Marginal salary recovery in May
In May 2024, the average nominal salary, as measured by the BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI), showed a partial recovery to once again beat levels from a year ago. "The nominal take-home pay reached R15 888 in May, showing a 10% improvement on year-ago...
Confidence in AI rises with use, but so does anxiety
Kathy Gibson reports - Artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI (GenAI) are constantly evolving, and starting to have real impact in the workplace. But employees are not yet sure how they feel about AI, according to a new report from Boston Consulting Group...
Load shedding will cost retailers big in lost Black Friday sales
South African retailers are expected to generate around R17,3-billion in additional sales over the Black Friday promotional period, representing around 6,7% growth over the Black Friday period in 2021. The number is forecast to be R5,4-billion lower than it would have...
Embracing risk the only option during uncertain times
Although 79% of C-suite leaders and senior executives surveyed expect a recession, only 35% believe they are very prepared for it. This is among the findings of Aon's 2022 Executive Risk Survey, "Making Better Decisions in Uncertain Times", which clearly shows that...
Altron to sell ATM hardware, support business to NCR
Altron has announced its intention to sell the ATM hardware and support business portion of its Altron Managed Solutions division to NCR. The NCR retail hardware and support business remains under Altron Managed Solutions. The sale sees ownership of the business going...
Consumer breaches decline, but threats to data remain
The newest data from NordVPN's Dark Web Monitor feature shows that the number of breached companies remains high, but the number of users affected by those leaks has decreased 18 times since 2019. However, with the data of nearly two-thirds (62%) of Dark Web Monitor...
Good and bad news for salaries
Despite a host of negative factors that impacted the economy, the average nominal BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI) ticked marginally higher in September 2022. The average nominal South African salary (after deductions), recovered slightly to R15 063 in...
African fintechs attract record investment
Fintech startups in Africa grew 81% in 2021, with South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya emerging as key hubs on the continent. This is according to a Mastercard white paper titled 'The Future of Fintech: Rapid Growth Attracts Smart Capital', which also found that the...
Optical networks the future of connectivity
Kathy Gibson reports - Optical networks have seen huge improvements in cost and capacity over time - with most of that coming with the invention of fibre. Submarine networks are responsible for connecting the planet, says Vladimir Kozlov, CEO and founder of...
Key takeaways from the MTBPS
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana yesterday presented the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS). He addressed Eskom's debt transfer and public wages, but details about Infrastructure Fund and comprehensive social security plan weren't included, according to this...
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Mastercard launches mobile marketplace in East Africa
Mastercard has launched 2KUZE, a digital platform that connects smallholder farmers, agents, buyers and banks in East Africa. 2KUZE, which in Swahili means "Let's grow together," enables farmers to buy, sell and receive payments for agricultural goods via their...
SA organisations must get to know their customers
While successful international businesses have long focused on customer experience as a major factor influencing a healthy return on investment, the same can unfortunately not be said for South African organisations who are letting this crucial business consideration...
Tallying the ripple costs of a cyber attack
The cost of any type of theft is often a lot higher than just the value of the stolen goods, writes Doros Hadjizenonos, country manager of Check Point South Africa. If your house was broken into, you would feel violated. While your insurance company would reimburse...
Otel Connect store aims to simplify voice, data
South Africa's increasingly competitive telecoms landscape is good news for the economy but potentially confusing for the consumer. Local fixed, mobile and VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) users today have a choice of a couple of fixed line providers, several...
Accenture appoints Wayne Hull as local MD
Accenture has announced the appointment of Wayne Hull as managing director and head of Accenture Digital for South and Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to joining Accenture, Hull was the digital advisor for Sportradar Global. He has held a number of senior positions...
New executive for Bytes Managed Solutions
Bytes Managed Solutions, part of the Altron group of companies, has announced the appointment Abdut Rahmani as its new business enablement and transformation executive. This is part of the organisation's ongoing focus on business transformation to support its strategy...
Start preparing for POPI now
The Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPI) may not have been made effective yet, but businesses need to make compliance one of their top priorities for 2017. This according to Wayne Clarke, managing director of Metrofile Records Management, who states that the...
Infinidat array gets no-footprint iSCSI
Big iron array vendor Infinidat has made its third major software release, adding compression, baked-in iSCSI support and enhanced array analytics. The company's architecture has three controller nodes, which each can see all the drives, and eschews an all-flash...
T-Systems offers simplified application landscapes
T-Systems has released its Application Modernisation and Management to Go (AMM2Go) service to South African businesses. As local companies look to transform digitally, to compete in the modern digital era, AMM2Go allows clients to focus on their strategic business...
Is flash poised to kill disk for primary storage?
Flash is now the only realistic choice for primary storage with the performance and bottom line benefits it brings. The historic concerns over cost and stability are now a thing of the past, meaning all-flash arrays are well on their way to becoming the dominant force...
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