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Is IQOS a better choice than continued smoking?
Earlier this year, tobacco company Philip Morris International (PMI) announced its ambition for smoke free products to account for more than 50% of its total net revenues by 2025 – by October 2021, this figure reached 28.6%, up from 0% five years ago. There are...
Technology the Key to Unlocking New World of Virtual GCCs
By Avesh Singh, head of TransUnion’s Global Capability Centre in South Africa COVID-19 has shaken up the way the world works – and for some industries, there’s no going back. For the global capabilities centre (GCC) sector, the change is significant, with many GCC...
Standard Bank expects bigger Black Friday this year as retailers offer sales ahead of time
By Nelisa Zulu, Head: Card and Payments South Africa at Standard Bank This year’s Black Friday event, which has emerged to become a major highlight on the South African calendar, is expected to bring in higher sales volumes than last year as many retailers that were...
Changing the narrative: An alternative path for youth into a tech career
By Bontle Ramatsetse, Village Tech Managing Director Drone pilot, UX designer, cloud infrastructure engineer, AI specialist…all of these are job titles that have come into existence in the last decade. It’s astounding to think that the World Cup 2010 in South Africa...
It’s only a matter of time until everyone is forced to choose environmentally friendlier options
The need for back-up must be measured against environmental cost; the alternative is just burying heads in the sand
Rethinking security strategy: back to the future
By David Jack, Director, EMEA Product Strategy, Citrix Businesses are confronted with a never-ending stream of cyberattacks ranging from DDoS campaigns and malicious bots to ransomware and intellectual property theft. Security leaders know about the urgent need to...
Deal or no deal? Stay safe on Black Friday
Planning on a shopping spree this Black Friday or Cyber Monday? Ask yourself these questions before clicking ahead and becoming a scam statistic.
Work 2022: Rewriting the Rules for Work
The great unplanned work from home experiment has advanced thinking on workforce strategies, work models, and business models by decades. And we’re about to see a massive explosion in innovation because of it.
Keeping adware and other malware off your Android smartphone
Researchers at Avast, an antimalware company, just recently identified an adware scam called UltimaSMS Adware that abuses Android apps to subscribe users to premium SMS services that charge up to $40 a month. That is just one of the many examples of the malware doing...
How to choose a gaming TV that’s perfect for your next-gen console
TV features like a 4K display, HDMI 2.1, reduced input lag of 8.5ms, and 120 frames per second refresh rate would have made little difference to your gaming experience when Super Mario Bros became a global obsession in the 1980s. However, unlike those 16-bit cartridge...