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New regulatory sandbox to accelerate venture capital growth for SA startups

Legal Regulations

New regulatory sandbox to accelerate venture capital growth for SA startups

24 Nov 2025

The partnership playbook: How strategic alliances are rewriting customer retention rules in SA

CRM, CX, UX

The partnership playbook: How strategic alliances are rewriting customer retention rules in SA

Michelle Geere, Issued by AdBot 21 Nov 2025

Source: © 123rf The CMO Council’s inaugural Marketing Vitality Index forecasts waves of vitality, volatility and velocity in 2025

Marketing

The CMO Council Marketing Vitality Index points to a defining, milestone year ahead

19 Feb 2025

Social Media

Unlocking untapped potential: SA brands slow to use WhatsApp's marketing power

27 Jun 2023

Clickatell announces world's first Chat Commerce Platform as a service

Mobile & Apps

Clickatell announces world's first Chat Commerce Platform as a service

Issued by Semaphore 21 Apr 2023

Source: © Michael Burrows Mobile messaging is the next big channel for digital commerce in 2023 says research from Clickatell

Digital

Clickatell: Mobile messaging the next big channel for digital commerce in 2023

18 Jan 2023

Image source: bowie15 –

E-commerce

Retail goes mobile - 95% of customers make purchases via smartphone

15 Nov 2022

Source: Werner Lindemann, Clickatell’s commercial senior vice president for Middle East and Southern Africa.

Finance

Chat commerce delivers big savings for insurance companies

1 Sep 2022

Swipe iX and New Media launch joint innovation lab

Digital

Swipe iX and New Media launch joint innovation lab

Issued by Media24 23 Aug 2022

Getting chat commerce right from the start is critical

CRM, CX, UX

Getting chat commerce right from the start is critical

Joe de Wet 19 May 2022

SA-born Clickatell secures R1.4bn investment

Services

SA-born Clickatell secures R1.4bn investment

23 Feb 2022

Chat will boost sales for small businesses this holiday season

Sales

Chat will boost sales for small businesses this holiday season

9 Dec 2021

Source: Supplied

CRM

Pick n Pay now offers customer support via WhatsApp

24 Nov 2021

Chat2Pay offers payments in chat channels

Fintech

Effortless payments in chat channels

9 Sep 2021

Too muchery in a post-Covid workspace

Management & Leadership

Too muchery in a post-Covid workspace

Brian Eagar, Issued by MANGO-OMC 7 Jul 2021

Chat commerce set to disrupt e-commerce and other emerging trends

Technology

Chat commerce set to disrupt e-commerce and other emerging trends

Issued by Clickatell 24 Jun 2021

Chat holds the key to future innovation in insurance

Insurance & Actuarial

Chat holds the key to future innovation in insurance

31 Mar 2021

South Africa needs to scale its creative economy

Entrepreneurship

South Africa needs to scale its creative economy

Glenn Gillis 21 Sep 2020

Boomerang - making WhatsApp fast and affordable

Social Media

Boomerang - making WhatsApp fast and affordable

Issued by Techsys Digital 24 Jul 2020

Clickatell launches Chat Desk to shake up the $1.3tn call centre industry

Software

Clickatell launches Chat Desk to shake up the $1.3tn call centre industry

Issued by Semaphore Communications 21 Jul 2020

Build a WhatsApp bot in hours with no coding needed

Digital

Build a WhatsApp bot in hours with no coding needed

Derek Nel, Issued by 8bitstudio 22 May 2020

Clickatell responds to Covid-19 with FAQ response solution

Mobile & Apps

Clickatell responds to Covid-19 with FAQ response solution

8 May 2020

Clickety-click with Clickatell's CEO, Pieter de Villiers

#StartupStory

Clickety-click with Clickatell's CEO, Pieter de Villiers

Evan-Lee Courie 20 Feb 2020

Customers can now contact Makro directly via WhatsApp

CRM

Customers can now contact Makro directly via WhatsApp

5 Dec 2019

Pieter de Villiers, co-founder and CEO, Clickatell

Fintech

#AfricaCom: Chat commerce leapfrogs in Africa

13 Nov 2019

#Newsmaker: Roan Mackintosh is Incubeta SA's new MD

Digital

#Newsmaker: Roan Mackintosh is Incubeta SA's new MD

Juanita Pienaar 1 Oct 2019

Wayne Hull
Photographer: Rikki Hibbert

IAB Bookmarks Awards

#IABSummit19: The digital transformation opportunity starts with you

Jessica Tennant 4 Jun 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Research

How to make it in Africa - USB panel

24 Apr 2019

Banks offering streaming TV entertainment

Streaming

Banks offering streaming TV entertainment

Yuveshen Darmalingum 27 Sep 2018

Nigerian WhatsApp chatbot launched for UBA bank

CRM, CX, UX

Nigerian WhatsApp chatbot launched for UBA bank

7 Sep 2018

Clickatell to roll out WhatsApp Business solutions

Mobile & Apps

Clickatell to roll out WhatsApp Business solutions

2 Aug 2018

Mobile

Forcing customers to use your app is brand vanity

Pieter de Villiers 29 May 2018

Clickatell awarded for 3 billion SMSs across Africa

Mobile

Clickatell awarded for 3 billion SMSs across Africa

11 Dec 2017

Digitalisation: do or die

Fintech

Digitalisation: do or die

Deon van Heerden 22 Dec 2016

Mobile

Forget mobile-first, your customer is demanding mobile-always

Nirmal Nair 2 Dec 2016

Combining online chat with human agents transforms customer support online

CRM, CX, UX

Combining online chat with human agents transforms customer support online

24 Nov 2016

Digital

Saatchi & Saatchi Synergize wins four key brands

27 May 2014

Clickatell optimises uptime and reliability with Splunk

Software

Clickatell optimises uptime and reliability with Splunk

9 Apr 2014

PINless prepaid airtime takes off in Nigeria

Mobile

PINless prepaid airtime takes off in Nigeria

19 Nov 2013

Clickatell announces the 2013 mobile touch awards highlighting excellence in mobile messaging

Mobile

Clickatell announces the 2013 mobile touch awards highlighting excellence in mobile messaging

Issued by Clickatell 5 Nov 2013

Publishing

Investor pitch document for Cape Town ICT sector

28 Mar 2013

Clickatell bolsters executive team in Africa operations

Mobile

Clickatell bolsters executive team in Africa operations

8 Mar 2013

Clickatell announces Connect API

Mobile

Clickatell announces Connect API

12 Mar 2012

SA winner at inaugural SMS innovation awards

Mobile

SA winner at inaugural SMS innovation awards

31 Oct 2011

Mobile

2nd Annual Thinking Mobile™ Confex features top mobile marketing line-up

Issued by myMOBworld 8 Apr 2011

Mobile

Clickatell expands in Nigeria

8 Dec 2010

WASPA names management committee

Mobile

WASPA names management committee

11 Mar 2010

Banking & Finance

New CEOs at FNB cellphone banking

20 Jan 2010

[2010 trends] Telecommunications tsunami for 2010

Trends

[2010 trends] Telecommunications tsunami for 2010

Arthur Goldstuck 14 Jan 2010