Regional enterprise application market set for growth

Spending on enterprise application software (EAS) in the Middle East and North Africa is set to reach $774,62-million this year, reflecting year-on-year growth of 6,3%. That’s according to the latest forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC), with the...

SA brands start the countdown to Black Friday

The days are getting longer and hotter, suburban South Africans are firing up their braais and the malls will soon be filled with the sounds of Boney M. By Kali Moahloli, commercial head: market insights at GfK South Africa Yes, it’s nearly time for the festive...
NASA studies African smoke cloud

NASA studies African smoke cloud

Over the southeast Atlantic Ocean, a 2 000-mile-long plume of smoke from African agricultural fires meets a near-permanent cloud bank offshore. Their meeting makes a natural laboratory for studying the interactions between cloud droplets and the tiny airborne smoke...

Counting the cost of unused lunch breaks

Research released today by online job board CareerJunction has revealed that only one in three South Africans take their full lunch break. The research, conducted among 3 000 South African working respondents, suggests that more than a third of South Africans skip...

2017 the costliest year on record for natural disasters

In Aon Benfield’s latest Weather, Climate and Catastrophe Insight Report, 2017 was flagged as the costliest year on record for natural disasters. The global economic cost of natural disasters in 2017 clocked in at a staggering $353-billion, while the insured...

IBM puts AI to work in Lenovo contact centre

IBM will supply field services and remote call centre solutions to enhance the commercial customer experience for Lenovo in its North America, EMEA, and Latin America markets. The $240-million multi-year agreement continues to build on the success of the IBM-Lenovo...