Home office is insufficient for most workers

About 2,2-million South Africans lost their jobs as a result of Covid-19, bringing the already high unemployment rate to 30,8%. This figure was exacerbated by many businesses having to close down due to the restrictions imposed in order to reduce rates of infections...
Covid drives healthy growth for global PC market

Covid drives healthy growth for global PC market

The Global PC market is expected to grow 35% in the fourth quarter of 2020, then levelling out over 2021 at 1,4% for the year. Analysis from Canalys’ recently published PC market outlook report details key growth trends for the sector in 2021 and beyond. PC shipments...

Remote working set to continue even with a vaccine

A Gartner survey of HR leaders reveals that 90% of respondents plan to allow employees to work remotely at least part of the time, even after the Covid-19 vaccine is widely adopted. In addition, 65% of respondents reported that their organization will continue to...

Africans turn to apps during Covid

There has been a 33% increase in app downloads globally, with the number rising to 55% in sub-Saharan Africa. This is among the findings from AppsFlyer data, which examined more than 48-billion installs in over 30 000 apps with a minimum of 5 000 installs per month to...

Games, Lego, K-pop top kids’ Xmas searches

Kaspersky Safe Kids experts have analysed anonymised children’s search requests during the month of November – a time when children usually make their Christmas wish lists. The most popular game is Roblox and the most desired toy is Lego, while bands BTS and Blackpink...

Covid drives contraction for African trade figures

The last two years haven’t told a good story for African trade, according to Afreximbank’s annual African Trade Report (ATR). This year’s report examined trade and economic developments in Africa in 2019, a year dominated by trade wars and escalating...