Tag: digitisation

Nashua's survival is partly thanks to looking beyond specific tech to a broader ecosystem. It has become a rarity for technology companies to thrive for half-a-century or more. Globally, the likes of Intel, Apple and IBM are exceptions. In South Africa, rare hardly begins to describe the lack of longevity in the high-tech space.

The Dutch Reformed (DR) Church Archive in South Africa is home to records from all synods, presbyteries, and congregations countrywide, as well as a sizeable collection of theses and dissertations, journals, pamphlets, and reference works.

Embracing innovation, and rethinking service capabilities – these are part of a vast realm of possibilities that have been opened across Africa through adoption of e-commerce, and for tech start-up companies, the opportunities are endless. 

For banks, disruption has become business as usual. Besides the ever-changing customer expectations, banks are under pressure to defend their market share against increased competition and the digitisation of the financial services landscape by neo-banks and FinTechs.

Knowledge workers suffer from work stress and are more likely to have a burnout, they look forward less and less to opening their laptops at the start of each working day. They suffer from an overload of information that is inadequately filtered.

Is the global economy headed into a recession? South Africa's economy has been flirting with a contracting state for several years. Numerous signs point to more countries landing in the same situation, even lapsing into persistent negative growth.

Greater adoption of digital platforms and strengthening the digital healthcare ecosystem will significantly reduce medical and drug errors in both the private and public healthcare sectors, leading to improved patient outcomes and lower healthcare costs.

As Samsung, we have over the years realised that immersive experiences is paramount if retailers want to attract new customers, increase footfall, maximise sales and operations and build long-term loyalty in this new digital world. We believe that our Samsung Display Solutions play a crucial role in winning in this new digital, retail environment.

While COVID-19 put the brakes on the economy, the post-pandemic recovery has almost been stymied by the ongoing Russian war on Ukraine and the impending fears of a US recession, contributing negatively to economies around the world. Through the most challenging hurdles, however, the franchise sector in South Africa has remained steadfast in its goals to grow the economy and create jobs.

We have launched the Africa Cyber Security Outlook 2022 survey which unpacks the state of cybersecurity across the continent - highlighting that the cyber landscape in Africa is highly dynamic and rapidly evolving - propelled by widespread digitisation and matched by adequate investments in protecting assets and data from cyber threats.