced that its YouTube Space is coming to Mumbai, India soon, continuing its forceful entry in the country. Ask a video creator…

RIP Skype Microsoft Pulls the Plug on a Digital Pioneer

SITA pushes back as Home Affairs eyes IT exit

Wiinta: The AI Therapist Aiming to Revolutionise Mental Health in Africa

French No-Code Pioneer Tinkso Secures Strategic Investment from SA Entrepreneur Henk Pretorius

IBM Think 2025: Enterprise Gen AI Moves Beyond the Hype

Altron FinTech Index signals modest household recovery, but affordability gap persists

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Slate Truck is an outrageously sensible pickup

Red Bull wings for Lucid – not Tesla

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV