by Kathy Gibson | Oct 30, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
An alternative economic strategy for South Africa could see GDP doubling in 10 years, 10-million people moving out of poverty, and unemployment cut by two-thirds to 12% by 2030. This strategy, proposed by Dr Nthabiseng Moleko and Professor Mark Swilling, seeks to...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 30, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Two-thirds (67%) of South African small businesses struggle to source the right tech talent. But, despite struggling to hire, only 14% planned to upskill their existing team members to help close tech skills gaps. This is according to research Xero, which found that...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 30, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Gartner has identified five areas of digital commerce that will change due to shifting customer buying behaviors and accelerated digital investment in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. “Digital commerce has played an important role during the pandemic by enabling...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Cyberattacks are nothing new. The infamous Morris Worm, which inadvertently started this form of digital ‘warfare’ was created in 1988. Since then, these attacks have become more sophisticated. These days cyberattacks have become so prevalent that they threaten...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Fronting, where a black person or entity is given a stake but does not get the powers associated with it, remains the biggest challenge to the power of the B-BBEE Act to deliver on economic transformation, the B-BBEE Commission has warned. Speaking at the launch of...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Procrastination affects 45% of adults at some point in their lives and a quarter of adults describe themselves as procrastinators. One study estimated that procrastinating employees wasted a quarter of their working days, at a loss of $10,000 (R165,000) per year per...
