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Strengthening the human weakness

Aug 2, 2017

Insider threats are one of the trickiest threats to detect and fight effectively, and are a top concern for businesses of all types, particularly those that house sensitive customer data. Unlike hackers, insider threats don’t have to write complicated malware to...

Mustek: 30 years on and still going strong

Aug 2, 2017

30 years ago, IT distributor Mustek opened for business. By Kathy Gibson The modest business of components distribution has changed a number of times since then, mirroring the many shifts that the industry has undergone. Not long after it started the components...

Africa needs to future-proof itself

Aug 2, 2017

Africa’s leaders are not sufficiently addressing the continent’s multiple challenges, leaving a leadership vacuum that is proving difficult to fill. This was the word from a panel on Leadership in an Era of Disruption at the 2017 World Economic Forum on Africa. The...

Zuma unpacks radical economic transformation

Aug 2, 2017

Radical economic transformation will drive inclusive growth in Africa. President Jacob Zuma, addressing delegates to the World Economic Forum on Africa, says growth cannot be achieved by only a few stakeholders in the economy. “The youth in particular have been very...

Enabling digital disruption in Africa

Aug 2, 2017

Innovation is key to growing the African economy, and digital startups are starting to make an impact. But the environment is not always conducive to facilitating the success of small, innovative enterprises. Lindiwe Zulu, minister of small business development,...

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...

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