by Kathy Gibson | Nov 25, 2022 | Thought Leadership
Family businesses make up a significant portion of SMEs in South Africa. While statistical data on the contribution of family businesses to GDP is not widely available, their centrality to economic growth is illustrated by the fact that approximately 60% of companies...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 25, 2022 | Thought Leadership
By Gerhard Fourie – Cloud has undoubtedly become the delivery method of choice for businesses, particularly those in the SMME space, to access enterprise-class technology cost effectively. Without the ‘as a Service’ model, many of these solutions would simply...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 25, 2022 | Thought Leadership
By Peter Bragg – The 17 SDGs were launched in 2015 to provide a foundation for individuals, companies and governments working towards sustainable change. Set up by the United Nations General Assembly with an ambitious target of changing the narrative across the...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 25, 2022 | Trends and Analysis
Across the world, there is a growing shortage of data science skills in businesses. According to the 2020 World Economic Forum, “As jobs are transformed by the technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, we need to reskill more than 1 billion people worldwide by...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 25, 2022 | Trends and Analysis
South Africa’s logistics industry is battling a war on many fronts. Bad weather, equipment breakdowns and shortages and congestion continue to hamper the country’s ports and adding days to the supply chain, creating havoc downstream. The conflict in Ukraine and the...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 25, 2022 | Trends and Analysis
By Lisa Strydom – It’s no secret that the pandemic has seen local companies embrace a hybrid work strategy. This has also had consequences for the channel, with many vendors experiencing growth in their cloud business as more organisations consume as-a-Service...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 25, 2022 | Thought Leadership
By George Senzere – As it currently stands, global data creation and reproduction are projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 23% by 2025 says an IDC Global DataSphere report. This rate of growth has the potential to outpace the growth of...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 25, 2022 | Trends and Analysis
McKinsey believes that the value of IoT is set to accelerate, delivering significant economic potential. The company believes that by 2030, it could enable up to $12.6 trillion in value globally across multiple settings that include manufacturing, healthcare,...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 25, 2022 | Thought Leadership
By Alan Shannon – Currently, many small businesses are welcoming the ‘busy season’. Depending on their products and services, the festive rush makes a big difference for some business owners, especially if they have fewer customers during other times of the...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 25, 2022 | Trends and Analysis
Covid-19 was a boon to perpetrators of commercial identity theft around the world. The Global Consumer Pulse Study reports that 37% of South African consumers have recently been targets of Covid-19 related digital fraud. TransUnion reports that the percentage of...
