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73 Best Companies To Work For in South Africa

73 Best Companies To Work For in South Africa

BEST Companies to work for (South Africa’s Best Employers) updated on April 17, 2013  The Corporate Research Foundation (CRF) Institute  is an institute that identifies top performers in the areas of HR, leadership and strategy, it reviews pay and benefits, [...]

Present State of South Africa’s Tech Startup Industry

Present State of South Africa’s Tech Startup Industry

In 2012, Silicon Cape which is a community of tech entrepreneurs, developers, creatives, angel investors, and VC’s who are passionate about entrepreneurship and the roles we play in the future of South Africa conducted a survey titled “The State of South Africa’s Tech Startup Industry” [...]

Top African Telecoms Companies For 2012

Top African Telecoms Companies For 2012

Telecommunications has become one of the fastest growing sectors of African economy, this growth is driven by rapid growth in mobile telephony and broadband connectivity, Africa has become the fastest-growing mobile market in the world, and is the biggest after Asia according to [...]

Top 50 African Countries on Facebook: December 2012

Top 50 African Countries on Facebook: December 2012

Socialbakers.com is a leading social media analytics platform which offers solution that allows brands to measure, compare and contrast the success of their social media campaigns with competitive intelligence. The website provides daily updated Facebook statistics for over 200 countries. The statistics as at 29th December [...]

Top 10 African Mobile Apps of 2012

Top 10 African Mobile Apps of 2012

In a fast growing continent that is filled with opportunities yet bedevilled by poverty, political instability, and inequality, there is an urgent need for improved healthcare, better infrastructure and access to basic amenities, the good news is that so many [...]

Smartphone Usage in South Africa [Infographic]

Smartphone Usage in South Africa [Infographic]

Another awesome infographic created by the talented designer, Grant Barnard together with Elizabeth Joss. The essence of this interesting infographic is to highlight some of the latest information on the use of cell phones within South Africa. Research was conducted in several [...]

South Africa Internet Users [Infographic]

South Africa Internet Users [Infographic]

Our friends at Afrographique released a compelling and informative infographic that shows the breakdown of South African internet users, although this data was made available last year but it kind of gives you a picture of the demographics on how [...]

Samsung Galaxy S3 Officially Launched in South Africa

Samsung Galaxy S3 Officially Launched in South Africa

Last night in Sandton, in Johannesburg South Africa, Samsung’s much-awaited Galaxy S3 was officially launched at a lavish event in Johannesburg. This sleek and innovative smartphone is a follow-up to the highly-successful Samsung galaxy S2, which sold more than 20 [...]

Twitter Usage in South Africa [Infographic]

Twitter Usage in South Africa [Infographic]

When it comes to tweeting in Africa, South Africa is home to Africa’s most prolific tweeters, this is backed by reports from Portland Communications and Tweetminster. Portland Communications and Tweetminster monitored more than 11.5 million location-tagged tweets in Africa and conducted [...]