Marked upswing for take-home pay in 2024
BankservAfrica’s Take-home Pay Index (BTPI), which tracks the average nominal take-home pay of an estimated 4-million salary earners in South Africa, closed December 2024 on a high note, showing a continuation of the growth observed throughout the year. “The average...
DeepSeek AI exposes Trump tariffs’ weakness
DeepSeek’s AI breakthrough has exposed the limits of US president Donald Trump’s tariffs, challenging Washington’s ability to restrain China’s technological rise. This is the opinion of Nigel Green CEO of deVere Group, who points out that the Trump administration has...
BETI in May confirms economy is stagnating
The BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI) slipped somewhat in May 2023, showing the third decline in the past four months and confirming the flat growth trend in the economy. "The BETI slipped to an index level of 132,3 in May compared to 132,7 in the...
Business confidence weighed down by load shedding and profitability pressure
The RMB/BER Business Confidence Index (BCI) declined for a fifth consecutive quarter to 27 in the second quarter of 2023 - down by nine points from 36 in the first quarter - marking the lowest level of confidence since 2020, and suggesting that only about a quarter of...
As AI enters the workplace, optimism levels are high
Kathy Gibson reports - Employees at all organisational levels recognise that artificial intelligence (AI) is here to stay and will fundamentally change or even supersede their jobs. But there is a generally high level of optimism about the positive impacts of the...
These myths obscure cybersecurity value
Four common myths are obscuring the full value of cybersecurity for the enterprise and inhibiting security program effectiveness, according to Gartner. Chief information security officers (CISOs) must embrace a "Minimum Effective" mindset to maximise cybersecurity's...
More cyberattacks now target employees
More than 90% of business leaders believe that increased employee cybersecurity awareness would help decrease the occurrence of cyberattacks. The most recent Global Threat Landscape Report from Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs found that ransomware threats remain at peak...
Insider actions cause data leaks
A vast majority (91%) of companies experience data leaks due to insiders' actions. According to SearchInform analysts, who studied security incidents in more than 100 companies, malicious actors are generally interested in technical information (blueprints and...
African nations under online attack
Nigeria, currently ranked 50th worldwide for online threats, South Africa at 82nd, and Kenya at 35th, have increasingly become focal points for cyber threats. This is according to Kaspersky Security Network (KSN), which presented the reality of cyber threats in Africa...
Meta, Apple show different strategies for immersive technology
Meta and Apple this week unveiled their VR and AR headsets Quest 3 and Vision Pro, respectively, at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2023. Kiran Raj, practice head of Disruptive Tech at GlobalData, comments: "The technology landscape witnessed a pivotal...
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Huawei commits to African social, economic growth
Huawei says it is ready to partner with African governments, operators and private companies to advance economic and social development on the continent through enhancing mobile broadband; it made this announcement at the GSMA Mobile 360 Africa which started in Dar es...
Workplace diversity makes business sense
Companies that embrace workplace diversity and inclusion as a source of growth and innovation for their businesses will perform better than those that don't-- and that applies as much to small businesses as it does to large enterprises. Kimberley Axon, head of people...
Digital trust: what’s it really worth?
Digital trust may appear to be a fairly meaningless buzzword, but in fact digital trust may prove to be the currency of the future, and failing to safeguard it could be a costly mistake, writes Paul Williams, country manager: southern Africa at Fortinet. Digital...
Data analytics and the changing face of industries
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Theft affects connectivity in Bishop Lavis
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GirlCode announces Hackathon 2017 sponsors
This year the #GirlCodeHack will take place over two days from 5-6 August, in celebration of Women's month. The event will take place at Tshimologong Precinct and will be sponsored by Standard Bank, Entelect Software, Recruit Digital, MTN, Microsoft, Boxfusion,...
Kaizer Chiefs embraces Rush esports
Kaizer Chiefs will participate at this year's Rush esports event taking place from 21-23 July at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. Rush is a rAge esports initiative which aims to bring a number of different esports tournaments and activities together...
Overcoming the challenges of IT asset disposal
Creating and implementing a successful IT Asset Management program is challenging, no matter how one approaches it. This is according Xperien CEO Wale Arewa. The IT department normally takes ownership of the program and then has the impossible task of interacting with...
Things set to transform global logistics space
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Insurance considerations for owning a drone
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