Virtual land, the new gold rush

In two record-shattering transactions at the end of 2021 a plot of virtual land in Axie Infinity, an animated, metaverse play-to-earn blockchain game, was sold for $2.5m. This came a few days after an estate of 116 virtual land parcels fetched $3.2m in the Decentraland metaverse. Also last December, multinational Softbank invested $92m in The Sandbox,

Time to metagrate

Companies that dived into social media early reaped the rewards and the same will apply to the metaverse, which is going to affect almost every department in every company, in the same way that e-commerce did Besides the expected data regarding usage of platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok, the 2022 SA Social Media Landscape

Meta is a wake-up call for businesses

Companies can become part of the new global economy with less risk and investment In an announcement that shook the world, Facebook announced that its holding company’s name has changed to Meta, and that the company will be pioneering a virtual reality universe that will be accessible to all its users. While cynics have been

Facebook’s Metaverse is the new playground for brands

n an announcement that shook the world, Facebook recently announced that its holding company’s name has changed to Meta, and that the company will be pioneering a virtual reality universe, which will be accessible to all of its users and brands. While cynics have been quick to suggest ulterior motives, when a trillion-dollar company makes

7 books you should be reading

I’m a firm believer that you have to keep refining your current skill set and learning new tricks of the trade skills in order to evolve, stay at the top of your game, and forge ahead of your competition. Reading, listening to audiobooks and podcasts can help you keep up with the most recent research

7 Ways To Leapfrog Your Business From 0 To 1

Here are seven ways I have leapfrogged my business, Mann Made. You can do the same to help future-proof it and mould it into an exponential organisation.

The art of harnessing the power and impact of blockchain

Everyone is talking about Bitcoin, and other cryptocurrencies, when we should rather be having more conversations around its underlying technology, blockchain, because that is where the real value lies. 

Bitcoin will bounce back despite volatile markets

Mic Mann, Director at Mann Made, shares his insights on the impact of cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin, on the global economy. As the conversation around Bitcoin continues to be driven by the crypto’s volatility, some commentators have continually highlighted the emphasis that needs to be accorded to its enabler capabilities. Mann Made recently launched the

What is the SingularityU South Africa Summit?

Mic Mann, co-founder of Mann Made and the SingularityU South Africa Summit, tells Ayabonga Cawe what Africans can expect of this year’s summit, plus how exponential technologies are going to help solve some of the world’s grand challenges and help to #futureproofAfrica.

How Africa will leapfrog currency

Money makes the world go around. But cold hard cash is no longer the most popular form of payment in South Africa. It’s plastic money. Debit cards are used by 84% of South Africans. Or so says the 2017 Payments Landscape Report by Sage. And just as debit cards disrupted cash, so cryptocurrencies will disrupt