How long until we see gender parity?
Globally, women currently hold just 34% of senior leadership positions, up 0.5 percentage points from 2024, according to the 2025 Grant Thornton Women in Business report. At this pace, we’ll not see gender parity in senior management roles in mid-market companies...
Air cargo demand rises in January
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for January 2025 global air cargo markets showing that total demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometers (CTK), rose by 3,2% compared to January 2024 levels (3,6% for international operations) for an 18th...
AI, personalisation key to a healthy work relationship
Employees around the world are still not happy at work. The latest HP Word Relationship Index (WRI) reveals that just 28% of knowledge workers have a healthy relationship with work, a one-point increase compared to last year’s findings. However, new findings hone in...
CEO confidence rises on GNU, electricity supply
The Merchantec CEO Confidence Index has recorded a 7% increase in CEO confidence in Q3 of 2024, rising to a score of 55.0. This improvement reflects a cautiously optimistic outlook among South African business leaders, spurred by positive developments in the formation...
Africa to see triple-digit growth in consumer spending
Rising African countries are among the fastest-growing regions in consumer spending, according to data from the World Data Lab and analysed by EBanx, a global technology company specialising in payment services for rising markets. Economic giant Egypt will accelerate...
Private partnerships sought to save Post Office
Treasury support is being sought in forming a task team to pursue private financial and operational partners for the South African Post Office (SAPO). “This will enable serious consideration of privatisation scenarios as a preferential option to further funding from...
AI fuels explosive growth in shared cloud infrastructure
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Infrastructure Tracker: Buyer and Cloud Deployment, spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud deployments - including dedicated and shared IT environments -...
Digital platform outlines actionable clean energy solutions
The World Economic Forum has launched a Playbook of Solutions, a digital platform that breaks down 100 policy measures, finance mechanisms and de-risking solutions from the past two decades that have successfully helped unlock capital for clean energy investment in 47...
Cyberattacks grow ever more sophisticated
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) AI tools are being increasingly used in cybercrime to develop dynamic and sophisticated attack methods, so companies are individuals are having to become more vigilant. This is among the findings from ESET’s Threat Report for...
Finding a balance for GenAI usage now a business imperative
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools are quickly becoming mainstream in the modern work environment fulfilling a range of professional tasks from drafting a report to analysing spreadsheets. A global Kaspersky survey found that 95% of C-suite respondents...
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Inter-school mind sports championships coming up
Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) shall be holding its popular 12th Online Inter-school Provincial Championships on 4 March 2023 An important feature of this championship is that it is open to any learner, whether or not the school is affiliated or not, however,...
VMware extends SD-WAN to operational tech
Vmware is delivering new and enhanced remote worker/device connectivity and intelligent wireless capabilities to its SD-WAN and SASE customers. Relatedly, at MWC Barcelona, VMware announced an expanded collaboration with Intel to deliver new edge appliances featuring...
Debswana and Huawei unveil 5G-oriented smart diamond mine project
At MWC Barcelona 2023, Botswana's Debswana and Huawei jointly announced what they believe to be the world's first 5G-oriented smart diamond mine project. Debswana's head of information management Molemisi Nelson Sechaba says the Huawei-enabled smart mine solution has...
Rakuten Mobile, Radcom partner on network automation, 5G analytics
Radcom has partnered with Rakuten Mobile in Japan to deliver closed-loop automation using AI-powered 5G analytics that automatically analyses the network and takes corrective actions to enhance the customer experience and prevent service degradations. "5G network...
Nokia and MTN to accelerate expansion of 5G in SA
Nokia has been selected by MTN South Africa for the first time ever as one of its 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) equipment providers. Under the deal, Nokia will modernise the existing 2G/3G/4G radio network and expand MTN's 5G radio network across 2 800 sites in the...
Industry gets behind GSMA API initiative
The GSMA has announced a new industry-wide initiative called GSMA Open Gateway, a framework of universal network Application Programmable Interfaces (APIs), designed to provide universal access to operator networks for developers. Launched with the support of 21...
CSPs harness the power of 5G
At Mobile World Congress 2023, Vmware is showcasing deployment of the VMware Telco Cloud platform by global communications service providers (CSPs), as well as product advancements and an expanding partner ecosystem that will help CSPs accelerate network modernisation...
How Open Gateway will enable the digital future
Telefónica and GSMA Chairman, José María Álvarez-Pallete, speaking at the opening session of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) yesterday, emphasised that GSMA Open Gateway, the global industry initiative announced this morning by the GSMA, "bonds Telcos, the Industry,...
Lenovo accelerates digital transformation with new PC solutions
Yesterday at MWC 2023, Lenovo unveiled its latest PC and Chromebook solutions to help embrace dispersed hybrid working styles and provide advanced features that empower users across a broad selection of requirements and needs. Encompassing a progressive and...
Huawei advocates quicker progress towards an intelligent world
5G is opening the door to an intelligent world, and the leap to 5.5G will be a key milestone along this journey. This is according to Huawei's Carrier BG president Li Peng, speaking at Huawei's MWC Barcelona 2023 Day 0 Forum. Li emphasizes that the industry had to...
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Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.We are looking for a Automation Test Analyst to join our financial services client based in Sandton for a 12-months contract role.What you will be...
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Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.We are looking for a Automation Test Analyst to join our financial services client based in Sandton for a 12-months contract role.What you will be...
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