May 6, 2020
Member states across Africa responded quickly to Covid-19 with public health and social measures (PHSM), including curfews and lockdowns, as well as training in laboratory diagnostics, surveillance, risk communication, infection prevention and control, and case...
May 6, 2020
As of March 2020, 55% of tech CEOs had not begun preparing for an economic downturn, according to a recent survey by Gartner. With technology companies globally now facing the economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, measuring cash burn rate over time can help tech...
May 6, 2020
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has been devastating, for both people and the wider economy. While virtually all businesses have been impacted, the effect has been varied. According to the results of the International Data Corporation (IDC) European IT Buyer...
May 6, 2020
Banks in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) are the strongest believers in a cashless society, according to a global retail banking survey released by Temenos. The survey conducted in 2019 by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on behalf of Temenos reveals that six in...
May 6, 2020
Ahead of the Covid-19 virus, worldwide semiconductor revenue declined 12,2% in 2019 to $418-billion, according to the latest update of the IDC Semiconductor Applications Forecaster (SAF). The global economy in 2019 grew at its slowest pace since the global financial...
May 6, 2020
Executives responsible for artificial intelligence (AI) strategy, particularly CIOs and CDOs in governmental and healthcare organisations, should leverage AI in five core areas to improve decision making during the coronavirus pandemic, according to Gartner. “In...
