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...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 30, 2020 | Featured Story, Features
As South Africa heads into the next phase of its fight against Covid-19 – a nationwide lockdown – efficient supply chain management is critical to ensure that South Africans continue to have access to food, basic commodities and medical supplies. This is the word from...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 22, 2020 | Featured Story, Features
The number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices is expected to reach more than 20-billion this year, up from the 6-billion in 2016. Even more telling, the potential economic impact of IoT is estimated to top $11-trillion annually by 2025. In this context, local...
