One year on, what South Africans think about living with Covid-19

One year on, what South Africans think about living with Covid-19

Mar 10, 2021

Although infection rates seem to be declining and vaccines are slowly being rolled out in the country, most South Africans fear the arrival of a third wave of Covid-19, further lockdowns, job losses and the social problems that will bring. A survey by gig technology...

Device sales set to improve, but not to 2019 levels

Mar 10, 2021

Global spending on IT devices such as PCs, tablets and mobile phones plunged by 8% year-on-year (YoY) to $653-billion in 2020. This figure is expected to recover to $705-billion in 2021, still $7-billion less than before the pandemic, according to data presented by...

Bans on threat intelligence sharing increase risk

Mar 10, 2021

Two-thirds (69% in META) of threat intelligence (TI) analysts are involved in professional communities, but 44% of all those working in IT and cybersecurity roles are not allowed to share threat intelligence artifacts discovered through those communities. This is...

Employers, workers don’t have the same view of future work

Mar 10, 2021

Digital technology has done much to help life carry on as near to normal as possible during the pandemic. Video conversations with customers and colleagues are now taken for granted, while cloud-based document-sharing apps allow ongoing co-operation and collaboration....

MTN grew subscribers during 2020

Mar 10, 2021

MTN increased its subscribers increased by 28,8 million to 279,6-million during the financial year ended 31 December 2020. The group has 280-million customers in 21 markets. During the year, group service revenue grew by 19,9%. EBITDA (before once-off items) grew by...