Nov 10, 2020
Kathy Gibson reports from the Better Africa Summit at AfricaCom 2020 – While ICT infrastructure is vital for Africa’s post-pandemic recovery, it won’t achieve anything on its own. This is the word from Paul Michael Scanlan, chief technology officer...
Nov 9, 2020
The Fairwork Foundation, in collaboration with researchers and legal academics from the Universities of the Western Cape, Oxford, Cape Town, and Manchester, has launched a new Code of Good Practice for platform workers in South Africa. The new code is designed to...
Nov 6, 2020
Covid-19 is set to be a major catalyst for the pharmaceutical industry. The rush to adapt to new social distancing and lockdown norms has led to a hurried digital transformation, leaving many organisations struggling to bridge the digital skills gap....
Nov 5, 2020
Rapid advancements in technology and innovation are disrupting the payments sector as well as giving rise to new market entrants and changing customer expectations. This is among the highlights from an analysis released by PwC’s Strategy& division on the...
Nov 4, 2020
So far this year, 3-million jobs have been lost. By the end of June, the youth labour force participation rate had dropped a staggering 12 percentage points to just below 16%. If job losses persist, we will have lost a decade’s worth of job growth in just six...
Nov 3, 2020
Persistent cold temperatures and strong circumpolar winds, also known as the polar vortex, supported the formation of a large and deep Antarctic ozone hole that should persist into November, NOAA and NASA scientists reported today. The annual Antarctic ozone hole...
