SweepSouth spotlights woes of domestic workers
Inflation and the broader cost-of-living crisis are taking an immense financial and mental toll on South Africa's domestic workers - that's one of the standout findings from the seventh annual SweepSouth Report on Pay and Working Conditions for Domestic Workers. The...
NYDA, ALX look to combat youth unemployment
In response to South Africa's escalating youth unemployment crisis, ALX and the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) have announced a transformative partnership ahead of World Entrepreneurship Day today (21 August). The collaboration is set to equip South Africa's...
Lunar pits harbour comfortable temperatures
NASA-funded scientists have discovered shaded locations within pits on the Moon that always hover around a comfortable 63 F (about 17 C) using data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft and computer modeling. The pits, and caves to which they may...
Despite challenges, tourism gains ground
International tourism continues to show signs of a strong and steady recovery from the impact of the pandemic despite significant mounting economic and geopolitical challenges. According to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, international tourism saw a strong...
Top global tech stocks lost more than $3,3trn in Q2
The ongoing geopolitical situation and rising inflationary pressure continue to impact the technology sector with 24 of the top 25 technology companies reporting a combined loss of $3,3-trillion in their market capitalisation (MCap) in Q2 2022, finds GlobalData....
June goes into the record books as sixth warmest
Globally, June 2022 was the sixth-warmest June in the 143-year NOAA record. The year-to-date (January-June) global surface temperature was also the sixth warmest on record. According to NCEI’s Global Annual Temperature Outlook, there is a greater than 99% chance that...
Another decline for smartphone shipments
Worldwide smartphone shipments declined 8.7% year over year in the second quarter of 2022 (2Q22), according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. This marks the fourth consecutive quarter of decline...
Chatbots set to be primary customer service channel by 2027
By 2027, chatbots will become the primary customer service channel for roughly a quarter of organizations, according to Gartner. "Chatbots and virtual customer assistants (VCAs) have evolved over the past decade to become a critical technology component of a service...
Software needed to monitor social and environmental sustainability
While environmental issues have dominated the ESG/sustainability narrative, a recent International Data Corporation (IDC) survey finds that social sustainability topics account for the largest share of use cases for sustainability software. These human and social...
Disappointing Q2 results drive urgency to boost Meta ad business
Meta has reported its first-ever year-over-year drop in revenue. Rachel Foster Jones, thematic analyst at GlobalData, offers her view: "Meta is facing the perfect storm, from slashed advertising budgets due to inflation, Apple's crackdown on privacy, competition with...
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New appointment for EMC Southern Africa
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NBC, Jasco extend contract
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Intervate wins Microsoft award
Intervate, a T-Systems company, has been named the winner of the 2015 Microsoft Country Partner of the Year Award for South Africa. In addition, the company has also been recognised as a finalist for the 2015 Microsoft Public Sector: CityNext Partner of the Year...
Cisco honours African channel partners
Cisco has announced the winners of its Africa Channel Partner Awards at the Cisco One Africa Partner Summit 2015 which took place last week from 23 – 25 June 2015 in Limpopo, South Africa. The awards recognised the top-performing Cisco Channel partners across the...
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