Massive growth for business intelligence

The broader business intelligence market has seen a 50% growth rate to reach $60-billion – an amount that brings it on par with the electronic gaming industry. Within the more “traditional” definition of the market research industry, the global size...

Travel e-tailer FlightSite wins top honours

Online travel agency, FlightSite, has been named Africa’s Leading Online Travel Agency for 2014 at the World Travel Awards. The win was announced on Friday (5 September 2014), and was voted for by travel and tourism professionals worldwide. The e-tailer has...

DHL Express puts Africa on the map

DHL Express has grown its retail footprint in sub-Saharan Africa by 1 000% in less than three years, thanks to its partner network. In what could become a business school case study, the company’s number of service points increased from 300 to over 3 300, not by...

Old Mutual, Raizcorp grow entrepreneurs

Old Mutual has partnered with Raizcorp, Africa’s only unfunded for-profit incubator, to promote entrepreneurship as a career – and to provide entrepreneurs in Gauteng, who are interested in owning their own franchises, with a unique business opportunity. “Old...

Single number service from Telkom

Telkom Business has announced the introduction of Single Number, a new service that links a landline telephone number to multiple phones, including landline and mobile. This service will enable Telkom Business customers to answer calls anywhere and from any phone....

Flexenclosure opens office in Johannesburg

Flexenclosure, a designer and manufacturer of prefabricated data centre buildings and intelligent power management systems for the ICT industry, has opened a new office in Johannesburg to serve its growing number of customers in Africa. The new office, which is...