Tips for boosting employee productivity

Companies are facing a significant rise in absenteeism and presenteeism, as employees buckle under the pressure of a difficult economic environment and growing financial strain. This is according to Arnoux Maré, MD of Innovative Staffing Solutions, who explains that...

Cash holds back African tech development

As long as cash still dominates the payments landscape in Africa, it remains a stumbling block to much-needed technological progress and innovation, particularly for SMEs. According to Andrew Springate, CEO of tech and financial gateway service provider PAYM8, things...

What happens inside a cybercrime war-room?

South African businesses are most affected by crypto mining attacks by self-spreading malware, coin miner modules, and infections spread via users downloading a ‘cracked’ version of legitimate software. ‘Living off the land’ attacks are also on the increase, with...

Successful entrepreneurs share these traits

Amidst record-high unemployment, especially amongst our country’s youth, entrepreneurship has never been more important. By Arnoux Mare, CEO of Innovative Solutions Group Yet as a 2020 study by the University of Stellenbosch Business School (UBS)  revealed an alarming...