Black Friday drives traffic to malls
There were 4,3-million vehicle stops at 1 850 monitored malls/shopping centres on Black Friday this year - marginally up by 2,5% on last year - but the 25,7-million vehicle stops during Black Friday week were up by 10% compared to 2023’s Black Friday week, and 12%...
Protect your holiday cheer from cyber criminals
The December holiday season is prime time for cyber criminals and fraudsters, largely because people let their guard down and shop around for bargains more than usual over this period. This is the warning from members of the cyber security special interest group...
AI platform could spot the next Olympic hopeful
Restraints - physical, time and budgetary - currently make it extremely challenging for sports scouts to find talent in rural or remote areas. Those limits have a twofold effect: A world of talented individuals will never become professional athletes, and fans may...
New cohort named for Google Startups Accelerator
Google has announced the 8th cohort of its Google for Startups Accelerator Africa program, featuring 10 startups from Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda and South Africa that were selected from nearly 1 000 applications. Since its inception in 2018, the Google for Startups...
Engineering solutions dominate Eskom Expo regional event
A sound-following robot; a renewable energy model; a lunch box microwave; and an automated patient paralysis healthcare system were among the innovative research projects showcased at the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists Gauteng South Regional Science Fair. A total of...
Parktown Boys claims JSE Investment Challenge top spot
A team of four pupils from Parktown Boys' High School has claimed the top spot in the Equity Portfolio category for the June edition of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Investment Challenge. The team, 'Trading Titans', consisting of pupils Aarhush Siddapur,...
Campus switch revenues set to plunge
Campus switch sales hit a stratospheric high in 2023 but are expected to come sharply back down to earth in 2024, contracting by 16%. This is according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group, which expects to see a 6% rebound in campus switch revenues in 2025, and then...
Growth, technology trump workers as top business priorities
CEOs ranked workforce as their third most important business priority for 2024 to 2025, behind growth and technology, according to Gartner. Gartner surveyed 416 CEOs and other senior business leaders in July 2023 and October through December 2023 and found that...
Public cloud spend set to double by 2028
Worldwide spending on public cloud services is forecast to reach $805-billion in 2024 and double in size by 2028, according to the latest update to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Software and Public Cloud Services Spending Guide. Although annual...
Execs losing patience with non-return on GenAI investments
At least 30% of generative AI (GenAI) projects will be abandoned after proof of concept by the end of 2025 due to poor data quality, inadequate risk controls, escalating costs, or unclear business value, according to Gartner. Rita Sallam, distinguished vice-president...
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African fintech revolution leads the way for healthtech
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Online learning platform helps out at UJ
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Absa Group to list on A2X
Absa Group Limited will list its ordinary shares for trade on A2X Markets from 2 February 2023. Absa Group will retain its primary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and its issued share capital will not be affected by its secondary listing on A2X. There is no...
Investing in data integrity improves customer satisfaction
According to a June 2022 Spotlight report by the IDC, investments in technology to improve data integrity have positive impacts on a wide range of business metrics, with customer satisfaction topping the list of improvements at a significant 42%. By Gary Allemann, MD...
Deep tech trends to watch from SA entrepreneurs
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How to create an easy and affordable payroll
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Whose fault is it when cloud security fails?
At least 95% of cloud security failures in the next three years will be the customer's fault, according to Gartner. By Marilyn Moodley, country leader for South Africa and WECA (West, East, Central Africa) at SoftwareOne Unsurprisingly, the biggest threat to security...
Using social media data in life insurance
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Essentials for a winning customer experience strategy in 2023
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Beyond digitisation: cornerstones of excellent customer experience
One of the most valuable contributions that data and data analytics have made to modern businesses is the ability that they offer to understand customers, engage meaningfully with them, and offer them the type of positive experience that keeps them coming back for...
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