In the Knott-Craig family the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Where his father revolutionised SA’s communications industry through the building of Vodacom, Alan Junior is doing something similar to deliver free internet access to the bottom of the pyramid. His Isizwe’s township wi-fi offering which switched on in Tshwane yesterday. It was a … Read more
Lots of really intriguing stuff happening in the hotels sector right now. As CNBC’s Samantha Loring writes  below, two of Tsogo Sun’s top four will be leaving the R30bn group tomorrow. Since aggressive young CEO Marcel Von Aulock (38) was promoted from financial director into the hot seat in September 2011, both Tsogo’s head of marketing Rob … Read more
Sometimes bad things happen to good people. It’s part of the growth process. Call it character building. But it’s not being knocked down that’s important. It’s how you come back. A year ago Alan Knott-Craig Jnr was flying high. Very publicly. His book, Mobinomics, offered a full frontal on his adventure at Mxit, a business … Read more