IBM: Millennials not lazy, selfish

IBM: Millennials not lazy, selfish

Everything you thought you knew about Millennials could be wrong. A new IBM study reveals much of the hype about Millennial employees simply isn’t true. They aren’t the “lazy, entitled, selfish and shallow” workers that many believe them to be. The results of the global, multigenerational study, Myths, Exaggerations and Uncomfortable Truths, found that the fundamental distinction between Millennials and older employees is their digital proficiency, which comes from growing up immersed in a digital world.

Bytes completes big Edcon rollout

Bytes completes big Edcon rollout

Bytes Managed Solutions (Bytes MS) has successfully completed the rollout of more than 11 000 signature pad units across 1 200 Edcon stores in South Africa. In addition, the migration includes a three-year support contract for both the signature pads and the back-end system.

Africa needs power to grow

Africa needs power to grow

A lack of electricity is arguably the single biggest factor inhibiting sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth – and fulfilling the continent’s economic and social promises depends upon our ability to develop its electricity capability. This is the overarching...
Guma plans to buy, delist Gijima

Guma plans to buy, delist Gijima

Yebo Guma Investments has made an offer to acquire all of Gijima’s shares, following which it plans to delist the company from the JSE Securities Exchange. Guma has made an offer to acquire all of the remaining shares in the issued ordinary share capital of Gijima, being 6 930 389 Gijima shares.

Cern set for new LHC switch-on

Cern set for new LHC switch-on

It’s almost two years since the team in the Cern Control Centre switched off the beams in the Large Hadron Collider, marking the end of the accelerator’s first three-year run – and now it’s preparing to switch it on again. For the last two years, hundreds of engineers and technicians have been repairing and strengthening the laboratory’s accelerators and experiments in preparation for running the LHC at higher energy.

Top business cities in Africa

Top business cities in Africa

Africa has become a major hub of business in the world. It is deemed to be the world’s fastest growing continent, with 5% to 6% growth rates for the past few years. Hotel booking site Jovago has analysed which are the seven top business destinations on the continent. The top cities are: Lagos, Nigeria; Abidjan, Ivory Coast; Casablanca, Morocco; Johannesburg, South Africa; Nairobi, Kenya; Addis Ababba, Ethiopia; and Kampala, Uganda.