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 | Thought Leadership
The pandemic has changed the reseller market. In fact, there has been a significant shift across every industry, sector and business over the past two years. The way people do business, think about business, and approach business has changed, writes Henk Olivier, MD...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2021 | Thought Leadership
South Africa is full of dynamic start-up businesses – from marketing and consulting freelancers, to hair salons, small bakeries, bookkeeping, tax practices, and more besides. While some of their owners are happy to keep it small and perhaps even informal, many others...
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 | Thought Leadership
The rapid emergence of technologies such as blockchain, AI and the cloud has meant that requirements for digital skills have been embedded into many of the world’s jobs for years. By: Richard Chambers, area vice-president: Africa & MED at Salesforce The Covid-19...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2021 | Featured Story, Features
With 1,8-billion 5G connections expected globally by 2025, this mobile network technology is becoming increasingly important. In the same period, it is estimated that there will likely be 11-million South African 5G subscribers. Already, 18 African countries are...
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,...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 22, 2021 | Trends and Analysis
Load-shedding is a regular occurrence in South Africa, it is implemented to reduce the load on the supply of electricity. By Nash Dennis Manyozo, co-founder and chief operations officer of TNJ Project Solutions Load-shedding leaves people and businesses without...
