Author: Thomas McLachlan
Gearing Our Way Up For A Data-Led Quarter
May 16, 2022
The Aprio Digital team is well underway ‘driving’ and navigating our way through the Brandwatch platform. We have experienced just how beneficial this social listening tool is in gaining great insights into trending topics and industries of relevance to some of our clients at Aprio Group. To showcase once […]
Cyber Threat The No 1 Item On The Risk Registers Of Sa’s Leading Listed Companies
November 18, 2021
The five most prevalent concerns for C-suite executives around South Africa appear to be cyber risk, followed by pandemic-related impacts, the macro-economic environment, operating risks, and marketplace competition and disruption.
Aprio Digital Uses Brandwatch To Track Conversations From Recent Protests
The Aprio Digital team has added a nifty and insightful platform, Brandwatch to its service offering. Brandwatch is a social media analytic tool that tracks billions of conversations happening online every day, including blogs, news, forums, videos, Twitter posts, reviews, images and Facebook posts. The tool allows brands and companies […]
Jse-Top 40 Boards 2011-2021: The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
August 26, 2021
While black women non-executive directors have a significantly stronger presence on JSE Top 40 company Boards compared to ten years ago, in 2021 white men still rule the roost at South Africa’s biggest listed enterprises.
The Rise Of The Digital Retail Investor
Larger groups of risk averse traders are gathering on social media. They may not be trading large amounts individually, and they’re not armed with hugely accurate information, but together they’re able to wield significant clout. They buy and sell with frequency – and hold the potential to wreak havoc on share price volatility.
Who Are The Social Media ‘King-Makers’?
Chat forums – Reddit and Discord Chat forums like Reddit and Discord have made it easier for retail investors to gather with likeminded people who share their appetite for risk or strategy. With group names like “Stock Dads Discord”, “Options Trade Club” or “Wallstreetbets”, these informal gatherings have quickly […]
Gamestop – When 10m Davids Took Down A Goliath
August 25, 2021
The buying and selling of cryptocurrencies has created an entire generation of social media-era pundits who are less risk-averse, and their agility allows them to manage big swings in the value of their investments. “Hold the line!” This phrase became popular among retail investors on Reddit as a […]
End-To-End Website Development: Aprio Digital Launches Long4life’s New Corporate Website
April 14, 2021
Aprio Digital’s design and development team worked closely with the client, as well as the Aprio account team, to launch a brand new website for Long4Life in mid-February 2021
Ms Teams, Zoom And Other Platforms Have Evolved In Recent Months – Have Your Online Presentation Skills Kept Pace?
If you’re a regular presenter, you would have probably spent the past year of COVID-19 cursing the limitations of video conferencing programmes when it comes to elegantly delivering presentations to a remote audience.
Absa Launches Its New Digital Magazine -The Address
Following the success of Aprio Digital’s Evolve digital magazine, aimed at Absa’s Africa-wide stakeholder audience base, Absa Home Loans contacted Aprio Digital to explore the potential of a magazine for the Home Loans unit’s stakeholders.