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The mother-daughter duo teaching budding professionals how to better engage at work
Edith Cooper, who spent more than 20 years as an executive at Goldman Sachs, knows what it’s like to stand out in a workplace. Being one of few people of color in a sea of white faces over the course of her career hasn’t been easy. But rather than dwell on this reality, Cooper, who
Domino’s Pizza assets up for auction in South Africa
Park Village Auctions (PVA) has announced that all the assets used for the Domino’s Pizza franchise in South Africa – including food preparation factories and 50 fully-equipped stores – are now open to offer. The sale comes following instruction from the joint provisional liquidators of Taste Food Franchising, Taste Commissary and Taste Food Trading, formerly
Denel CEO has resigned after less than two years in office!
Danie du Toit, Denel’s group CEO, has resigned after less than two years in the job, as the turnaround of the state-owned arms manufacturer after years of mismanagement remains in the balance. Du Toit’s resignation is a blow for the company, which is struggling to get back on its feet after years of mismanagement and
Microsoft Windows 10X's arrival postponed until spring of 2021
Microsoft said in May that it would prioritize bringing its new version of Windows, known as Windows 10X, to single-screened devices first. According to a new report, the release of Windows 10X won't arrive until the spring of 2021, with dual-screen devices coming in 2022. The report, from ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley, states that Microsoft
[WATCH] SpaceX launches South Korean military satellite atop Falcon 9 rocket into orbit
SpaceX successfully launched a South Korean military communications satellite atop a Falcon 9 rocket on Monday after a technical issue delayed liftoff last week. The Anasis-II mission lifted off into blue skies at 2:30 p.m. PT from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. SpaceX reported successful deployment of the
5G, a headphone jack, Android 11 and everything else we know about Google's next budget phones
With Android 11 public beta available now and a final version potentially launching on Sept. 8, Google is ramping up its mobile updates. This means we'll likely see followups to its midrange Pixel line, which is expected to be called the Pixel 4A and 4A XL, very soon. Indeed, Google recently posted an image of
Routed joins Teraco’s Africa Cloud Exchange
Vendor-neutral data centre provider Teraco, has welcomed Routed, a cloud infrastructure provider and VMware Cloud Verified partner, as a local cloud provider to join the African Cloud Exchange (ACX). Created to improve enterprise hybrid and multi-cloud performance through direct interconnection, Teraco’s African Cloud Exchange provides secure, direct, flexible network connections to a wide range of
Hybrid cloud to continue dominating South African IT landscape
Local adoption rates are slower and will be dominated by hybrid cloud spend for the next three to five years.
For 12% of SA consumers, social ratings come at a cost
Social scoring systems have become more widespread and are already implemented in many countries and industry sectors
Westcon-Comstor launches virtual digital industry event for channel
Attendees will be able to enjoy interactive virtual networking spaces where they can book a coffee chat session, participate in live polls, online competitions and access content on-demand.
Microsoft unveils two new Surface devices in South Africa
The Surface Pro 7 and Surface Laptop 3 deliver productivity, security, mobility and speed
China vows to take 'necessary' measures after UK's Huawei ban
China will take necessary measures in response to Britain's "discriminatory" ban on Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, which has severely damaged China's investment confidence in the country, China's Commerce Ministry said on Thursday. "China is evaluating the UK actions that have betrayed free trade principles and will take necessary measures to resolutely defend Chinese firms' legal
The Foshini Group offered Edcon R480 million to acquire a minimum of 371 Jet stores!
The Foshini Group offered Edcon R480 million to acquire a minimum of 371 commercially viable Jet stores.A lot has been made about TFG Limited’s rather public about-turn in its acquisition of (most of) Jet out of the business rescue process of Edcon. This writer also questioned how TFG CEO Anthony Thunström could say publicly on
Gautrain to address public transport in the time of Covid-19
The coronavirus pandemic has spread rapidly across the globe, causing a complete halt in daily routines, ripping through our global resources, and in some extreme cases, taking lives. The whole world is in crisis mode, but for what may be the first time in history, we’re fighting a common enemy. Public transport is the backbone
China, Africa and debt
Nkosi Mfumu, a Zambia-based legal and foreign policy expert discusses the China-Africa debt and why African leaders now more than ever should demand debt relief.
Prominent Americans' Twitter accounts hacked in 'Bitcoin scam'
Twitter says it was the victim of a 'coordinated social engineering attack
Data breaches decline 33% in the first half of 2020
Publicly reported US identity compromises dropped 33% in the first half of 2020 compared to the first half of 2019, according to data breaches research released Tuesday by the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). Breaches impacting individuals have also dropped 66%, according to the ITRC's data breach analysis. The nonprofit cataloged 540 public reported
Apple's next major product could be an augmented reality glasses
Apple has been working with its primary iPhone assembly partner Foxconn to produce semitransparent lenses for an upcoming augmented reality headset, according to a new report from The Information. Apple is said to have been working with Foxconn on AR lenses for three years, but the lenses only just entered a stage in the process
WATCH: Rand rises as dollar steps back
The rand advanced ahead of the mining production release, while benefiting later during the session from a softening greenback according to NKC Research. On the global front, we have now revised our forecast for global GDP growth in 2020 this month upwards by about 0.5 ppts to -4.5 percent, largely on the back of evidence
Helvetic converts E2 order to larger variant
Swiss operator Helvetic Airways is to switch part of its order for Embraer regional jets to the larger E195-E2 variant. Helvetic will configure the aircraft with 134 seats, in a single-class layout, compared with the 110 seats of its E190-E2s. The airline had originally ordered 12 E190-E2s, powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1900G engines, under