African Rainbow Capital delisting and the state of the JSE

by Marc Ashton | Mar 25, 2025 | Thought Leadership

Since listing on the JSE on 7 September 2017, few companies have captured the imagination of the South African investment public like African Rainbow Capital Investments (ARC Investments). The announcement that the business will de-list shortly is a poor indictment of...

SA Public Relations (PR) and B2B Marketing trends

by Marc Ashton | Mar 14, 2025 | Thought Leadership

As a business supporting clients around their Public Relations (PR), B2B marketing and thought leadership activities, we need to constantly be assessing the media landscape and identifying trends to help clients with their communications strategies.  Each month, we...

The latest B2B communication trends for South African businesses

by Marc Ashton | Feb 28, 2025 | Thought Leadership

As a Public Relations (PR) / Investor Relations (IR) and B2B communications  business in South Africa, we have to constantly be analysing markets trends and commentary to provide our clients with insights into what is happening in the market.  Each month we analyse a...

South Africa’s most influential financial minds on social media – who’s winning?

by Marc Ashton | Feb 21, 2025 | Thought Leadership

I recently contributed to an article for the JSE Magazine which looked at which South African business leaders and financial sector players were utilising social media the best.  As somebody who works with businesses to refine their marketing messaging, it is always...

Meet The Management – Altvest eyes China Venture Capital

by Marc Ashton | Jan 20, 2025 | Meet The Management

We have made a commitment to support small and mid-cap businesses listed on the JSE and Cape Town Stock Exchange (CTSE) to connect with stakeholders and share their stories. In our latest “Meet The Management” podcast, our CEO Marc Ashton speaks to Warren...