BusinessTech

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BusinessTech
Type of site
Business News
Available inEnglish
OwnerBroad Media
EditorQuinton Bronkhorst
URL businesstech.co.za/news
CommercialYes
Launched2008
Current statusActive

BusinessTech is South Africa's largest business news website which was started in 2008 by the media company, Broad Media. [1] [2] The publication's Editor is Quinton Bronkhorst. [3] [4] It features articles on finance, technology, industry, investing, and marketing topics. Its headquarters is located in Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa. Competitors in the business news segment include TimesLIVE, MoneyWeb, and News24. [5]

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BusinessTech is the top business news website in South Africa, [6] with a monthly readership of over 6 million. [6] [7] [8]

Conferences

BusinessTech hosts multiple annual conferences – with its two flagship events the BusinessTech digital banking Conference, and the BusinessTech Online FinTech Conference. [9] The publication's conferences have grown to become the biggest conferences in South Africa. [10] [11]

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