Africa: Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Kicks Off ‘Year of the Customer,’ Honouring Teams Driving Market Excellence

Africa: Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Kicks Off ‘Year of the Customer,’ Honouring Teams Driving Market Excellence

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) has declared 2026 its “Year of the Customer,” underscoring a renewed strategic focus on customer-centric growth during its annual leadership conference and awards ceremony. The event, which brought together more than 100 senior leaders from across the continent, served as a platform to align on business priorities and strengthen execution strategies….

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SAMRO increases distribution allocation to over half a billion rand for financial year 2025

SAMRO increases distribution allocation to over half a billion rand for financial year 2025

SAMRO ensures composers, authors and publishers are fairly compensated for the use of their musical works. The Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) has reaffirmed its core mandate of administering and distributing royalties to music creators, announcing total distribution allocation of R630.2 million for the 2025 financial year. The 2025 distribution marks a 1.3% increase…

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Why 2026 will be the year of IT consolidation: Simplifying the tech stack to survive budget cuts

Why 2026 will be the year of IT consolidation: Simplifying the tech stack to survive budget cuts

The market is shifting away from isolated point solutions towards converged technology ecosystems. For most of the past decade, enterprise IT strategy followed a simple formula: add another tool. A new platform would solve a vulnerability, another would improve collaboration and a chatbot would enhance engagement. Each new challenge introduced another layer of technology. Individually,…

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Your Airbnb is empty half the year

Your Airbnb is empty half the year

AirhostSwap is a South African platform tackling one of the biggest problems in the short-term rental sector: unbooked nights that drag down annual average occupancy rates, especially during the low season. The platform allows Airbnb property owners to take advantage of unused nights through reciprocal bookings on either a one-to-one or one-to-many basis. Speaking to…

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