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How to Create and Launch a Winning Crowdfunding Campaign for Your Start-Up
Crowdfunding has become a game-changer for entrepreneurs looking to turn ideas into reality without relying solely on traditional investors. Platforms like Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and GoFundMe have empowered start-up's to raise millions while building a loyal customer base. But success isn’t guaranteed—it takes strategy, storytelling, and execution. Here’s a proven blueprint for creating and launching a
African Business Start-up Success Stories:
In a tough business landscape with multiple challenges that are seldom faced by companies on other continents, there have been some amazing business success stories on African soil. These companies include business Unicorns (a startup company valued at $1 billion or more) and other innovative fintech start-ups that have become a big growth and investment
Breaking News Today – Wednesday 9 April 2025
Business & Tech News Fuel Costs Dropping With the Rand Slipping: In what will be good news and a small relief for some African states, Brent crude oil and WTI crude oil futures both dropped 4% this morning with Brent dropping to a four-year low and below $61 per barrel, extending losses to a fifth
MultiChoice Competitor to Launch in Africa
Telecommunications Group MTN, Africa’s largest mobile network operator, has entered into a strategic partnership with UK-based video software company Synamedia. The new partnership is set to launch a new streaming platform in Africa, specifically created for mobile and fibre users across the continent. MTN has evolved beyond a simple Mobile network framework and has expanded
AI Creating a World Without Workers – Are any Jobs Safe?
Trend of AI Driven Job Shedding Growing In a not to astonishing announcement yesterday, The CEO of e-commerce giant Shopify, Tobi Lutke has announced a new hiring policy to employees. In a company memorandum, Lukte said that before making new hires, teams must first prove that the job can’t be done using AI. The internal
Debt – An Overview of Credit Levels in South Africa.
Eighty20 has released its 2024 Q4 Credit Stress Report in collaboration with Xpert Decision Systems (XDS). The Credit Stress Report probes consumer credit behaviour and cites key events from quarter four that had an impact on the current economic landscape. Quarter four 2024 CSR report outlines developments in the credit space as well as the economy
Breaking News Today – Friday 4 April 2025
Business & Tech News US And China Escalate Trade War: China has announced that it would impose its own retaliatory tariff rates on US products igniting a severe response from the Trump administration saying that it would impose a further 50% tariff on all Chinese imports. China has since vowed not to bow to the
First Independently Built – Main Transmission Substation Commissioned in South Africa
South Africa’s first self-build Main Transmission Substation (MTS), by an Independent Power Producer (IPP), has been completed and commissioned on 5 April 2025. The New power sub-station, "Koruson" is a 400/132 kV MTS built on the outskirts of Noupoort in the Northern Cape in South Africa. The substation has been designed and constructed to connect
Breaking News Today – Monday 7 April 2025
Business & Tech News Global Markets Hit Biggest Sell-Off Since Covid: The SHANGHAI decreased to a 27-week low of 3096.00 Index Points in trade this morning, continuing a steady decline. Over the past 4 weeks, Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index has dropped by -7.97%, while gaining a slim 1.67% in the last 12 months. Japan’s
Likelihood of Recession in South Africa in 2025 More Than 50%
It is astounding that despite only a 0,6% growth in gross domestic product (GDP), in South African (SA), in 2024, the government believes the local economy can attain a 1,8% growth in GDP in the 2025/26 fiscal. In place of looking to reduce government spending, the government intends to increase the spend despite economic headwinds.
Capitec Bank Service Crash After System Update – Breaking News
According to the online service reporting website Downdetector, Capitec clients have been experiencing major issues with the Capitec Banking App from around 12H00 this afternoon. Capitec bank has issued a statement saying that they are aware of the issue and have apologized to customers for the service interruptions. The Bank has stated that the interuptions
Empowering South Africa's Youth: Free Coding Programme Bridges Digital Skills Gap
In a country where unemployment is rampant with many young people struggling to find jobs, a new initiative is offering hope and creating opportunities to develop skills that can help them find employment or start their own business.. Registrations have opened for a new 2025 free coding programme, that goes beyond just teaching coding skills.
Is the Trump Tariff Strategy Protectionism or a US Debt Restructure Strategy?
Over the last week, it feels like every conversation, media piece or industry debate has been converted into a Trump Trumpet. The whole world appears to be debating the merits and shortfalls and potential fallout of the new administration’s targeted tarriff program. The debate ranges from the serious to the delusional but the consensus so
Breaking News Today – Friday 4 April 2025
Business & Tech News Amazon Bid to Buy TikTok : In an interesting development in the US TikTok ban saga, Amazon has reportedly put in a bid to purchase TikTok, in a last minute pitch with the US ban on the platform set to go into effect on Saturday. The Amazon offer was apparently made
Changing World has PGM’s Industry Re-Working Itself.
Johannesburg, 3 April 2025. The annual PGM mining industry gathered today with a stream of interesting perspectives on the future of the industry being discussed in-depth. Tariffs and Talking Points As can be expected, a hot topic on the lips of delegates and speakers was the prospect of the impact of yesterday’s tariff announcement by
How to Use Big Data to Drive Business Growth
What many businesses need to focus on in the digital economy we find ourself, is to generate, compile and structure deep sets of data across their business. This is a crucial step to understanding your company, understanding your market, your customers and ensuring that you have the best opportunity to succeed and grow. In today’s
Breaking News Today – Thursday 3 April 2025
Business & Tech News AI Agents that Teach Agents: Emergence AI, a startup founded by former IBM Research veterans have launched a new AI agent creation platform that lets the human user specify what work they are trying to accomplish via text prompts, and then turns it over to AI models to create the agents they believe
National Health Insurance – Choices and funds are Limited
South African leadership seems fixated on creating advances in many sectors that are often at odds with the real issues or the reality of the lived experiences and situation on the ground. There is talk about Smart Cities, when existing cities such as Johannesburg, a key business centre in the country and others are in
10 Ways to Improve Customer Service and Retain More Clients
If you’re running a small business, you already know that keeping your customers happy is the key to long-term success. This is true even for small clients, who over time can often grow into medium or large customers, and their experience with your company will determine if they stick with you or not in future.
Breaking News Today – Tuesday 2 April 2025
Business & Tech News Trump Tariff Day Today – What will the Global Impact be In the Whitehouse Rose Garden, later today, in what the White House is calling its "Liberation Day", US President Donald Trump will be announcing his global tariff rates and how this is to be implemented. The impact of the announcements