by Kathy Gibson | Apr 19, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has warned that the country should prepare for a deep recession – but offered hope of a return to economic growth in 2021. According to Ettiene Retief, Ccairman of the national tax and SARS committee at the South African Institute...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 19, 2020 | Features
The economic impact of Covid-19 pandemic on global businesses has sparked universal uncertainty and panic. Some industries are more accustomed to rapidly-changing conditions than others, which find themselves at sea, particularly when it comes to relying more heavily...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 19, 2020 | Features
While much of the public discourse surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) focusses on dire predictions about robots stealing jobs, a growing number of future-minded business leaders are embracing an altogether more optimistic and empowering narrative. “Visionary...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 19, 2020 | Features
Growing competition and rising customer expectations are pushing banking and fintech markets towards introducing interdisciplinary functionalities and focusing on fast and efficient internal operations, leading them to become more digitized in the overall process....
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 17, 2020 | Thought Leadership
Adopting a suitable and robust online learning strategy is key to maintaining academic continuity for institutions of higher learning. By Robert Speed, vice-president for Middle East and Africa at Blackboard The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is having a profound and...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 17, 2020 | Thought Leadership
Christopher Bergey, vice-president: embedded solutions at Western Digital, spoke at IoT World on “IoT Context vs. Content: Strategies for Extracting Insights from a Data-Centric World”. Here are some highlights from his presentation on how to get the most out of IoT...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 17, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Things will never be the same again. The way we used to live, work and interact with one another pre-Covid-19 is over – but there are exciting times ahead, as the new way of doing things is pushing us to be innovative and will act as a catalyst for new technologies....
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 17, 2020 | Features
Last month Parliament took a decision to suspend the programme of its two Houses. This decision was taken a few days before the start of the constituency programme of Parliament. It was as a precautionary measure relating to Covid-19, to drastically limit numbers of...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 17, 2020 | Featured Story, Features
IHS Markit looks past the horrific second-quarter drop in real GDP, and a deeper recession in 2020 than in 2008–09, to assess the shape and strength of the recovery. A V-shaped recovery in the manufacturing sectors seems plausible, once the large increase in...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 17, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
South African financial organisations are exploring the potential use cases for blockchain in their operations, but are exercising caution in its adoption. This is the word from John Singh, a senior systems analyst and head of the Institute of Information Technology...
