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In 1995, Paul Simon (age 21) started the very popular Young Designers Emporium (YDE). The retail store for fashion designers soon grew to 13…

Marketing — and more to the point — digital marketing budgets still frighten a lot of people. Especially entrepreneurs who are grappling with how…

My first job was in product development. Our team consisted of 120 odd people spread out over the third floor of our building. The…

Last year, the Ghana-based developer of mobile messaging apps for feature phones, Saya Mobile, was acquired by Kirusa from the States. Founded in 2011,…

Calling yourself a CEO is easy. All it takes is getting a stack of business cards made, and slapping your name and the CEO…

We’re living in a world where everything’s being labeled as smart. From our phones to watches and even our cars. But something that’s really…

There’s a general school of thought among a number of new entrepreneurs that one should not share their business idea with anyone else. The…

People get really attached to their radio stations. Each one has its own personality and unique music taste. The only problem is that they’re…

Not too long ago, US pizza chain Domino’s Pizza established a South African presence. To date, there are eleven stores spread across Cape Town,…

This week, Brothers For All is starting its first pilot project in two of South Africa’s Western Cape prisons, equipping underprivileged people with valuable…

I don’t know too many people who are immune to the charms of retail therapy. Whether in malls or online, they be men or…

Several months ago, Oyewole Kayode was in Ibadan, the ancient yet trend-setting Nigerian city located in the Yoruba-dominated southwestern part of the country. While he was…

It’s a Tuesday night at the The South African Slave Church in Long Street, Cape Town where about 200 people gather to support trendy…

#RhodesHasFallen at University of Cape Town and the graffiti is on the wall for many other South African statues as we struggle to contextualise…