Is African Bank ready to fly yet?

Remember African Bank? If you watched any of President Ramaphosa’s lockdown speeches, you were definitely given a refresher. We don’t know what they paid for those ads, but it was probably the most valuable advertising space anywhere in South Africa at the time. Long before that, African Bank had been on an aggressive campaign, advertising at airports and all over …

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The Brexit Burger isn’t delicious

Famous Brands is well on its way to being another great case study of a South African business failing miserably to expand globally. They announced last week that they are not going to give financial assistance to Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) in the UK, the business they wish they had never bought back in 2016 for £120m. the_ad id=”3223″ It …

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