Articles by Brandon Gregory

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Thu, April 25th, 13:46 · Brandon Gregory

Old Mutual on globalisation, people and technology

Companies need to take culture, background, languages and legislation into consideration when expanding globally, with technology playing a key part, according to Natasha Anthony, mass foundation alternative distribution direct marketer for Old Mutual. → Read more
Thu, April 25th, 06:55 · Brandon Gregory

Using technology to improve customer engagement

Businesses must use technology to engage with customers through the building of an effective customer relations management (CRM) system, according to Korak Kuhnert and Daniel Marcus, founder and director of Magnetic Software. → Read more
Wed, April 24th, 11:18 · Brandon Gregory

Internet makes word of mouth archivable

The internet has empowered consumers to share stories, making word of mouth archivable for the first time, according to Paul Galantis, marketing director and co-founder of Yuppiechef, an online kitchen retailer. → Read more
Wed, April 24th, 09:52 · Brandon Gregory

CEM Conference underway in Cape Town today

The Customer Experience Management (CEM) conference kicked off in Cape Town today, with various speakers on a variety of topics, including technology, which influences customer satisfaction. → Read more
Tue, April 23rd, 14:30 · Brandon Gregory

Homebug, shining some light on energy conservation at home

A Cape Town startup is hoping to revolutionise the way homeowners monitor their electricity consumption by feeding them easy to understand information. → Read more
Tue, April 23rd, 12:16 · Brandon Gregory

Marian Shinn responds to Dina Pule’s press briefing on Sunday Times

Marian Shinn, shadow minister of communications for the Democratic Alliance, says Dina Pule, South Africa’s communications minister, must stop trying to set herself up as a victim of reports portraying her in a negative light. → Read more
Tue, April 23rd, 10:45 · Brandon Gregory

DRYVER, working towards eliminating drinking and driving

A new social network has been launched by Tops at Spar in a bid to reduce instances of drinking and driving in South Africa. → Read more
Tue, April 23rd, 08:24 · Brandon Gregory

Samwu: Don’t be fooled into buying e-tags

The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) has told the public they must not be “fooled” into purchasing e-tags for e-tolling, while the union aims to make e-tolling “uncollectable”. → Read more
Mon, April 22nd, 14:39 · Brandon Gregory

Pule accused of blowing ZAR2.6 million on recruitment deal

Dina Pule, South African communications minister, allegedly wasted ZAR2.6 million (US$280,000) on a recruitment deal, which reportedly led to the appointment of Phosane Mngqibisa’s friends onto the boards of key parastatals. → Read more
Mon, April 22nd, 12:41 · Brandon Gregory

Pule speaks out against Sunday Times alleged “smear campaign”

Dina Pule, South Africa’s communications minister, has said the negative reports by the Sunday Times over the past few months are a smear campaign against her. → Read more
Mon, April 22nd, 09:51 · Brandon Gregory

DA: Nazir Alli, Sanral CEO reveals more toll-roads

Nazir Alli, chief executive officer (CEO) of the South African Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has revealed the agency has plans for the implementation of five new toll-roads in the country at a portfolio committee meeting. → Read more
Fri, April 19th, 14:51 · Brandon Gregory

Miles Ward: little teams with big results

Miles Ward, designer and developer for Amazon Web Services (AWS) and three-time technology startup entrepreneur, has said little teams can achieve colossal results. → Read more
Fri, April 19th, 13:14 · Brandon Gregory

Developer community full of hobos, tramps and bums – Western Cape Labs’ Mike Jones

Mike Jones, of Western Cape Labs, has labelled some members of his audience at the Scale Conference, in Cape Town, “hobos, tramps and bums” as he described the life of a developer. → Read more
Fri, April 19th, 13:06 · Brandon Gregory

South African startups held back by lack of venture capital – 2go

South African startups find it tough to obtain outside investment, according to 2go’s product strategist and business developer Peter Lockhart, who says the social network is proud of scaling without outside investment. → Read more
Fri, April 19th, 12:06 · Brandon Gregory

2go’s feature phone market makes life “very difficult”

Peter Lockhart, product strategist and business developer at mobile-to-mobile social network 2go, has said designing for feature phones is “very difficult”. → Read more
Fri, April 19th, 07:32 · Brandon Gregory

Scaling Facebook with 1bn monthly users with “tens of thousands” of servers

Neil Blakey-Milner, a production engineer for Facebook's core systems, says Facebook’s construction of its own data centres is helping to scale the world’s largest social media site. → Read more
Thu, April 18th, 15:11 · Brandon Gregory

RightShift’s Daniel Fiske tells entrepreneurs to be dumbest in company

Daniel Fiske, co-founder and chief technical officer at social gaming and casino game company RightShift, has unveiled his tips for startups, including only ever hiring people that are “smarter than you”. → Read more
Thu, April 18th, 13:08 · Brandon Gregory

Nomanini, innovating airtime purchases with technology

Nomanini, a Cape Town based startup, has set itself the main goal of replacing physical airtime scratch cards with mobile point-of-sale (POS) terminals in Africa. → Read more
Thu, April 18th, 09:28 · Brandon Gregory

Scale Conference underway in Cape Town

The Scale Conference convened today at the Kirstenbosch Gardens, Cape Town, bringing together experts to discuss and share innovations and solutions to the problems of running a company on the internet. → Read more
Wed, April 17th, 15:53 · Brandon Gregory

88pockets, working towards an integrated software investment platform

88pockets has launched its first ‘pocket’, Property Frontier, creating a platform to allow investors to make decisions as well as control and track their multiple investment arenas. → Read more