Unintended consequences of the NUMSA strike

Jul 17, 2014

South Africa’s largest labour union, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), rejected a three-year wage offer from metal and engineering firms on 13 July, and threatened to call for sympathy strikes by its remaining 110 000 members.Since 1...
More networks old or obsolete

More networks old or obsolete

Jun 30, 2014

The percentage of ageing and obsolete devices in corporate networks around the globe is at its highest in six years, signalling that the recent global financial crisis has a lingering effect today. More than 51% of all devices assessed are now ageing or obsolete. In...

Economic concerns push SME confidence down

Jun 20, 2014

Business confidence in the small-business sector declined in the first quarter of 2014 to 45,3 index points from 48,1 at the end of last year, according to the first-quarter results of the Nedbank Small Business Index (NSBI).

Singapore, Africa to boost economic ties

Jun 9, 2014

Singapore has emerged the largest investor in Africa among the ASEAN countries, according to the latest United Nations’ World Investment Report 2013. Located strategically in the heart of Southeast Asia, Singapore’s economic ties with Africa have been on the rise. As...

Electronic payments in the Nigerian economy

Jun 3, 2014

With Nigeria having recently eclipsed South Africa as the continent’s biggest economy, it is worth taking a look the nation’s progress from the perspective of a service which is indispensable to the modern way of life – electronic payments. And electronic payments, in...