Oct 23, 2018
The education sector in South Africa remains a catch-22, with public schools struggling to yield positive results and private schools being too costly for many South African households to afford. This challenge, however, signals a gap in the market and provides an...
Oct 19, 2018
A significant portion of retailers’ annual profits are attributed to the festive shopping season – from Black Friday, to the weekend before Christmas Day – which generally spans over approximately three weeks. This year, however, an extra week of...
Oct 18, 2018
Increasingly, retailers need to create a compelling reason for customers to enter their stores and should look at technology as a way to differentiate themselves from the competition. “For the past two decades, retailers have tended to focus on saving costs and...
Oct 18, 2018
Technology has entrenched itself into virtually every industry, and retail is no different. By Simon Shaw, business development manager: retail and consumer at Wipro, Africa A recent report from Forrester lists the top four retail tech trends as; personalising the...
Oct 17, 2018
Those who believe that ‘tap and go’ credit cards are the pinnacle of banking payment solutions could be in for a big surprise. Chris Michael, a UK-based payments specialist and head of technology at Open Banking Limited UK, says that developments in open...
Oct 15, 2018
The Eskom Development Foundation has provided support and funding to the Free State Mathematics Festival which was held on 10 – 11 October 2018 at the Bon Hotel in Bloemfontein. The Mathematics competition was created for Grade 8 – 11 learners from schools...
