Egypt makes a positive impact on Vodacom results
Vodacom has reported group revenue of R151-billion for the year ended 31 March 2024, up 26,4% from last year, and positively impacted by the group's Egypt acquisition. Group service revenue saw growth of 29,1%, with Egypt contributing 9,2% on a pro-forma basis. Group...
Healthcare CRM market set to hit $30,65bn
The global healthcare CRM market size is anticipated to reach $30,65-billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 7,7% from 2024 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The adoption of customer relationship management (CRM) in healthcare organizations...
CFOs should embrace analytic staff from other sources
Talent is a vital part of any advanced analytics center of excellence (ACOE) and often chief financial officers (CFOs) limit the scope of their ACOE projects by relying too heavily on finance staff, according to Gartner. CFOs should look at other, sometimes cheaper,...
Depression screening tool puts mental health in the spotlight
Wits University psychology researcher, Tasneem Hassem has been awarded R100 000 in seed funding to advance the development and commercialisation of the first validated online depression screening tool suitable to the South African context. Developed over four years as...
SA, Egypt lead Africa in global competitiveness
African countries rank positively in the GBS World Competitiveness Index, with South Africa and Egypt scoring as High Performers in five categories. More than 140 global business services (GBS) buyers and enterprise executives of organisations that outsource and...
Customers unforgiving if brands fail to protect them online
New research has cast a spotlight on the role of brands in protecting their customers from cyberattacks. According to the global Brand Trust survey by cybersecurity company Mimecast, almost three-quarters (74%) of South African consumers would stop buying from a brand...
AI key to making roads safer in future
Countries and investors need to step up the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) to keep future roads safe for everyone, say the United Nations partners leading a new AI for Road Safety initiative. The UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include a...
Digital-only banking set for global growth
Digital-only banking adoption is set to grow considerably over the next five years, according to Finder.com's Digital Banking Adoption Report. Finder polled 41 654 people across 30 countries to reveal the number of people who will have a digital-only bank account will...
South Africans ‘waste’ opportunities to e-recycle
Despite the fact that approximately 95% of e-waste can be recycled, recovered or treated and beneficiated, e-recycling is not high on South African's agenda. This according to Patricia Schröder, vice-chair of the central branch of the Institute of Waste Management of...
Education needed to improve Africa’s low levels of climate change literacy
The average national climate change literacy rate (percentage of population that has heard about climate change and thinks that human activity is wholly or partly the cause of climate change) in Africa is only 37%, with vast differences among countries. This is...
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LaserLock wins social security contract
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Get the big boss on the phone
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Using social media in higher education
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Beer, diapers and the big data bug
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QlikView wins Frost & Sullivan award
QlikView has announced that Frost & Sullivan awarded the QlikView Business Discovery platform with the 2013 Customer Value Enhancement Award. This award is a result of Frost & Sullivan’s independent analysis and primary research performed while compiling its...
Battling the brain drain
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PPO enters Zimbabwean market
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