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Boost productivity and health while working from home

Sep 2, 2022

According to Discovery Insure’s Work From Home Index, people physically travel between work and home three days a week. That means most workers typically work from home two days a week. “Although we’re seeing a transition back to the office for most organisations,...

Lessons learned from the pandemic

Sep 2, 2022

The global COVID-19 pandemic presented unprecedented challenges to healthcare service provision. The shortage of equipment, facilities and supplies to handle its spread necessitated rapid response as communities, businesses and economies were tested on almost every...

Transforming agriculture with intelligent technology

Aug 19, 2022

The Internet of Things (IoT) has put its foot on the proverbial accelerator, delivering innovative solutions and disruptive inventions that reshape and redefine markets and sectors. According to McKinsey, it remains a leading digital trend thanks to its intelligent...

Robbie the Cobot helps disabled workers in Ford assembly plant

Aug 19, 2022

Production line employee Dietmar Brauner thought his 30-year career was over after recurring health issues led to reduced mobility in his shoulder and wrist. But now he is bringing all his experience to bear on a wider range of tasks thanks to a new colleague – a...

Tripartite collaboration essential for driving SME growth

Aug 19, 2022

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...

You need to know these things about the metaverse

Aug 19, 2022

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...

Collaboration the only solution to bridge massive skills gap

Aug 19, 2022

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...

Why technology can be a woman’s thing

Aug 8, 2022

As we celebrate Women’s Month, let us not forget that the presence of women in science is still very limited. By Kate Mollett, Senior Regional Director at Commvault, Africa According to the Thematic Report of the inter-university consortium AlmaLaurea, the differences...

Rethinking energy usage in SA

Jul 29, 2022

South Africans are all too aware of the ongoing electricity supply issues facing the country. By Frikkie Malan, head of sustainability at Remote Metering Solutions The deteriorating electrical generation, transmission, and distribution infrastructure is cause for...

Next-generation chipsets are turning the promise of 5G into reality

Jul 29, 2022

Chipsets play an important role in the functionality and performance of a smartphone. In addition to the central and graphics processing units (CPUs and GPUs), the chipset manages features such as display resolution, graphics, camera capabilities, battery charging...

Don’t let the semiconductor shortage make business decisions for you

Jul 29, 2022

In the first quarter of 2021, the scarcity of semiconductors stopped car assembly lines in their tracks globally, resulting in billions of dollars in lost revenue for the automotive Industry. By Leon Steyn, CEO of Dante Deo Company It didn’t take long for the impact...

South Africans need to believe in B-BBEE again

Jul 29, 2022

South African businesses need to believe in broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) again if they’re going to make the most of their investments and the biggest impact on the country’s economy, says the founder of local venture builder and business incubator...

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