Feb 27, 2014
Businesses do not react to changes fast enough, and only 24% can rapidly take advantage of new opportunities or adapt to unexpected changes. This was true for three-quarters of respondents to an Economist Intelligence Unit study, sponsored by Ricoh, which shows that...
Feb 26, 2014
IT professionals in Gauteng can expect to earn about 11% more than the national average. This is one of the findings from CareerJunction’s latest South African Salary Review, which uses actual data based on the salaries as advertised by recruiters and employers,...
Feb 25, 2014
Although the Internet is the backbone of the knowledge economy, only one out of every three people have online access. Facebook, acting for Internet.org, commissioned Deloitte to assess the economic and social impact of extending Internet access in the developing...
Feb 24, 2014
After Microsoft’s new CEO, Satya Nadella, settles into his new position, Microsoft’s efforts at reinvention will accelerate, creating both opportunities and risks. In a blog post, Merv Adrian, research vice-president at Gartner, lays out some of the first actions...
Feb 21, 2014
Sung Woo Han has been appointed as vice-president and MD of Samsung Electronics Southern Africa. Han has been with Samsung for more than 16 years, and has worked sales, marketing and operations across much of the Middle East region. He was also previously...
Feb 20, 2014
Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa in 2014 is expected to be slightly higher than that of 2013, at around 6%, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – and SMEs are the engine that will drive this growth. With more than 1-billion consumers on the...
