Online commerce an essential pivot for businesses

Covid-19 has seen businesses around the globe accelerate their digital transformations – making years of progress in a matter of days in some cases. By Robin Fisher, regional vice-president of Salesforce: Emerging Markets During the early stages of the crisis,...

Consumer confidence picks up

The Bureau for Economic Research (BER) reported on September 7 that its Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) was less pessimistic during the third quarter. Lullu Krugel, chief economist for PwC Strategy Africa, and Dr Christie Viljoen, PwC Strategy& economist After the...

Digitalisation, data seen as key for Europe’s Covid recovery

As Europe charts its recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, many business and government leaders are seeking to drive economic growth through increased digitalisation and the widespread use of data. During an IBM Policy Lab Live virtual event titled “An Economic...

Educational resources targeted in cyber attacks

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against educational resources grew exponentially over the first half (H1-20) of this year when compared to the previous year. For each month from January to June 2020, the number of DDoS attacks affecting educational online...

Updates on NSFAS applications for 2021

By August 31, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) had received more than 160 536 applications since the opening date, on 3 August 2020. During the first month, on average, NSFAS has been receiving more than 5 000 applications a day, with the number going...

Icasa confirms 2021 for high-demand spectrum auction

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has confirmed that the invitation to apply (ITA) for both the Wireless Open Access Network (WOAN) and the International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) spectrum (also known as high demand spectrum) will...