The state of SA’s start-ups

The state of SA’s start-ups

Jun 25, 2015

South Africa’s start-up industry isn’t for the faint-hearted. According to a new survey by Ventureburn, employees and founders of start-ups are often paid below-market salaries, get close to zero benefits and are subject to high-pressure environments. Moreover, just 17% of start-ups are profitable, with only 3% making it to the sought-after venture capital investment stages.

Students want purpose in their working life

Jun 25, 2015

Google is still the most attractive prospective employer for business and engineering students in the world’s 12 largest economies. More than 240 000 respondents in Universum’s Talent Survey have ranked the companies they find most desirable for employment, and the...

Financial services leads in digitisation

Jun 25, 2015

Ongoing investment in information and communication technologies (ICT) by financial service providers in South Africa is driving the transformation of the sector towards a more digitised service model. A growing demand in mobility and ubiquitous access to broadband...

When Burns burns a shebeen …

Jun 25, 2015

Mark Davison at the Cisco One Africa Partner Summit, Legends Resort – Cisco South Africa marketing head Cathy Burns and her team outdid themselves when they turned a typical warehouse-like bushveld shebeen into a near replica of New York’s famed Studio 54 at the...

Jo’burg gets smart with Microsoft

Jun 25, 2015

The City of Johannesburg will collaborate with Microsoft SA in its bid to transform into a smart city. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) agreement between the two organisations was signed by Johannesburg executive mayor Parks Tau and Microsoft corporate...

SA users still distrust online banking

Jun 25, 2015

Almost half (43%) of Internet users in South Africa believe traditional over-the-counter banking is safer than banking online, according to a survey by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International. Despite these fears most people still make some payments online but many fail...