By 2026, fines due to mismanagement of subject rights will have increased tenfold from 2022 to total over $1-billion, according to Gartner, which defines subject rights requests (SRRs) as a set of legal rights that enable individuals to make demands and, in some...

The world is currently facing one of the harshest economic climates experienced since the 2008 global financial crisis, raising concerns that more people may turn to fraud to address the financial pressure they are experiencing. "Rising inflation and the current war...

Teraco has confirmed the construction of Teraco Cape Town 2 (CT2), a new 30MW data centre facility. This follows the company's recent 60MW expansion announcement of its Johannesburg data centre campus in Isando and makes the Cape Town facility the second-largest on...

Member states across Africa responded quickly to Covid-19 with public health and social measures (PHSM), including curfews and lockdowns, as well as training in laboratory diagnostics, surveillance, risk communication, infection prevention and control, and case...

As of March 2020, 55% of tech CEOs had not begun preparing for an economic downturn, according to a recent survey by Gartner. With technology companies globally now facing the economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, measuring cash burn rate over time can help tech...

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has been devastating, for both people and the wider economy. While virtually all businesses have been impacted, the effect has been varied. According to the results of the International Data Corporation (IDC) European IT Buyer...

Banks in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) are the strongest believers in a cashless society, according to a global retail banking survey released by Temenos. The survey conducted in 2019 by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on behalf of Temenos reveals that six in...

Ahead of the Covid-19 virus, worldwide semiconductor revenue declined 12,2% in 2019 to $418-billion, according to the latest update of the IDC Semiconductor Applications Forecaster (SAF). The global economy in 2019 grew at its slowest pace since the global financial...

Executives responsible for artificial intelligence (AI) strategy, particularly CIOs and CDOs in governmental and healthcare organisations, should leverage AI in five core areas to improve decision making during the coronavirus pandemic, according to Gartner. "In the...

Financial services providers have stepped in and offered various relief measures to consumers buckling under financial pressure because of the national lockdown. Support mechanisms ranging from premium holidays to payment breaks are being offered. But before accepting...