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KFC launches WhatsApp-based ordering in South Africa through Chat Commerce – an innovative chat-ordering channel, which allows customers to place and pay for an order via WhatsApp. KFC celebrates 50 years in South Africa this year and this launch demonstrates a sound commitment to innovation in servicing the South African market. An e-commerce rollout is a significant technical undertaking, even on traditional channels. Providing it on WhatsApp requires a rethinking of the user journey and engagement paradigm. “As a consumer-led organisation, we understand the limitations that high data costs can pose in transacting online. WhatsApp, with its lower data use,…
Showmax Pro announced it will live stream all matches of the English Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and the DStv Premiership, courtesy of SuperSport in more than 50 countries across Africa. The new season of Premier League, now in its 30th year, begins on 13 August, with newly promoted Brentford hosting Arsenal to kick things off. As ever, the transfer season has had fans enthralled, with much of the focus on Tottenham striker Harry Kane’s future. For now, he is available to face Manchester City in Sunday’s Premier League season opener – according to coach Nuno Espirito Santo, at least. Manchester City are the defending…
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called for the scrapping of license booking system to make more renewal slots available to motorists in the country. The DA in Gauteng said it was concerned that motorists would not be able to renew their licenses before they expire, turning them into criminals, potentially affecting Motorists in Gauteng are anxious that their licenses will expire by the end of August and that they will be driving illegally because they cannot get online booking slots to renew their licences. Many motorists require valid licenses to retain their jobs. Should they be unable to renew their…
Refinitiv, a London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) business, announced today the launch of the Refinitiv Satrix South Africa Inclusion and Diversity (I&D) index. In collaboration with Satrix, a leading provider of index-tracking solutions in South Africa, the new index offers an innovative benchmark for investors wishing to commit capital to companies that actively invest and promote I&D values across their business operations. The index tracks the total return of select publicly-traded equities with high I&D scores on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Over a five-year period, the Refinitiv Satrix South Africa D&I index’s annualised return earned 6.56% outperforming the Refinitiv South…
The eventual post-pandemic return to work presents the perfect opportunity to reimagine workplace strategy and space planning. Already one of South Africa’s largest interior design and fit-out companies, and owned by JLL, a Fortune 500 company, Tétris Design & Build not only understand the new needs of clients, employees, and teams, but has a pool of talented women ready to shape and implement the workplace of the future. Workplace solutions that foster inclusivity while attracting younger, dynamic teams are in high demand as companies of all sizes contemplate how best to refresh and reinvigorate their offices into workplaces that are…
The Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID) recently asked two of the CBD’s major players what makes the Mother City a tech hub and how the city can attract more tech titans to its shores. SweepSouth – which raised more than R60 million in funding in 2019 and additional investment in 2020 – and PayU Payment Solutions, a leading online payment service provider with operations across 17 markets, shared their insights. Currently Cape Town, ‘South Africa’s Silicon Valley’ boasts more than 450 tech firms, including ecommerce giants the Takealot Group and Amazon, and collectively employs more than 40 000…
Radisson Hotel Group is planning to build a new hotel in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, as part of its ambitious expansion plan in South Africa. Set to open at the end of 2023, the Radisson Hotel Middelburg boosts the group’s South African portfolio to 16 hotels in operation and under development. It also places Radisson firmly on track to reach its ambition of 150 hotels in operation and under development across Africa within the next five years. The contemporary new-build, 150-room hotel will be located within walking distance of the town’s major shopping complex, the Middelburg Mall, home to over 140 stores, including…
Africa is home to more than a billion people who have limited or no access to vehicle financing – and the lowest per capita vehicle ownership in the world. Moove, an African mobility FinTech, today announced that it has raised $23 million or R335 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Speedinvest and Left Lane Capital, with participation from DCM, Clocktower Technology Ventures, thelatest.ventures, LocalGlobe, Tekton, FJ Labs, Palm Drive Capital, Roka Works, KAAF Investments, Class 5 Global, and Victoria van Lennep, co-founder of Lendable. Africa specialist, Verod Kepple Africa Ventures, and one of Moove’s existing lenders,…
Eighteen months after the launch of its WomenThinkCode= initiative, WeThinkCode_ has achieved its target of recruiting at least 50% women in its student intake. The success of this groundbreaking initiative reflects an intentional effort to identify and recruit talented women into the academy. “ “We are pleased that we are able to play a tangible role in driving inclusion within South Africa’s digital sector. Women are taking a seat at the tech table,” says Nyari Samushonga, CEO WeThinkCode_. “Technology is driving growth and innovation in many of the most important sectors of the economy, and these young developers will be…
The Mandrolli Auto consortium plans to build electric cars in the Eastern Cape, including a $1.5 million or R22 million “hypercar” bearing Nelson Mandela’s signature. The Sunday Times reported that the consortium, which includes Mandela’s granddaughter Ndileka Mandela, says it had been promised $9 billion or R131 billion by the African Diaspora Central Bank to develop and manufacture electric cars. Mandrolli, a solar and battery-powered electric vehicle startup based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and the U.S, is co-founded by Tami Mase, Ndileka, and B.Taylor. Mandrolli was birthed in the Eastern Cape, where Premier Oscar Mabuyane has agreed to support the…