by Kathy Gibson | May 11, 2020 | Featured Story, Features
IT spending expectations remain uneven, with significant differences across countries, industries, and companies, according to the latest update to the IDC Covid-19 Tech Index. Overall sentiment in the US has dropped in the past two weeks, as businesses adjust to...
by Kathy Gibson | May 4, 2020 | Featured Story, Features
With South Africa progressing from Level 5 of the nationwide lockdown to Level 4 on 1 May – which was a public holiday – today (4 May) will officially see many more ICT companies resume operations, albeit still with some restrictions. The IT channel is one of...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 24, 2020 | Featured Story, Features
Small businesses need the nation to mobilise behind them more than ever before. That’s the word from Mike Anderson, founder and CEO of the National Small Business Chamber (NSBC), who says the role that small businesses play in job creation, poverty alleviation,...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 17, 2020 | Featured Story, Features
IHS Markit looks past the horrific second-quarter drop in real GDP, and a deeper recession in 2020 than in 2008–09, to assess the shape and strength of the recovery. A V-shaped recovery in the manufacturing sectors seems plausible, once the large increase in...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 14, 2020 | Featured Story, Features
A look into how South Africans are responding to the Covid-19 crisis on social media is revealing the dynamics of social cohesion across the country. Cutting edge social media analytics are being used to weed out bizarre examples of mis-information, and some...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 6, 2020 | Featured Story, Features
Following the directive by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 23 March 2020, South Africa entered a 21-day national lockdown at midnight on 26 March 2020. But have our citizens heeded the call to stay at home? One way to verify whether South Africans are indeed confining...
