SMEs feel ready for disaster, but lack plans

The vast majority of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) both expect the unexpected and feel that they’re ready for it – though they may not be. Research from Infrascale indicates that 92% of SMe executives believe their businesses are prepared to recover...

Businesses are poorly prepared for return to work

Failure to properly prepare their workplace and workforce for a return to work after lockdown could have disastrous consequences for companies as organisational outbreaks threaten business continuity in an already fragile economy. This is the warning sounded by Dr...

Covid-19 and the role of critical networks

International Data Corporation (IDC) Canada has released a report on communications and healthcare titled, “Critical Networks Provide Critical Care: Role of Communication Networks to Treat and Prevent Covid-19”. The study examines the growing appreciation...

SA users not clued up on passwords

The latest Kaspersky report, ‘Defending digital privacy: Taking personal protection to the next level’, has found that 87% of South African users are thinking up their own passwords, while 72% say they are unaware about how to check if any of their...

EOH results show resilience

Despite the challenges of Covid-19, the EOH Group has turned in resilient financial performance over the last quarter. For the quarter ended 30 April 2020, revenue experienced some downward pressure as a result of the lockdown but the group delivered a positive EBITDA...

African Development Bank prioritises food security

The African Development Bank has unveiled a strategic roadmap of projects and programmes to assist African countries in tackling the nutrition and food security aspects of the Covid-19 crisis through a raft of immediate and longer-term measures. The Feed Africa...