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If the country is to have any hope of addressing this critical issue of unemployment, creative ideas are needed. Rehashing past solutions will simply see the joblessness rate continue to worsen.

Over the past few months, there’s been a lot of excitement surrounding the rollout of 5G in SA, with the country’s first 5G network going live in September. While some of the buzz is warranted, the new-generation technology will have a limited impact on the typical South African mobile user.

Without similar budgets and resources, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have traditionally found the going a little tougher. But, thanks to advancements in technology, SMEs can now go toe-to-toe with their bigger counterparts.

Whether you’re a business offering a particular service or a professional working in a professional practice, regular communication with your customers or clients can go a long way to keep your appointments book filled up.

In the SME space knowing which channels should you focus on? What kind of content should you send out on those channels? And how frequently should you be communicating with your customers?

South Africans have been promised relief from high mobile data charges. In his June State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Cyril Ramaphosa heeded the call of the country's citizens to make it easier and cheaper for them to get online with their mobile devices.

Once bulky devices that were only useful for the odd phone call, cellphones have evolved into powerful pocket computers that allow people to access almost all the information in the world (and watch cat videos to their hearts’ content).

South African needs its small and medium enterprises to succeed, says Greg Chen, CEO and co-founder of Mobiz, noting that SMEs are the key to unlocking inclusive growth in an economy that has stagnated for the best part of a decade.

The South African retail space is incredibly competitive and new players are entering the market all the time. In this environment, it's vital that retailers be able to talk to their customers in a way that's engaging, relevant, and hyper-personal.