Avoid scammers and enjoy the UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid will take place this Saturday (28 May). This is a massive event with a huge audience – according to UEFA statistics, in 2020 the cumulative audience for live matches was 5,2-billion, with the...

A lot more must be done to realise AfCFTA benefits

The digital transformation of customs and borders in Africa could improve efficiencies in processes, such as administration at customs and borders, and yield trade gains on the continent of $20-billion a year. A new report by the World Economic Forum, Growing...

Covid likely to affect fraud statistics for years to come

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a marked effect on the fraud cases that have been reported among businesses over the last two years. Indeed, around 52% of businesses that reported fraud in their organisations during the course of 2020 and 2021, indicated that...

Permanent solutions needed for unemployment crisis

In the years leading up to the pandemic, chronically high unemployment had already begun eroding South Africa’s economic position. Now, post-pandemic, record-high unemployment seems an impenetrable barrier to economic recovery. While the government has...

Multinationals bank on new generation of African leaders

A clear trend has emerged from leadership search briefing patterns over the past six years, of global multinationals moving away from filling top African roles with expatriates towards seeking explicitly to place local leaders in key roles. An analysis by executive...

Tech sector among the least safe from breaches

The technology industry leads the list of most breached sectors, as shown in the latest study by NordPass. The research was conducted to assess the password habits of high-level executives worldwide. While there are various reasons behind these data breaches, poor...