by Kathy Gibson | Jan 11, 2022 | Thought Leadership
Of all the records South Africa holds, the most unwanted must be the fact that our unemployment rate is now the highest in the world. By Avesh Singh, head of TransUnion’s South Africa Global Capability Centre (GCC) The official statistics say the unemployment rate,...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 11, 2022 | Trends and Analysis
According to Sasria’s 2020 Integrated Financial Report, the insurer paid net insurance claims of R1,578-million in 2019 and R991-million in 2020, while the recent riots and looting caused damages worth R25-billion. Disruptions and malicious property damages of...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 11, 2022 | Thought Leadership
Have you ever watched a teenager creating posts for social media? By Bradley Pulford, vice-president and MD of HP Africa It’s fascinating. While most of us, in our 30s and beyond are content with selecting a photo as is, and posting it, these digital natives are...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 11, 2022 | Thought Leadership
The numbers illustrate there is an evolution taking place, writes James Bayhack, director: sub-Saharan Africa at CM.com. According to Statista, 97% of respondents to a digital transformation survey stated that the pandemic sped up digital transformation processes in...
by Kathy Gibson | Jan 11, 2022 | Trends and Analysis
There is no question that the COVID-19 pandemic has spearheaded the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) and caused seismic shifts to the modern business landscape. In a recent SEDA (Small Enterprise Development Agency) study, 74% of SMEs surveyed indicated that they...
