Huge growth for co.za domains

South Africa’s flagship co.za Internet domain has from March 2020 to February 2021 experienced net growth of about 73 000 domain names, while renewals were 6,5% higher than the previous 12 months. The solid performance by co.za takes its current tally to over 1...

Almost half of SA employees look to change jobs

In view of the global Covid-19 pandemic, 44% of employees in South Africa are thinking of shifting to a new job in the next 12-months. According to Kaspersky’s “Securing the Future of Work” report, the two biggest drivers that people stated for this...

Massive growth in cyberattacks during pandemic

There’s been a 48% surge in cyberattack volumes globally, since March 2020, with sudden increases in cyberattack volumes corresponding to spikes in Covid-19 infection rates in April and October. In sub-Saharan Africa there was a 41% increase in cyberattacks from...

Covid-19 drives mobile money uptake

The GSMA’s annual “State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money” reveals a dramatic acceleration in mobile transactions during the Covid-19 pandemic as lockdown restrictions limited access to cash and financial institutions. The report found that the...

Inflation declines in February

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reported on 24 March that consumer price inflation declined from 3,2% y-o-y in January 2021 to 2,9% y-o-y in February. The latest reading was slightly below expectations (3% y-o-y) and the lowest reading in eight months, according to...

Zoom anxiety and how to deal with it

During the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns, working from home has taken off, with remote communications taking the place of physical meetings – and this has given rise to a condition that has come to be knows as Zoom anxiety. The widespread adoption of video...