Apr 8, 2020
South Africa can expect significant growth in contactless payments on the back of Covid-19. It is also likely that the public’s newfound (and sensible) aversion to contact will spur additional innovation, especially given the uncertainty around second and third...
Apr 8, 2020
Mastercard has extended access to its signature STEM curriculum, Girls4TechTM, through a suite of new online, creative educational resources. The programme has been designed to help parents and teachers engage and inspire kids, ages eight to 12. Through the newly...
Apr 7, 2020
Following the President’s address on 23 March 2020, South Africans may be wondering how to obtain access to health services from healthcare practitioners during lockdown. By Berné Burger, Lara Kerbelker, Erwyn Durman and Justin Malherbe from Webber Wentzel...
Apr 7, 2020
South African schools and tertiary institutions, like in many countries around the world, will remain closed for a lockdown period that is aimed at curbing the spread of the Covid-19 virus. But schools have asked parents and children to ensure that learning continues...
Apr 7, 2020
All over South Africa right now, children in middle-class and wealthy homes, whose families have access to technology including WiFi and mobile data, have begun a phase of their education that nobody foresaw when they were first enrolled at their current schools...
Apr 6, 2020
The Covid-19 lockdown has placed digital transformation front and centre for most businesses. Many large retailers and other enterprise companies are turning to insurtech to help kickstart their revenues in a post-lockdown new normal. “We have been inundated...
