by Kathy Gibson | Nov 4, 2021 | Trends and Analysis
New electronic devices are in short supply due to a global shortage of semiconductors, affecting particularly the production of new laptops, desktops and tablets. This is the word from Kwirirai Rukowo, GM of Qrent, who comments: “Currently, companies have been waiting...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2021 | Trends and Analysis
Sales has changed. Forever. As McKinsey research points out, the global pandemic forced digital on everyone, including sales, and fundamentally altered how business is done – today, and in the future. That same research adds that for both sellers and buyers,...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2021 | Trends and Analysis
The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the Earth. As its permafrost ice melts, powerful methane greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere, which speeds up global warming in an increasingly destructive cycle. Professor Katey Walter Anthony is an...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2021 | Trends and Analysis
Digital innovation has evolved payments solutions at breakneck speeds. Everything from contactless payments, QR codes and digital wallets … consumers today have so many new ways to pay. The big challenge, however, is to ensure that the millions of South Africans who...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2021 | Trends and Analysis
What if the person that just broke down your corporate defences is someone you trusted? This is not a drill. This is a question that around 66% of organisations have been asking, and that the other 34% should be prioritising. At a time when the cybersecurity threat...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2021 | Trends and Analysis
Recent reports put South Africa’s economic growth at 1,2% in its second quarter – a rate that has exceeded expectations. However, despite an air of relative optimism amongst investors and economists alike, there is still a prevailing perception that, investing-wise,...
