Subsequent to a talk we gave recently on the state of eCommerce in South Africa, it made sense to collate some of the key points of the presentation into a single infographic.
Of particular interest to me, was the fact that while retail growth in ...
As the after-effects of the global recession continue to suppress demand, many businesses are discovering the benefits of an online strategy.
A great example is British retailer Marks & Spencer. Hard hit throughout the recession, M&S reporte...
A while back I wrote about the Battle of the Browsers between Opera's Opera, Google's Chrome and Mozilla's Firefox versus Microsoft's Internet Explorer. From the look of things, the axis of good have won with the recent announcement by Microsoft that...
This story has captured my interest mainly because most people commenting on the post (link expires February 16) seem to be fairly misinformed about what is considered fair play on the web and the law.
To summarise the story it goes somethi...
A few months ago, an article was published titled Google's search dominance, stating the following:
According to Masie, a sixth of all internet searches in South Africa come from mobile devices, the highest ratio in the world. To ensure that it l...
This past weekend I decided to buy a new couch for my home. Wearied of endless trips to Fourways, battling through the traffic, wasting petrol, dodging Metro Police roadblocks, I decided to check out online catalogues for the stores before traipsing ...
Context is a hell of a thing. That point was driven home to me today when Muti deleted a link without explaining how or why the post was deleted. A social book making site inspired by reddit and Digg but dedicated to content of interest to Africans o...
Since this is my first post on Tech Leader, I thought I couldn't go wrong with a top ten list. Don't worry, I'll try not to do it too often.
This list of software consists of tools I use almost every day. Some of them are better than their proprie...
The battle between Development agencies and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) agencies is almost as widely discussed as the Search Wars (battles between MSN, Google and Yahoo for web dominance).
In South Africa, as the importance of search engine mark...
A quick reminder, we’re asking questions and trying to answer them in a way that will get people to change. The questions are:
Why is the Internet advertising spend in South Africa one sixth that of Switzerland or even Belgium, when we share si...
