Market Trends & Consumer Behaviour
Fewer employees want to work a four-day week now than before the Covid pandemic, says research Summary New research from Chloe Dixon at the University of Southampton analysed Labour Force Survey data covering 30,335 UK respondents from 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023, plus 21 follow-up interviews. Contrary to the idea that Covid sparked a lasting […]
Employee Mobility Matters: The Value of Trusted Auto Repair in the UAE – HR News Summary This article explains why dependable vehicle maintenance and trusted auto repair services are essential for business operations in Dubai and across the UAE. It argues that employee mobility underpins productivity: when company vehicles run reliably, teams arrive on time, […]
Top talent are quitting due to stalled career growth, survey shows Summary Workday’s new research shows top performers are leaving organisations because career mobility has stalled. Promotions fell in 10 of 11 industries and internal hiring slipped by about 8%. The analysis — based on Workday data and surveys of more than 1,700 business leaders […]
AI Customer Support Explained: Benefits, Use Cases and Pitfalls to Avoid Summary AI customer support is reshaping service in 2025 by augmenting human agents with automation, real‑time insight and personalisation. The article explains what AI customer support is, core capabilities (chatbots, NLP, sentiment analysis, agent assist), the main benefits (24/7 coverage, cost efficiency, improved consistency […]
Stop Begging. Start Building Author style: Punchy. Summary Mike Masnick argues that staying on platforms you don’t control — specifically Elon Musk’s X/Twitter — is not a pragmatic way to fight bad behaviour or extremism. Responding to Jerusalem Demsas’s plea to “stay and fight,” Masnick says you can’t meaningfully reclaim a space owned and shaped […]
How Customer Advisory Boards Supercharge Account-Based Marketing in 2025 Summary This article explains why account-based marketing (ABM) is gaining momentum in 2025 and how Customer Advisory Boards (CABs) are being used to accelerate ABM programmes. With tighter budgets and a renewed focus on retention, marketers are prioritising precision, ROI and first-party data. CABs help by […]
Today’s Wordle answer and hints (Sept. 16) Summary Dot Esports provides hints and the solution for today’s Wordle (No. 1,547). The article shares three hints, reveals the answer as ALONG (described as a left-handed person or someone with left-wing politics), reports the New York Times’ average guesses, and lists the previous five Wordle answers. Jerome […]
Can a Lagos tech idea work in Abidjan? Mstudio is betting on this Summary Mstudio is a venture studio in Abidjan that adapts proven business models from Anglophone Africa—especially Nigeria—into Francophone West Africa. Led by CEO Cédric Mangaud and COO Leslie Ossete, the studio recruits founders from existing startups, diaspora professionals and high-potential students, then […]
👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – ‘We Moove nowhere’ Summary Today’s TechCabal Daily rounds up transport, connectivity and energy stories across Africa: Starlink has once again paused new orders in parts of Lagos and Abuja after hitting capacity limits; drivers under Moove’s hire-purchase scheme in Lagos parked their cars to protest a 100% jump in weekly remittances; South […]
Kredete raises $22M to launch Africa’s first stablecoin-backed credit card Summary Kredete, a Nigerian fintech founded in 2023 by Adeola Adedewe, has raised $22m in a Series A round led by AfricInvest (through its CAIF and FIVE vehicles) with participation from Partech and Polymorphic Capital. The new capital brings total funding to $24.75m and will […]
