Axis ends distribution agreement with Pinnacle

Axis Communications SA has announced that effective from 31 March 2020 Pinnacle Distribution will no longer be selling its products. “We have had a long-term partnership with Pinnacle in South Africa,” says Sheetal Rao, sales director at Axis...

Record shipments of wearables in Q3

Global shipments of wearable devices totaled 84,5-million units in the third quarter of 2019, a year-over-year increase of 94,6% and a new record for shipments in a single quarter, according to new data from IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker....

Tariff concerns, holiday demand lift notebook PC ODM market

Global production volume by the notebook PC ODM industry increased by 9,5% to 43,4-million units in the third quarter of 2019, according to the latest results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Notebook ODM QView. Ongoing concerns about the trade...

Only 22% of CFOs are personally effective

Only 22% of chief financial officers (CFOs) achieve a high degree of personal effectiveness, and Gartner research shows that just a limited set of activities and successful relationships outside the finance department are the biggest contributors to a CFO’s...

SA shoppers are obsessed with discounts

A recent Nielsen survey shows that South Africans are the third most discount-obsessed shoppers in the world. The tougher economy and its strain on consumers has resulted in cutting back on their discretionary spending, impacting on the volume of grocery baskets. As a...

New risks for African business in 2020

Fractious geopolitics in a US election year, a rising tide of global activism and a new level of cyber warfare are among the top five risks for business in 2020, by global risk consultancy Control Risks. As Control Risks CEO Nick Allan points out, “populism, activism,...