by Kathy Gibson | Aug 19, 2022 | Trends and Analysis
According to a report by McKinsey, South African small businesses represent over 98% of business and employ between 50% and 60% of the country’s workforce. Collectively, this business activity accounts for 34 percent of GDP. In an unstable economic environment with...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 19, 2022 | Thought Leadership
Extreme weather, political unrest, surging oil prices, and a pandemic are just a few examples of the issues that have put small and medium business (SMB) resilience to the test in South Africa in recent years. By Viresh Harduth, vice-president: small business at Sage...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 19, 2022 | Thought Leadership
Until recently, cloud adoption was perceived as more suitable and accessible to large enterprises, with many small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) simply not considering the move to cloud computing as feasible or even necessary. By Hepsy Mkhungo, CEO and...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 19, 2022 | Trends and Analysis
Technology has always enabled people to connect and express themselves. As communication became faster, video became a richer way to share experiences. We’ve gone from desktop to web to mobile; from text to photos to video. But this wave of innovation isn’t slowing...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 19, 2022 | Events/Report-backs
Kathy Gibson reports – Mankind used to dream big ideas about the future and how technology would change our lives – many of which have become reality. Today, however, we tend to think about gloom and doom future scenarios rather than dreaming big as we did...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 19, 2022 | Trends and Analysis
Kathy Gibson reports – South African stakeholders from government, education and industry need to work together and take urgent action to alleviate the ICT skills shortage so the country can drive a vibrant economy. This is the overriding message from a white...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 19, 2022 | Featured Story, Features
The saying goes, “the more advanced technology gets, the quicker it becomes more advanced”. By Willie Schoeman, MD in the technology business and cloud first lead at Accenture in Africa IT infrastructure is changing rapidly. Complexity is on the rise....
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 18, 2022 | Features
Worldwide shipments of hardcopy peripherals decreased 12,3% year over year to 22,4-million units in the first quarter of 2022 (1Q22). Shipment value was down 10,6% year over year during the quarter to $9,7-billion, according to new data from the International Data...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 18, 2022 | Features
Volume and value sales of printers through European distribution fell by double digits year-on-year (YoY) in the first three months of 2022, although business revenues have remained largely above the 2021 average so far this year, according to Context. Context’s...
by Kathy Gibson | Aug 18, 2022 | Features
The printing industry, much like any other industry, has gone through continuous evolution and transformation. New trends are progressively affecting the landscape of global businesses leaving no industry off the hook, with digital disruption being on the upswing...
