Standard Bank introduces Covid-19 vaccine policy

Standard Bank South Africa has introduced a Covid-19 vaccination policy, which requires all employees of the Standard Bank Group who work from the premises to be vaccinated against Covid-19. The policy will be implemented in South Africa in the first instance and will...

Predictions for the future of industry ecosystems

International Data Corporation (IDC) has announced its Future of Industry Ecosystems predictions for 2022 and beyond. Over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, a “digital divide” emerged where companies that invested in digital before 2020 progressed more...

Home-grown software vital to swift Omicron detection

An online software platform developed by Hyrax Biosciences, a company that spun out of the University of the Western Cape (UWC), played a critical role in South Africa’s early detection of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. South Africa has been...

Data points to SA shoppers moving online

Leading up to Black Friday 2021, there was widespread speculation about what South African retailers should expect from what is traditionally America’s biggest shopping day, but which has now been widely adopted locally. There were two schools of thought. The...

Wireless LAN out of stock as WiFi 6 orders grow

WiFi 6 orders were “through the roof’ but the wireless LAN market is “out of stock”, as supply constraints hampered 3Q 2021 sales of several US-based wireless LAN manufacturers. This is according to a recently published report by Dell’Oro...