by Dianne Bayley | Feb 15, 2023 | Sustainability
Data is immensely valuable to all organisations, a significant resource for the digital economy and the ‘cornerstone of our EU industrial competitiveness,’ says the European Commission, writes Laurent Allard, Head of Sovereign Cloud, VMware EMEA. But its value is...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 4, 2023 | Sustainability
Sustainability has become a focus area for many businesses across Africa, writes Tunde Abagun, Channel Manager at Nutanix Sub-Saharan Africa. While it is ostensibly a business function, sustainability must be a high-level agenda item for CIOs as well. Given the...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 2, 2023 | Sustainability
A general estimate by environmental agencies is that we waste 136 litres or 30 gallons per day per person, particularly in developed and urban economies, writes Chetan Mistry.”We use football to teach children about drinking healthy water, regular handwashing,...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 31, 2023 | Sustainability
By 2050, the continent is estimated to be home to 2.5 billion people and a market with a combined business and consumer spending of $16.12 trillion.The report titled “A New Era for Global Business and Investment in Africa” lists four high-potential sectors that hold...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 30, 2023 | Sustainability
After enduring more than 200 days of loadshedding in 2022, South African businesses and households are increasingly turning to solar power to meet their everyday energy needs. But as solar power installations boom, it is important that consumers are made aware of the...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 23, 2023 | Sustainability
In October last year, Discovery and Dialdirect, in conjunction with the City of JoBurg, launched the Pothole Patrol app, which would allow drivers to report potholes using geolocation data, notes Richard Firth, CEO of MIP Holdings.This wasn’t the first time an app of...