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South Africa gets an exclusive preview of the world-class AI first retargeting engine that will enable e-commerce platforms to activate, monetise, and re-engage their users globally Xtend, a provider of futuristic marketing technologies, today announced the launch of...

SA businesses have a duty of care to protect themselves and clients from phishing

Cybersecurity threats are continuously on the increase, with 96% of phishing attacks delivered by email. A successful phishing attack leaves two victims in its wake: the person who falls for the requests or promises of the perpetrator and the company whose domain has...

DPD Laser: Last mile solutions that go the extra mile to bring business home

When there’s little to differentiate businesses’ products and solutions, it’s their customers’ experience of the service they offer that sets them apart, even when onerous regulatory requirements could slow the process down. This is particularly true for businesses...

The Cradle of Disruption – Startup Bootcamp

The site, currently occupying 47 000 hectares (180 m²) is one of two key sites.The site, currently occupying 47 000 hectares (180 m²) is one of two key sites, believed to be the birthplace of humankind, where our collective umbilical cord lies buried. With...

Save like crazy and let it grow

By Khwezi Jackson You may have heard of the Fire (Financially Independent, Retire Early) crowd and the Yolo (You Only Live Once) gang. How about the SLiCLiGs (Save Like Crazy & Let It Grow)? Yes, I know, the name needs work but, believe me, the clunkiness of the...

3D Secure 2.0 upgrades the customer experience for eCommerce merchants and customers

Developed more than ten years ago, 3D Secure 1 was welcomed, but not exactly user-friendly, widely adopted and recognised when a pop-up window appeared with ‘Verified by Visa’ (later rebranded as Visa Secure), ‘SecureCode’ from Mastercard of Safekey from Amex. The...

What are my options when it comes to financing my car?

If you are thinking about purchasing a new or previously loved car, you’ll have many decisions to make. Unfortunately, the decisions don’t stop with the type and colour of the car – you will also need to determine the best financing option for you. Most of us would...

Moshesh Partners closes funding for first R2bn Renewable Energy and Clean Infrastructure Fund

Moshesh Partners, a mid-market black alternative asset manager, has reached a first close for its first Renewable Energy and Clean Infrastructure Fund, and is targeting R2billion in assets under management in the next 18 months. This is in addition to the more than...

Down to Business

Designed by Nature How Patrick Mavros is bringing the beauty of Africa to the world through extraordinary jewellery and sculptures inspired by Zimbabwe’s wildlife Every item made by the Mavros family in their House of Jewels is infused with love—love of their art,...

Arnoux Mare

How innovative solutions group changed the system When Arnoux Mare decided to turn the labour brokering sector on its head by contractually employing staff on a permanent basis, everyone said it made no sense. In the South African business environment, new...

The future of work

Home comforts How Venture Workspace is bringing the office closer to the suburbs, with all the business tools and services you could need. Approximately 14 000 co-working spaces are operating globally, and it’s not just tech groups adopting collaborative hubs from...

A New Era, A New Opportunity

The digital transformation of Africa is all about creating solutions for African problems How Gil Oved plans to help businesses be part of this revolutionHe has been advising budding entrepreneurs as a judge on Shark Tank and Dragons’ Den SA; now Gil Oved is once...

The Babylonstoren Spa: Inside Out. Outside In.

The new spa is a breathing space for a discerning spa visitor who has been there and done that. A travel feature by luxury travel content specialists, www.luxurytraveleditor.comMore is more; less is more. A great contradiction currently exists in luxury where expense,...

Luxury in the heart of sustainability

Entrepreneur and Philanthropist. Vogel is the owner of Mhondoro Safari Lodge and Villa.Though a global citizen, Vogel is mostly based in the Netherlands. With over 25 years of experience in the financial markets industry and over 11 years in Real Estate, he holds a...

Phillip Morris International is transforming through science

Philip Morris International (PMI) was once a company focused solely on cigarettes. Now, rapidly transforming their business to replace cigarettes with scientifically substantiated smoke-free products the company is not only advocating for a smoke-free future but is...

The man who started UNKNOWN and aims to finish UNFORGETTABLE: Dilawar Singh

In order to succeed in life, we need to abide by two rules: Reasons or Results. Result means promising yourself to never give up, to create a situation where failure is not even an option. Such was the desire of an entrepreneur in the field of network marketing who...

Modern Leader

We’ll drink to that! Following the success of the esteemed Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show, the investment company hopes its new competition will raise the glasses and the profile of the South African spirits industry. Discernment of future value epitomises the role Old...

African Warrior

Extending the Front line When other hotels stood empty after the 2010 Soccer World Cup, Marc Wachsberger saw an opportunity to gain a competitive edge in the property market. Here’s how he built his Capital Empire When you’re travelling on business, you’re not...

Zapper CEO: Boks prove to SA businesses that fierce competition demands invention

Tireless re-invention and innovation is a long game.The Rugby World Cup has revealed that the landscape is always shifting. Australia out in the first round, Ireland the team to beat, but now also out, and Argentina, Fiji and Japan growing in stature. South Africa’s...

Animarem: Manley Hopkins event, Pathway to Purpose, sold out in South Africa

The event signals people's commitment to achievement in 2023. Animarem's sold out "Pathway to Purpose" event signals people's commitment to achievement in 2023Renowned global adventurer, keynote speaker, and leadership advisor, UK's Manley Hopkinson, saw a sellout...

Lift as you rise

SERVANT LEADERSHIP WILL DEFINE OUR FUTURE Prof. Bonang Mohale is an accomplished academic, former business executive and a modern leader. Mohale is the Chancellor of the University of the Free State, President of Business Unity South Africa and Professor of practice...

For Tackling Gender Disparity in the Technology Sector – Tinyiko Simbine

Tinyiko Simbine is the co-founder of GirlCode, an organisation that focuses on equipping girl children and women with coding skills in order to empower and position them for employment and entrepreneurship opportunities in the digital world of work. Together with her...

For Spearheading The Growth and Development of a Province – Mosa Tshabalala

Ms Mosa Tshabalala is a well renowned Chartered Accountant (CA) and the CEO of the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA) Tshabalala has over 15 years of experience in leadership roles. Prior to her current role she was the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the...

For showing Us the Capability of Female Leaders in Business – Sibongile Vilakazi

DR Sibongile Vilakazi, is an intellectual who has worked her way up the business ladder through determination and hard work. From research intern to CEO of her own company, Ntsikelelo Business Solution, Dr Vilakazi holds a number of board membership positions. These...

For Showing Us The Potential Of Our Beauty – Ann Kathrin Joos

Ann-Kathrin Joos is the founder and CEO of Standard Beauty. A skincare brand that has been blazing trails recently in South Africa.Ann-Kathrin noticed the modern trends in skincare and the hype around a particular skincare brand based overseas, and then had the idea...

For digitalizing Our Process – Sabine Dall’ Omo

SABINE DALL’OMO is the Siemens CEO for Southern and Eastern Africa Dall’Omo’s leadership extends beyond South African borders as she is entrusted with multiple responsibilities (in 24 different countries), that also include managing the risks of the Covid-19...

The Essence Of Leadership – Gil Oved and Vukani Mngxati

Context tends to define course and style of action. Over the centuries our understanding and definition of leadership has constantly changed. And it should. Different times and epochs bring on vastly different challenges and characters.We all recognise a good leader...

Global Citizen

We are all Global Citizens Meet the exceptional women who are striving to be part of the great generation to end extreme poverty within our lifetimeOn 2 December, Global Citizens from around the world came together in Jozi to celebrate the life, legacy and unfinished...

SME

CURRENT AFFAIRS

SA’s Black Friday nightmare

Falling at the final hurdle? SA’s Black Friday nightmare: Falling at the final hurdle? The biggest sales event of the year is on our doorstep, as South African retailers and SMEs continue to prepare for Black Friday with equal measures of anticipation and anxiety....

Cybersecurity experts, IronTree, recognised on a global stage

Second win in a row demonstrates consistencySouth Africa may be ranked 6th in the world on the list of countries most affected by cybercrime, but one local company is making great strides to reduce these statistics. Cybersecurity experts, IronTree, received The...

Water is Life – Siemens

For the first time, residents in rural areas of Botswana have access to safe and clean drinking water.Thanks to automation and electrical engineering from Siemens Solution Partner Moreflow, a new water treatment plant delivers 11 million litres of this precious...

Toyota’s New Road To Carbon Neutrality – Toyota

Toyota has been ramping up efforts on its global initiative to become carbon neutral by 2050. Toyota South Africa aims to bolster its electrified vehicle line up in order to boost the New-Energy Vehicle (NEV) sales to 20% of its local line-up by 2025, and to at least...

Innovation Fuelled by Societal Needs – Discovery Bank

Discovery Bank was launched in a challenging economic space. As always, in such environments, there is always opportunity. If you launch something positive in difficult times, people are drawn to it and it’s easier to differentiate. We built Discovery Bank to be...

The 7 strategies of SA’s strongest B2B sales performers for 2021

Corporate News, Transformation

South Africa’s strongest performing businesses are still reaching their revenue goals despite a pandemic and tough operating conditions. Here’s why. By Andrew Honey, ThinkSales Global Chairman How are South Africa’s top performing businesses meeting their...

New HR Director for Philip Morris SA announced

Philip Morris International (PMI) has appointed Lynn Kleinsmith as its new Human Resources Director in South Africa. The appointment underpins the organisation’s transformation to deliver a smoke-free future. “The name “Philip Morris International” or “PMI” probably...

New Philip Morris South Africa MD Doubles Down on Smoke-free Future

Philip Morris International (PMI) has appointed Branislav Bibic as its new Managing Director in South Africa. He succeeds outgoing MD Marcelo Nico who has taken over the leadership role at PMI in Portugal. Bibic hails from Croatia and previously served as Managing...

Grow Hope empowers community gardeners

SME

Grow Hope hands over R30,000 cheque to Soil for Life Empowering community gardeners in Cape TownCape Town, 11 June 2023 – Amidst the ongoing challenges faced by South Africa, Grow Hope, a nation-building initiative, takes a significant step forward by handing over its...

SA’s premier fintech incubation programme opens

SME

for applications offering R1.5m packagesAlphaCode Incubate, established to identify, partner with and grow innovative entrepreneurs in financial services and related industries, invites you to apply now if you have a fantastic early-stage fintech or related sector...

Research identifies barriers to funding for early-stage social enterprises

SME

Over the last ten years, the SAB Foundation has invested in over 200 social enterprises. We define social enterprises as businesses solving social problems. In order for SAB Foundation to invest, there must be an ability for them to employ innovation to address a...

Disaster recovery is essential for survival in high stage loadshedding

With some analysts predicting that Stage 7 loadshedding will be the norm by July this year, and Eskom itself having said that rolling blackouts are likely to continue until at least 2027, South African businesses that don’t have IT system disaster recovery plans are...

Sustain-ablity through Conscious Living!

Sustainability is the new mantra of the 21st Century, whether in the business, personal or professional spheres. It is unsurprising therefore that in a precarious world of diminishing resources and rising volatility, there is a marked paradigm shift from competition...

A smart deal between ONGOS CONNECT and PARATUS

Paratus Namibia and Ongos Connect, on the 10th of November, signed a commercial connectivity agreement, confirming that Paratus will be the technology / infrastructure partner to bring fiber connectivity to over 11,000 new residents in Ongos Valley, Namibia’s first...

Modernisation means more than simple mechanisation

It means peopleBy Arjen de Bruin, MD at OIM ConsultingThe latest figures from Statistics South Africa have revealed that in July 2021, there was a 10.3% year on year increase in mining production, which it has attributed to higher commodity prices and the recovery in...

Dancing on the Precipice: Intersecting Economic Growth with Environmental Sustainability

‘Dancing on the precipice’, sums up how precarious the sustainability of biodiversity is on this planet! Some scientists predict the extinction of many plant and animal species within the next few decades. This results from mindless and uncaring human behaviour...

BRAND IMPACT

LUXURY & LIFESTYLE

Ingenuity for life

Innovation

There is still huge potential to be unlocked in Africa when it comes to innovation, and Siemens is taking the lead—even during the COVID-19 pandemic Siemens is a true innovation leader in Africa, having had a presence on the continent for almost 160 years. Not only is...

Science vs Coronavirus

Innovation

If we are to emerge victorious from the battle against COVID-19, it’s up to scientific researchers and experts to find the necessary solutions with which the country can arm itself. How the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research is challenging the pandemic The...

Building Safer Cities

Innovation

Innovation in Action Inside Motorola’s 90 years of innovation—and its plans for advanced mission-critical solutions Motorola has been a major leader of the communications revolution, having launched the first commercial handheld cellular phone in 1983. In 2011,...

The Object

BEAUTY WITH A PURPOSE Patrick Mavros’ Pangolin Collection is helping to save the endangered mammal it portrays. The pangolin: a shy, scaly little critter that’s sadly believed to be the most heavily trafficked nonhuman mammal in the world. The Chinese use the animal’s...

Global leader, SHAREit, sets its sights firmly on Africa

GLENFIDDICH UNVEILS OPULENT NEW ADDITION TO THE GRAND SERIES

The world’s most awarded single malt Scotch whisky unveils exquisite 26 year old expression finished in French Cognac casks.

Glenfiddich, the World’s Most Awarded Single Malt Whisky, has unveiled Grande Couronne, the newest addition to Grand Series. The maverick whisky brand continues to challenge conventions with the unexpected marriage of two luxury worlds.

Grande Couronne is a 26 year old whisky matured in American and European oak casks at the Glenfiddich Distillery in Dufftown, Scotland, before the crowning glory – an extended finish of up to two years in meticulously sourced French Cognac casks – providing a true taste of elegance.

The Glenfiddich Grand Series is a beautifully disruptive series of single malts that oozes opulence and is designed to elevate occasions and celebratory moments in a whole new way. Grande Couronne is the latest addition to the series, which includes Glenfiddich Grand Cru, aged for 23 years in American and European Oak casks and then finessed in French cuvée oak casks and Glenfiddich Gran Reserva, patiently mellowed for 21 years in bourbon casks before a final flourish in Caribbean rum casks.

Glenfiddich Malt Master, Brian Kinsman, commented: “The Grand Series perfectly encapsulates Glenfiddich’s spirit of innovation and our ability to experiment with aged liquid and intriguing finishes. Grande Couronne is the latest to exemplify that approach. It is the only Glenfiddich single malt that has matured in American and European oak casks and finished in rare French Cognac casks. The length of the finish, two years, is highly unusual and adds extra layers of sweet toasted oak and velvety aromas of café crème, brown sugar and soft spice.”

The bottle and packaging are adorned with an ornamental gold filigree, whilst exquisite artwork reminiscent of great renaissance paintings are revealed inside the box. Glenfiddich Gran Reserva’s bottle and packaging has also received a stylish redesign, echoing the vibrancy and warmth of the liquid.

Claudia Falcone, Glenfiddich Global Brand Director comments, “Glenfiddich’s maverick spirit is very much alive and well in this new release. Grande Couronne adds a crowning glory to any occasion offers a true taste of opulence and brings together the unexpected marriage of two luxury worlds.”

Step into the shoes of an icon

How Design Thinking revived the ideals Nelson Mandela stood for, through the power and potential of creativity for good President Mandela spent much of this time in a modest pair of HI-TEC® tennis shoes. Fighting for freedom, so others didn’t have to. While that...

6 tips for structuring reward packages that win employee approval

“As COVID-19 continues to impact the economy, organisations are asking how they can structure employee remuneration packages optimally and more tax efficiently,” says Tanya Tosen, Tax and Remuneration Specialist at Remuneration Consultants. Below are six elements they...

Glenfiddich unveils opulent new additions to the grand series

GLENFIDDICH UNVEILS OPULENT NEW ADDITION TO THE GRAND SERIES

The world’s most awarded single malt Scotch whisky unveils exquisite 26 year old expression finished in French Cognac casks.

SAIPA’s new Olympiad brings reality-show feel to school competition

The South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA) has launched its National Accounting and Maths Olympiad (NAMO), a complete reboot of its popular annual National Accounting Olympiad. Unlike previous years, the 2021 competition will be held in a case...

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