TECHNOLOGY group Google, cellphone company Vodacom and the Department of Trade and Industry have joined forces in a project aimed at placing 10000 small and medium businesses on the internet for free. The initiative, launched in Pretoria yesterday, provides a boost to the government’s efforts to reduce unemployment by encouraging entrepreneurs to start new businesses, [...]
It’s a new year and a lot of people like to make resolutions in the hopes of improving upon the previous year’s mistakes and missed opportunities. Entrepreneurs are no different, and many business innovators have shared their resolutions with others in hopes of support and inspiration. Just a few benchmarks business owners hope to achieve [...]
In 2011, senior citizens embraced Facebook, Google’s Panda caused a stir, sales of Amazon’s digital books surpassed those of physical books, and venture capitalists hailed the IPOs of LinkedIn and Groupon. As we look ahead to 2012, here are some predictions for what portends to be another technologically eventful year. Mobile search and purchase are [...]
Africa holds unlimited potential for brands that value the power of strategic mobile marketing: With its 620 million mobile connections, Africa surpassed Latin America in September this year to become the second largest mobile market after Asia Pacific. I recently attended the ad:tech New York Digital Marketing Conference and here are some insights from the [...]
The first exchange-traded fund aiming to replicate the performance of social-media stocks is set to launch Tuesday, and it offers significant exposure to Chinese Internet firms. Tracking 25 stocks—including some launched in this year’s most closely watched initial public offerings, such as LinkedIn Corp.—the Global X Social Media ETF is structured as “a pretty simple [...]
The world’s most successful entrepreneurs play hard, but they work even harder. That much was made clear after the dust settled onf.ounders an event that has quickly become one of technology’s premiere conferences. There aren’t many events where you meet two heads of state, eat dinner with Bono and party with 150 of the world’s [...]
Nelson Mattos, Google VP for Europe and Emerging Markets opened the second Google Africa outreach event, G-South Africa, today 3 November 2011, by highlighting various online business opportunities in Africa. “South Africa is amongst the most prosperous countries in Africa,” says Mattos. Mattos highlighted some of South Africa’s vast opportunities including a $500 billion GDP, an [...]
As a small business owner, it can be difficult to decide where your time is best spent, especially since your time really does equal money. Technology may make marketing and customer service easier, but it can also be more time consuming with existing, and potential, clients expecting a 24/7 social media presence, and business owners [...]
