INTRODUCTION Before there are spreadsheets, seminars, incubators, ‘please find attached within’, paradigm shifts’, and ‘disruptive ideas’, There is ‘the streets’, ‘the corner’, ‘the hood’ or ‘ikasi.’ The streets have a wealth of knowledge found in books, this information is making rounds in some of the world’s leading universities. The only difference is the language used....
Category: Business
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The Present Future of The Logistics Industry
Hello there, Welcome to issue #18. This week Uber launched their UberConnect service, which allows individuals the ability to send packages between each other. Droppa dubbed the ‘Uber for bakkies’ launched a full-service courier offering in conjunction with their same-day relocation service. Finally, The Courier Guy launched a smart locker service app called PUDO (which means Pick Up, Drop...
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What About e-Commerce in South Africa?
2020 has been an excellent year for both Shopify & Amazon, well the whole e-commerce platform movement (Magento, Big-commerce, Woo-commerce, Ecwid, etc.). Still, undoubtedly Amazon is the Goliath & Shopify sells swords to a bunch of Davids. The analogy fits the two. Both platforms have had magnitudes of success for various reasons. Amazon has been...
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Covid-19’s Impact On Technology. It is pointless to speak about South Africa’s lockdown without focusing on the impact it has on people.
Movement It is pointless to speak about South Africa’s lockdown without focusing on the impact it has on people. This lockdown has made us
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David Tlale Collaboration with Avon
A ground-breaking partnership has been unveiled where the rich heritage and brand ubiquity of a global beauty and personal care brand has been combined with the desirability of a couture brand. The world’s fourth biggest beauty company, Avon, has announced that it has partnered with leading fashion designer David Tlale
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It’s All About (The) Network
This is pretty simple, it’s business, that’s all it is. The guys that disguise its actual meaning use ambiguous words to explain it, they sophisticate it, but in its truest sense it is a pretty basic concept that becomes complex depending on its magnitude (like any other concept in physics or mathematics). It is as...
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Uncomfortable Truth About Being Black in Corporate
I had to come to terms with the power I had given to this world. I allowed corporate to silence me to such an extent that my experience of this cutthroat environment now defines me. The worst part had to be the fact that I didn't even realise it was happening.
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When Will You Be Retrenched
Today, a day in 2019, 100 years before the time I thought we humans would fight robots, I get another WhatsApp message, a friend telling me they are being retrenched. Here we are in a country were Uber
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Business With Marvin: Theo Baloyi – Bathu (Part 3)
The man is very busy and you have to respect his time when working with him, we had the conversation after office hours, and immediately after that
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Thami Banda: The New Macallan Man
KwaZulu-Natal born Thami Banda has a thirst for understanding and sharing his whisky knowledge. With his high-spirited personality, he has grown to become a proud whisky connoisseur