The third wave has pushed most back into the working from home environment. The Covid crisis is here to stay. It’s a predicament but one which presents opportunities - this is the message from entrepreneurs, forward thinkers, and breeders of...
Editions
June 2021
Place yourself in the shoes of Ramasela Ganda. The CEO at Avis in South Africa started in her new role just four days after President Ramaphosa announced a national lockdown. International tourism was effectively cancelled and people told to stay...
May 2021
Remarkably, it seems that business continues to progress and develop despite vast numbers of senior staff continuing with a flexible approach to work and spending more time away from the office, working from home. For those that can, working from...
April 2021
For many, the Covid-19 pandemic is now being talked about as a thing of the past. Obviously, the virus still poses a large threat to life and continues to disrupt like nothing experienced before. But hearing so many talk about the pandemic in the...
December 2020
One topic has dominated the news worldwide this month, as it emerges that several candidates in the COVID-19 vaccine trials are proving far more effective than first hoped. This could be the month that marks the major turning point against the...
October 2020
With the country still recording thousands of new Covid-19 cases each week, and unfortunately hundreds of deaths, it is now crystal clear that businesses have a long-term issue to deal with. The thought that the situation might abate as time passed...
September 2020
As we slide down the lockdown scale, business is starting to rebuild, reorganise and recover. Yes, the quarter is likely to show disastrous results for the economy, but South Africa has faced this type of maelstrom before. With many recessionary...
August 2020
2020 has certainly not moved in the direction in which everyone anticipated or wanted. The fragile business environment in South Africa has been trashed by strict lockdown and now a severe outbreak of the dreaded coronavirus, and companies are...
April 2020
People over profit – that is the message coming out of almost all businesses right now. Thankfully, most companies are not willing to place their people in danger in pursuit of financial results. Much of the country is working from home, key...
March 2020
Obviously, the major focus for most in March has been responding to the budget speech delivered by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni on March 4. The theme that most seem to be taking from what Mboweni stated is that now is the time when more needs to...
February 2020
The start of 2020 sees many companies heeding government’s message and adopting new technology in an effort to boost productivity and efficiencies. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is not coming, it’s already here. A high-level commission has been...
December 2019
As we enter a time of year when celebrations are the norm, unfortunately there is not much to be happy about in the South African business sphere. The government continues to push for improved FDI and renewed positivity, but the reality is that SA...
November 2019
Technology is changing the way business is conducted. While this may be the most obvious statement of the past decade, it’s amazing how many still fail to adapt. Businesses must be flexible and nimble, making changes where necessary, in order to...
October 2019
Yet again, alongside all the stories of doom and gloom, we are seeing signs of progress across southern Africa. While so many talk about a challenging economy and difficult marketplaces, many companies continue to adapt and change in order to meet...
September 2019
The September edition of Enterprise Africa is all about understanding customers. Every business out there claims to understand its customers, knowing exactly what they want, when they want it and how they want it. But, unfortunately, this is far...
August 2019
Positioning South Africa on the world stage is no easy feat, but three of this month’s feature companies have managed to do so through determination, innovation, and long-term planning. For these companies, there is no short-termism – they all...
July 2019
For those that are lucky enough to make it big across Africa, there seems to be one key common denominator – scalability. Entrepreneurs that go out and find solutions to problems for customers while ensuring that their business is scalable are...
June 2019
So, Cyril Ramaphosa is the sixth democratically elected President of South Africa and it seems as though business couldn’t be happier. Ever since his entry into politics, Ramaphosa has been known as business-friendly and now industry leaders are...