by Kathy Gibson | Apr 9, 2021 | Features
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launched a scathing report about plastic and environmental inequality, which shows how countries within the Global South are being force-fed plastic pollution by wealthy countries. The report, titled Neglected:...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 9, 2021 | Trends and Analysis
After what seemed like an interminably long wait, South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) came into effect in July 2020. On 1 July this year, its year-long grace period comes to an end, meaning that organisations in breach of the act should start...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 9, 2021 | Trends and Analysis
The experience of living through Covid-19 has changed consumer behaviour, reshaping our wants and needs and reprioritising what’s important and what’s peripheral. Some of these behavioural changes are likely to endure after the pandemic ends and includes greater...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 9, 2021 | Trends and Analysis
For decades, companies, especially tech providers, have followed a certain operational pattern. By Andrew Bourne, regional manager: Africa at, Zoho Corporation They start out in a major city, raise funding from investors, attract talent from nearby towns and villages,...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 9, 2021 | Trends and Analysis
While increased government spending on infrastructure development will help to stabilise the construction industry by bringing a host of opportunities in the form of new projects, several risk factors continue to undermine the sector’s recovery. “The biggest concern...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 9, 2021 | Trends and Analysis
On 13 December 2019, the Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill (the Amendment Bill) was published in the Government Gazette. By Burton Meyer, director in Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr’s dispute resolution practice Since then, a lot of water has passed under the bridge with...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 9, 2021 | Trends and Analysis
2020 has been a year of unprecedented change for businesses globally and in the region. By Ossama El Samadoni, senior sales director: MERAT at Dell Technologies The onset of the pandemic brought with it the pressing need to accelerate digital transformation,...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 9, 2021 | Featured Story, Features
Phone systems change every 10 years so, with 5G communications now rolling out worldwide, it is time to plan 6G communications for 2030. In fact, work began in earnest on 6G communications in 2020 with over $1-billion committed and a Chinese satellite sent up to...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 9, 2021 | news
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $4,1-trillion in 2021, an increase of 8,4% from 2020, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. The source of funds for new digital business initiatives will more frequently come from business departments outside IT and...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 9, 2021 | news
Canadian software group, Volaris, has entered the Adapt IT fray making an offer to acquire more than 50% of the issued ordinary shares of Adapt IT for a cash consideration of 650 cents per share. The cash consideration represents a premium of 56,9% to the 30-day...
