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Pandemic highlights need for cyber risk management

Aug 28, 2020

If small and medium businesses had little appetite for cyber risk management before the coronavirus pandemic, they may have developed one now. Mobilising remote workforces, provisioning the right set of tools, managing the flow of data, keeping it secure and...

Mastercard boosts online security as e-commerce takes off

Aug 28, 2020

As digital commerce continues to accelerate owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, Mastercard has announced it will offer tokenisation services to merchants with app, e-commerce, and recurring billing card-on-file program in South Africa, further protecting consumers and...

Don’t undermine webinar value with cheap sales tactics

Aug 28, 2020

Before the outbreak of Covid-19, working remotely was a topical buzz-phrase, something many companies vaguely aspired to but didn’t really feel the need to implement in their organisation. As the pandemic worsened across the globe, forcing country after country into...

The future of remote working in South Africa

Aug 28, 2020

For several months now, office spaces across South Africa have been gathering dust, void of occupants as employees have been working from home. By Garsen Naidu, country manager of Cisco South Africa While there is no telling when the pandemic will end, if the current...

New ways of working could help to tackle unemployment

Aug 24, 2020

With South Africa’s unemployment rate at above 30% for Q1 2020 – and more than half of the youth estimated to be unemployed – we need to get creative about addressing our joblessness crisis. By Grant Lapping, MD of DataCore Media The Covid-19 pandemic could be the...

Changing consumer habits shift focus on fighting fraud

Aug 24, 2020

Nearly every part of daily life has changed as the world continues to fight back against Covid-19. Most observers agree that the increased focus on digital commerce by consumers and merchants will likely remain even after a vaccine is found and the economy rebounds....

Crisis exposes insights into SME finances

Aug 24, 2020

Restricted trading conditions and constrained consumer spending due to lockdown regulations and the devastating economic impact of the pandemic have placed small and medium enterprises (SMEs) under severe financial pressure. While some sectors have fared worse than...

Could entrepreneurs save the SA economy?

Aug 24, 2020

Hennie Ferreira, small business expert and CEO of Osidon, reflects on turning the economy around in a post-Covid-19 world. How do we turn the economy around after the pandemic? Government cannot fix the economy but they can create a deregulated environment for...

Intelligent collaboration at the heart of the digital workplace

Aug 24, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has seen businesses in every industry rushing to send their employees home to work remotely. In fact, the common maxim today is that staying online as a result of the pandemic will likely become a permanent feature of corporate culture in the...

Late payments and cash flow in a time of crisis

Aug 14, 2020

Small businesses are doing all they can to keep their doors open amidst the current pandemic. By Colin Timmis, Xero SA Country Manager SMEs are the lifeblood of the economy – accounting for roughly half (47%) of South Africa’s workforce and constituting more than 20%...

Tips on coping with retrenchment

Aug 14, 2020

As the effects of Covid-19 are felt across all corners of the South African economy, retrenchments are rife in industries across the board. So, how can those who have been affected move on and stand out in a strained job market? 21st Century’s Antoinette Crafford...

How employers are dealing with lockdown

Aug 14, 2020

21st Century has been conducting surveys since the beginning of the formal lockdown, testing employer responses to the pandemic and to the changes organisations have had to make in terms of the Covid-19 virus. Morag Philipps, executive director at 21st Century, gives...

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