by Dianne Bayley | Nov 17, 2021 | Sustainability
While the African market is by no means homogenous, there are certain common challenges faced across the region that make data management a challenging prospect, notes Gerhard Fourie, Channel Lead at Commvault Africa. This includes access to technology and hardware,...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 17, 2021 | Workplace 2020
Most Small, Micro and Medium Enterprises (SMMEs) aspire to grow and some even have ambitions of eventually becoming large profitable organisations – but this is not easy and many small businesses ultimately fail to scale, writes Hepsy Mkhungo, CEO of One Linkage....
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 16, 2021 | Innovation
A few months ago, intellectual property officials in South Africa became the first in the world to award a patent that names an artificial intelligence as the inventor of the product, writes Scott Zoldi, Chief Analytics Officer at FICO. The moment was a triumph for...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 16, 2021 | Sustainability
There is absolutely no doubt that South Africa is in the midst of a major unemployment crisis. The latest stats show that the official unemployment rate is 34.4%, a record high. The expanded unemployment figure, which includes discouraged job seekers, sits at an even...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 16, 2021 | Workplace 2020
More than 18 months into the global pandemic one can find hundreds of analyses about how Covid-19 has affected the country’s economy, Writes Emma Durkin, Head of Human Capital at Altron Karabina. Most of these focus on specific economic sectors such as tourism,...