Middle income earnings edge back to pre-Covid levels

The sustained reduction of interest rates and relaxation of lockdown levels is providing a significant boost to the recovery of average income and cash flow among salaried middle-class consumers who hold full-time or formal employment. This is according to FNB...

Facebook helps Zimbabwe to rally blood donors

Facebook and the National Blood Service Zimbabwe (NBSZ) have launched a new feature to encourage people to donate blood. Zimbabweans between 18 and 65 years old will now have the option to sign up as blood donors on Facebook. They will be notified when blood donor...

Oracle, ByteDance confirm TikTok deal

ByteDance and Oracle have confirmed that Oracle will take over the US operations of TikTok, although details of the deal are still sketchy. “We can confirm that we’ve submitted a proposal to the Treasury Department which we believe would resolve the...

Red tape hampers OT cybersecurity

The main barriers that inhibit or delay implementation of industrial cybersecurity projects include the inability to stop production (34%), and bureaucratic steps, such as a lengthy approval process (31%) and having too many decision-makers (23%). This is among the...

Bill Gates Sr dies

William H Gates II, the father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has died at the age of 94. The family announced that Gates died peacefully on Monday at his beach home, from Alzheimer’s disease. The obituary from the family described Gates as having “a...

Global tourist numbers down 65% for first half of 2020

International tourist arrivals plunged 93% in June when compared to 2019, with the latest data from the World Tourism Organisation showing the severe impact Covid-19 has had on the sector. According to the new issue of the World Tourism Barometer from the United...