Why good leaders fail

Leadership development would be far simpler to manage if leadership were a singular, finite competency or set of competencies that applied in all situations across the organisation. However, the fact remains that this is not the reality with which we live and work....

IBM goes all-in with Red Hat, cloud

IBM has transformed its software portfolio to be cloud-native and optimised it to run on Red Hat OpenShift. Enterprises can now build mission-critical applications once and run them on all leading public clouds, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform,...

Capital One hack could be the tip of the iceberg

The data breach of US bank Capital One that this week exposed the personal data of more than 100-million US customers may be only the start of a series of breach notifications from other organisations. The potential victims could include UK-based telecoms carrier...

Double-digit growth forecast for IoT spend

Spending on Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) is set to top $8,47-billion this year, according to the latest forecast from global technology research and consulting firm International Data Corporation (IDC). A recent update to...

Motor industry still under the lash

While consumers may have enjoyed some reprieve from the interest rate cut in July, the motor industry didn’t. New vehicle sales continued their downward trend according to results released by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa...

Fak’ugesi African Digital Residency celebrates six years

In 2019 Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival, celebrates six years of developing young digital creatives through the Fak’ugesi Digital Africa Residency and introduces two new special collaborations. The Fak’ugesi Digital Africa Residency is...