insights and advice

ICYMI: The best of ‘22 blog roundup

2022 has been a year, so you’re forgiven if you haven’t had a chance to read all of our blogs. As our holiday gift to you, we’ve rounded up some of our best blogs. From practical tips on wooing customers and mastering SEO to future-proofing your business and using TikTok …

railways cafe
food, drink and hospitality

Full steam ahead for Railways, the (not-so-little) restaurant that could

Railways restaurant is more than just the story of a guy with a monkey on his back (literally), it’s an epic tale that transcends the mundane.

finances and funding

Banting Baker Gigi: How this stuntwoman flipped to ruling a keto empire

This queen of keto is a badass business warrior who pulled off the greatest entrepreneurial stunt of all: HYPERGROWTH during lockdown!

events

Yoco Meets | Women in Business: Thriving as Underdogs

At our Yoco Meets dedicated to women in business, these inspiring entrepreneurs shared their tips for beating the odds and thriving as an underdog.

yoco

It’s Time to Grow. Announcing our Series C Funding Round!

We are proud to announce that we have secured over R1.2 billion in funding. A big step towards realising our vision of Open Commerce.

MBV emporium
retail businesses

MBV Emporium: a dream shop filled with conversation starters

Vanessa Govender’s MBV Emporium is the manifestation of her lifelong passion for collecting and sharing beauty, thriving no matter the odds!

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A lego image on building partnership.

Carl Wazen on building successful partnerships

A Yoco event on business growth hosted by the CCDI.

Top business growth learnings from local entrepreneurs

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SEO for Small Business: 5 quick tips to getting optimised for success

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Managing a hospitality business during COVID-19

Using Yoco to grow the coffee industry.

Driving growth in the coffee industry using technology and data

youth day

8 Steps To Protecting Yourself From Email Phishing

Powering progress: How these 4 businesses use Yoco to grow

COVID-19 Lockdown: Advanced Level 3 Explained

Meg and Kirsten of the Yoco People Team.

Meet the Yoco People Team

business ideas

5 small business ideas to kickstart your side hustle

The Yoco team celebrating 10 000 merchants.

Growth lessons: 0 to 10k Yoco merchants

Balanced rocks in article about the right work-life balance as an entrepreneur.

The right work-life balance for entrepreneurs

The Small Business Pivot | The Yoco Guide

Top 6 benefits of customer loyalty programs for small businesses

Easy ways to increase Easter sales.

6 easy ways to increase Easter sales

An image of a store front in an article about beating a sales slump with product.

Beating a sales slump: Working on your product

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Social Media: How to Communicate During a Crisis

A picture of a messy desk in an article about creating a new business plan for the new year.

New Year, New You, New Business Plan?

5 tips to increase retail sales this (Covid-19) Christmas

getlion-blog

Introducing getlion: the ultimate “super-app” for entrepreneurs

customer loyalty

Practical ways a small business can create loyal customers

The Yoco Go and its packaging.

Yoco Go reviews

An image for an article on how to handle VAT and how to get money back from SARS.

VAT 101: Getting money back from SARS

business-ready-for-summer

Tips and ideas to get your business ready for summer

A pic of the guys at Colombo Coffee in Durban in an article about motivating your employees.

Motivating your employees in busy times

The Small Business Pivot | Pandemic-inspired reinvention

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COVID-19: How to sanitise your card machine

lerano clothing yoco

Yoco Meets: Flip how you get your small business ready for summer

How to run your small business with the Yoco Business Portal

An image of Ncedile Nkonyana, one of the software developers.

How I went from packing devices to developing software

black friday

Black Friday for small businesses: is it a win or woe?

level-2-explained

COVID-19 Lockdown: Level 2 Explained

Maya Liepaz of the Yoco Growth Team.

Meet the Yoco Growth Team

successful-online-store

8 essential ingredients for a successful online store

The Yoco Bree Street store in Cape Town.

Right place, right time: launching the Yoco Bree Street Store