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Fri, March 14th, 08:00 · Guest Post

Guest post: Christo Briedenhann, regional director, Riverbed Technology

Christo Briedenhann, regional director at Riverbed Technology discusses the importance of wide area network (WAN) optimisation, enabling satellite offices around the world to experience the same high speed internet accessibility afforded to those at a company’s headquarters. → Read more
Fri, March 7th, 09:00 · Guest Post

Guest post: David Silverstein, president, BMGI

David Silverstein, president of South African advisory firm BMGI, discusses the importance of developing a sound business strategy, and making sure it is well implemented to yield robust results. → Read more
Fri, February 21st, 08:00 · Guest Post

Guest Post: Is the international remittance market ready for Bitcoin?

For the past few years Bitcoin has made international headlines for providing an alternative currency for online payments but also for funding dark web drug markets. Roble Musse, co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of CoinFling, addresses the practicality of integrating the cryptocurrency into an online remittance platform. → Read more
Tue, February 18th, 20:00 · Guest Post

MTN stamps on low prices: Jose Dos Santos, acting CEO, Cell C

Dominant incumbents are typically defensive when any attempt is made to curb their otherwise abusive behaviour, but isn’t MTN taking it a bit far? Not content to make “super-normal profits” (more than normal profits, or the amount of revenue generated after paying costs, by a monopoly) for nearly 15 years, MTN wants to choke the consumer further by refusing to accept regulatory intervention under law, by the sector regulator, ICASA. → Read more
Fri, February 7th, 09:40 · Guest Post

Guest post: Finding top talent through social recruitment

The rise of social media has afforded individuals with the opportunity to communicate with those close to them. However Adebayo Sanni, country manager of Oracle Nigeria, highlights its benefits for employers and those seeking to recruit new talent. → Read more
Mon, January 6th, 08:00 · Guest Post

Guest Post: Simbarashe Mabasha, co-founder, Wabona

In this exclusive guest post for HumanIPO, Simbarashe Mabasha, co-founder of online entertainment streaming service Wabona, discusses the emergence of Africa as a force in video entertainment, and looks forward to a future in mobile entertainment. → Read more
Thu, January 2nd, 08:00 · Guest Post

Guest Post: Mark Allewell, founder and CEO, Tourism Radio

Mark Allewell is the founder of South African audio tour guide company Tourism Radio. He is currently preparing for a year’s travel sabbatical with his wife Ronelle and three-year-old twins Kai and Kerala. In this exclusive guest post for HumanIPO, Allewell shares some entrepreneurial tips and explains why he is taking a year away from his successful business. → Read more
Mon, December 30th, 08:00 · Guest Post

Guest Post: Vodacom’s Richard Boorman looks back on telecoms in 2013

In an exclusive guest post for HumanIPO, Richard Boorman, executive head: media relations and social media at South Africa’s largest operator Vodacom, takes a look back at how the country’s mobile industry fared in 2013 and what it needs to do to progress in 2014. → Read more
Fri, December 27th, 08:00 · Guest Post

Guest Post: Duncan Arthur on the Year of the Bitcoin

Bitcoin hobbyist Duncan Arthur looks back on the development of Bitcoin over a year that has seen its value skyrocket and the launch of its first ATMs, discussing its relevance to Africa and looking at the future of the borderless digital currency. → Read more
Wed, December 18th, 09:00 · Guest Post

REVIEW: Logitech Z150 Speakers

The Logitech Z150 is Logitech’s entry level speaker system, and the Bandwidth Blog’s Jaco van der Walt took them for a spin. → Read more
Fri, December 13th, 19:00 · Guest Post

Guest Post: FI’s Keith Jones on 8 character traits for starting your own business

Keith Jones, director of the Founder Institute’s Johannesburg chapter, writes in his second guest post for HumanIPO what he believes are the essential character traits for entrepreneurs setting up their own business. → Read more
Wed, November 20th, 14:00 · Guest Post

REVIEW: Sony Smartwatch 2, could it go mainstream?

After the splash that smartphones and then tablets made, the next frontier for tech firms are set to be ‘wearables’. A year ago not many people would have heard a lot about smartwatches, except perhaps for the Pebble. → Read more
Fri, November 15th, 19:00 · Guest Post

Guest Post: Walter Penfold on the melting pot of innovation

South African business Everlytic is now present in eight countries and Walter Penfold, managing director of the software company, believes the one of the keys to their success is the diversity of his staff. Below, Penfold outlines why diversity can boost a business. → Read more
Fri, October 11th, 09:00 · Guest Post

Guest Post: Launching an incubator, the road so far

Keith Jones, director at Founder Institute, shares his experience of launching an incubator following the establishment of the Founder Institute in Johannesburg, the first African chapter of the international organisation. → Read more
Fri, September 27th, 16:00 · Guest Post

Guest Post: Why credibility matters

Samantha Watt, owner and manager of Watt Communications, a South African communications agency and content generator, discusses the importance of companies creating public awareness around what they do and the need to put themselves into the public domain: → Read more
Fri, August 30th, 11:00 · Guest Post

Guest Post: Partnering with a technology specialised agency

Samantha Harper, founder of South African IT career specialist Nu Beginnings, writes for HumanIPO on seeking partnership with agencies in the technology industry. → Read more
Fri, August 16th, 09:00 · Guest Post

Guest Post: Can a commercial VPN protect you from government spying?

Nick Pearson is chief executive officer (CEO) of IVPN, a privacy-focused virtual private network (VPN) service and Electronic Frontier Foundation member. → Read more