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CEOs positive despite Africa’s challenges

Aug 2, 2017

Despite a raft of challenges, CEOs in Africa are positive about the continent’s prospects for the future. This is the word from Hein Boegman, CEO of PwC Africa, who launched research showing that 91% of African CEOs are confident about their own companies’ growth...

Economic outlook for Africa

Aug 2, 2017

The African outlook seems to change just about every year. One minute, the continent is the darling of investors and growth looks promising; next minute something happens to make economies plummet and investors run for the hills. Seems that it’s always feast or famine...

Individual rights are on the line

Aug 2, 2017

Whistle-blower Edward Snowden addressed CeBit delegates via video link from an unknown location in Russia, answering questions and giving his position on questions of individual user rights. Kathy Gibson reports Don’t be lulled into a sense of false security because...

The channel is dead. Long live the channel!

Mar 17, 2017

The past couple of years have been among the most daunting the local IT distribution channel has faced – as close to a ‘bust’ period as it could get in the constant ‘boom or bust’ cycle that has existed since its inception. The commoditisation of almost all sectors of...

New challenges drive new channel models

Mar 17, 2017

The days of “selling” technology solutions could be coming to an end, with most decisions on what to buy made long before the customer even engages with the partner or vendor. By Kathy Gibson Karl Meulema, senior vice-president: global channels at Riverbed Technology,...

ConCourt rules on CPS contract

Mar 17, 2017

The Constitutional Court has ensured that social security grants will be paid from 1 April, having extended the current contract with Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) for 12 months, while the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) transitions to a new system. The...

Financing, market access still challenges

Mar 17, 2017

Access to financing and credit, and making an inroad into markets remain two key challenges for entrepreneurs going into 2017. In an article in Techfinancials.co.za, Dominique Collett, head of AlphaCode, a Rand Merchant Investments club for fintech start-up...

ASUS appoints service centres across SA

Mar 17, 2017

Service delivery is in South Africa is always a hot topic, especially in the IT industry. To this end ASUS South Africa not only appointed Rectron as one of its official distributors in 2016, but has recently appointed the distributor as an officially-approved service...

Mitsumi to distribute HP supplies in the Middle East

Mar 17, 2017

Mitsumi Distribution has been appointed by Hewlett Packard (HP) Middle East, as an Authorised HP Supplies Distributor for the Middle East region. HP and Mitsumi already have a well-established alliance of 6 years; this agreement further extends Mitsumi’s East African...

Axiz romps Enterprise Distributor of the Year

Feb 8, 2017

Axiz has retained the prestigious title of Enterprise Distributor of the Year in the 2016 Channelwise Awards. The distributor took a solid victory over second-placed Pinnacle, which bested third-placed Tarsus by just one percentage point. The line-up of top enterprise...

Who are resellers’ top enterprise vendors?

Feb 8, 2017

Changing market dynamics have seen a shake-up in the vendors selected by South African resellers as their favourite partners. This is one of the trends that emerged from the 2016 Channelwise Awards, where resellers were invited to vote for their favourite vendors...

Close call for SME/Consumer Distributor of the Year

Feb 8, 2017

A close-fought battle for the position of SME/Consumer Distributor of the Year in the Channelwise Awards has seen Pinnacle narrowly pip Tarsus and Axiz to the post. The distributors finished just a single percentage point above the tied second-place finishers. Pinnace...

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