So as of 29 September 2016 residents of Johannesburg will be able to download UberEats. If you are an existing Uber customer the app will immediately recognise your profile and thus less admin for you. The rest of the UberEats app is also as simple as using the original Uber. Basically you can order food […]
Chatbots South Africa The shift is happening. Imagine a big corporate that has a large call centre with a staff compliment of 500. These employees answer questions and for certain companies some of those questions all have a standard answers with some conditional variations. In short, a human is not needed to give those customer […]
On a daily basis we are contacted and asked to quote on apps that have a similar functionality to Uber. At the moment Uber is estimated to be the most expensive app built thus far and the estimated cost according to thenextweb.com is R14 million rand. So of course we can understand that we need […]
You’ve had an idea. You’ve thought about it for a while. You looked at the other apps out there and what features they offer. You believe you have something different and that you can compete. All you need now is for someone to build your idea plus a few of the key features from your […]
Carte Blanche ran a feature this past Sunday (03/07/2016) about the rise and rise of mobile apps, with a particular focus on the South African market: its challenges, opportunities and some of the unique products that have been designed within our unique set of circumstances. Some of the key take away points, for us, are: […]
Google is still continuing to give websites penalties that are not mobile friendly. The reason for this is the dramatic increase in mobile browsing from smartphones. Google aims to show you the most relevant result first. If that result results in a poor browsing experience for you then Google will penalise that particular website and […]
This week the 26 World Economic Forum on Africa kicks off in Kigali, Rwanda. Regional and global political, business and civil society leaders will convene with a focus on discussing technological catalysts that can be used to harness potential in drive growth across the African continent. The theme of the meeting is ‘Connecting Africa’s Resources through Digital […]
As covered in my last post, I recently visited the United States to go to a wedding and took the opportunity to meet a number of people involved in app development in the US market. I discussed the specific example of Akshay Sahani and his app NimNim in the last post as I believe it serves […]
I recently visited the United States to go to a wedding and took the opportunity to meet a number of people involved in app development in the US market. This was a very interesting exercise as the US market is certainly further down the road in terms of broader consumer use of apps and app […]
SEO Cape Town Any business wants to be on page 1 of Google for their industry search term. Being on page 1 of Google means you will get thousands of Rands worth of free advertising by being an organic search result. How can this be achieved? Many companies offering SEO services will guarantee a page […]