Universities call for government funding

The vice-chancellors, principals and rectors of universities in South Africa, have issued the following joint statement: We, the vice-chancellors representing all 26 universities in South Africa, remain committed to continuing the widening of student access to...

Travel risk map integrates information

International SOS, the world’s leading medical and travel security services company, and Control Risks launch Travel Risk Map 2016 to help organisations better understand the risks in the markets where they operate and travel. International SOS has published a...

Women’s summit travels to Cape Town

Dell’s seventh annual Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network Summit, an exclusive invitation-only conference for female entrepreneurs globally, will convene 27-28 June 2016 in Cape Town. The summit will bring together more than 150 of the top female...

Content collaboration software sees healthy growth

In a newly published study, International Data Corporation (IDC ) forecasts healthy growth for the content collaboration software market. The market is forecast to grow to a total of $6,2-billion by 2019, representing a 13,4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for the...
Africa’s people power to decline

Africa’s people power to decline

The people power witnessed in 2014 and 2015, for example in changes of government in Burkina Faso and Nigeria, will be proved limited in 2016. A combination of elections, constitutional pressures and financial difficulties will test governments across the region,...

South African consumers score low on loyalty

Compared to the international average, South Africans score low on loyalty. Fewer than two thirds of South Africans are loyal to the brands and companies they support and will leave mainly due to cost, impolite, rude or uninterested staff or when they have to make too...