Understanding migrating multinationals: An #OpenAfricaMag Feature
Helena Barnard, a full professor at GIBS talks to why multinationals migrate from one country, one continent to another. She also sheds light on the complexities.
Integrated Advertising, the digital present: #OpenAfricaMag with Zibusiso Mkhwanazi
Multi-award winning South African advertising entrepreneur, Zibusiso Mkhwanazi shares how digital technology has become the core of advertising and that brands need to create meaningful human engagement.
Pepe Marais – a man of substance and purpose: An #OpenAfricaMag Q&A
Pepe Marais, chief creative officer of Joe Public United, co-founder and chairman of One School at a Time answers some Open Africa questions on business, the creative industry and building a Pan African creative agency.
Managing Media in a Changing World: #OpenAfricaMag with Chris Botha
Chris Botha has taken The MediaShop from strength to strength. This comes at a time when more channels, most of them in the social media space, present themselves to advertisers. The award-winning exec shares his insights with Open Africa and gives an overview of the shifting media landscape, as he sees it, in the near future.
Inclusive growth for Africa: An #OpenAfricaMag feature with Wim van der Beek
For Africa, any meaningful story must include a conversation about inclusive growth — which, by definition, is about including the majority that is currently excluded. Inclusive growth is all about development that is realised by creating opportunities for low-income segments to generate income and become self-sustainable.
IoT enabling Africa: An #OpenAfricaMag Q&A with Kees Snijders
This piece first appeared in Open Africa, a custom digital publication by Ornico that features interviews, insights and business lessons from some of Africa’s leading CEOs, innovators and decision makers. Download […]
Poverty in a rising Africa – an #OpenAfricaMag feature
While poverty in Africa has declined, number of poor has increased – excerpt from Poverty in Africa, with research and insights by: Kathleen Beegle, Luc Christiaensen, Andrew Dabalen and Isis Gaddis.
Growing small business is key to Africa’s Economic Growth – #OpenAfricaMag
According to Yogavelli Nambiar, who leads the Enterprise Development Academy at Gordon Institute of Business Science, with about 80% of startups in South Africa failing within the first 2 years, the answer lies in bridging the gap between businesses that fail and those that succeed.
For Sale! Braai Day outshines Heritage Day
Why is Braai Day increasingly edging out Heritage Day in SA media, and what’s behind the blazing commercial phenomenon that is causing upset with a large sector of consumers on social media? Brand Intelligence™ firm, Ornico, analysed ads associated with Heritage Day to discover who’s lighting Braai Day’s commercial fire.
Google will train One Million People in Africa
Google Africa has ramped up its skills programme and aims to train 1,000,000 Africans in digital skills over the next year. Luke Mckend, Google SA Country Director, talks about why it is important for Africans to be not just digitally literate, but digitally proficient.
