From audience to mobile participant

From audience to mobile participant

By Sal Camarda, Managing Partner, MeetApp North America There is no doubt that our smartphones are highly valuable to us and have become an extension of our lives. Smartphones have changed how we live, work, create, and maintain relationships. Mobile platforms can...
Business benefits of the gig economy

Business benefits of the gig economy

The digital age has seen smaller businesses compete effectively with their bigger counterparts thanks to business agility. This buzzword refers to the ability to adapt and respond to the rapid rate of change in today’s business environment. Smaller businesses have the...
ICT to lead the digital transformation

ICT to lead the digital transformation

Kathy Gibson reports from Huawei MEA Service Summit in Cape Town – Business today is about transforming what we do daily, and organisations in every industry have to undergo digital transformation if they want to thrive in the future.Telecommunications operators,...
Time for data management strategy is now

Time for data management strategy is now

By Gary de Menezes, country manager, NetApp South Africa Both the world and the IT industry are changing at a breathtaking speed, with the Internet of Things (IoT) set to  usher in another host of changes. Some of these transformations we can already foresee, such as...
Africa’s growing mobile market at risk

Africa’s growing mobile market at risk

With mobile ownership in South Africa and Nigeria now as common as it is in the US, the continent is rapidly gaining ground as the new frontier for mobile.  Its young population, ready to embrace the new mobile innovations and technologies, has attracted the attention...
Business, career growth is all in green

Business, career growth is all in green

By Auguste Coetzer Director, Executive Search, TALENT AFRICA We must create more jobs. Everybody says so, while neglecting to tell us what kind in what industries. Clearly, not every industry is a net job creator. Manufacturing and mining have shed jobs for years. So...