Sep 4, 2018
Kathy Gibson is at Satnac in Hermanus – Communication service providers (CSPs) are facing perhaps their biggest ever challenge: they are expected to provide rock-solid networks, but are losing revenue to over-the-top providers. “They cannot delay in...
Sep 4, 2018
Kathy Gibson is at Satnac in Hermanus – The 4th industrial revolution and a greater level of digitalisation means that business models are being challenged across all industries. For instance, even something like mining could be fundamentally changed by...
Sep 4, 2018
Despite recent economic and political uncertainty, the opportunities for growth in Africa’s insurance industry still remain huge. It is an industry that has done well to adapt to continuous disruption, with technological advances now considered the most...
Sep 4, 2018
Kathy Gibson is at Satnac in Hermanus – Technology is just a part of digital mastery, and arguably the smallest part. The hardest part is in people’s own minds. Digital success rests on the ability to change mindsets, says Rapelang Rabana, chief digital...
Sep 4, 2018
As unemployment in South Africa jumped to 27,2% for Q2 2018, the proverbial walls seem to be closing in on job seekers and the strain of this appears to be intensified among the youth who account for 63,5% of the total number of the unemployed. Despite the tough...
Sep 4, 2018
As Internet access continues to grow in Africa, with over 450-million people now connected to the Internet, more than 60% of the population still remains offline. Community Networks are a key way to address this connectivity gap, says the Internet Society, a global...