Financial inclusivity drives QR code payment growth
The volume of QR code payments in the leading southeast Asian market will increase from 13-billion in 2023 to 90-billion in 2028, according to a new study from Juniper Research. High growth in Southeast Asia and other developing markets is largely down to financial...
Tobacco sales ban failed to encourage smokers to quit
The 20-week sales ban on tobacco products introduced by the South African government in response to the Covid-19 pandemic did not have the intended objective of encouraging large-scale smoking cessation, a study has found. The paper, published in Tobacco Induced...
Innovation key in food production
Globally, almost 2-billion people do not have access to enough safe, nutritious food, and 690-million suffer from hunger. With 10 years to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, we need to fundamentally change the way food is produced and consumed. This includes...
Nigeria joins WEF in plastic pollution fight
Nigeria will officially join the World Economic Forum's Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP), a platform that works with governments, businesses and civil society to translate plastic pollution commitments into concrete solutions. The announcement emerges from a...
HPE cheers channel with annual awards
Mark Davison reports on HPE SA’s Annual Awards – Colourful sets, dazzling outfits and graceful dance routines brought a little cheer to a pandemic-battered channel this afternoon when HPE South Africa held its first ever virtual awards ceremony which, expectedly, was...
SAP debuts business transformation as a service
Kathy Gibson reports – SAP has launched a new offering designed to help customers transform into intelligent businesses - Rise with SAP business transformation as a service. Christian Klein, CEO of SAP, points out that companies around the world have recognised the...
Vaccines, travel info will dominate phishing attacks in 2021
Kathy Gibson reports - As the world enters the second year living with the threat of Covid-19, the nature of cyberthreats is subtly adapting. Amy Hogan-Burney, GM: digital crimes unit at Microsoft, believes we will see a lot of social engineering activity around the...
Passwords a key link in IT security
Kathy Gibson is at the Ozone/Keeper Security webinar – Stolen, compromised and weak passwords are the biggest pain points that IT experiences when it comes to employee passwords. These issues are both cited by 68% of respondents to Keeper Security’s latest report, The...
SA take-home pay numbers decline
The steep decline in the number of take-home payments has adjusted the average South African salary by a few percentage points, according to the BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI) for December 2020. "The real average take-home pay increased by 2,1%...
Key trends shaping the global economy
Accelerating inequality, remote work and greater tech market dominance are among the pandemic's emerging trends that are likely here to stay for some years. Beyond managing the pandemic and vaccine rollout, these trends could shape a new era of fiscal, monetary and...
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APC meets SOHO backup requirements
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Does BYOD decrease employee productivity?
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Addressing the data centre in the cloud
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Med-e-Mass launches HEALTHone Connect
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Cambium welcomes EU’s NGA vision
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BI Specialist – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
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Senior Data Analyst – Gauteng Johannesburg
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