Apr 15, 2021
As Covid-19 kept consumers around the world at home, nearly everything from groceries to gardening supplies was purchased online – leading to an additional $900-billion being spent in retail online around the world in 2020. Put another way: in 2020, e-commerce...
Apr 14, 2021
What was described as a data leak affecting a small number of Absa’s customers back in November 2020 could be more widespread than initially thought. At that time, the bank disclosed that a data leak had taken place in October, with about 200 000 customers believed to...
Apr 13, 2021
Kathy Gibson reports – South Africans have lost out on better coverage and lower data prices for years, as a direct result of regulatory failure and political ideology. Government policies in telecommunication, spectrum, competition and digital migration have...
Apr 12, 2021
Digital transformation (DX) is not just a buzzword in the finance industry – it is delivering significant revenue increases, improvements in cyber security and customer relationships, and delivery of purpose-driven sustainable business initiatives. These are...
Apr 9, 2021
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $4,1-trillion in 2021, an increase of 8,4% from 2020, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. The source of funds for new digital business initiatives will more frequently come from business departments outside IT and...
Apr 8, 2021
The easing of lockdown restrictions helped ease the pace of decline in businesses’ health, according to new insight from Experian South Africa. Experian’s quarterly Business Debt Index (BDI) for quarter four (Q4) 2020 reflects the level of health of...
