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The role of small businesses in closing unemployment gaps: Covid-19 and beyond
The global economic growth was already constrained and the world was experiencing increasing levels of trade wars such as between China and the United States of America. On the other hand, there is a rapid advance in innovation, mobile and converged technologies, artificial intelligence, the partly successive and partly simultaneous 4th and 5th industrial revolutions […]
Navigating Covid-19 and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
In South Korea, a grey “smart” speaker more resembling a candle than any technology at first glance, is paying close attention to the search habits of senior citizens. The speaker has a built-in artificial intelligence (AI) system called Aria. A lamp at the top turns blue as it processes voice commands. Yet, it goes further […]
Africans will feel the impact of the oil and gas market crash
As African oil and gas countries struggle with Covid-19’s devastating impact on demand, two international groups seem to be celebrating it. Earlier this month, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) described the low oil prices caused by the pandemic as a “golden opportunity” for governments to phase-out […]
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Cherishing life and remembering lost ones
In this era of Covid-19, where death is menacingly lurking in the background, it is important to think about how we will be remembered when we are gone. When we are born our parents more often than not cherish certain expectations about how our lives will turn out and this is reflected mostly in the […]
Where there is smoke, there must be a fire
This past weekend’s reports of a possible cabinet reshuffle must therefore have some degree of credence to them. In theory, a cabinet reshuffle could take place at any time. It is, after all, the prerogative of the president to fire people from his executive. However, with a pandemic spreading like wildfire, a health structure that […]
Synergised action to get through Covid-19 using available data
The Covid-19 pandemic now has a firm grip on Africa. There are more than 415 000 cases and 10 000 deaths on the continent. And Africa’s worst affected country – South Africa – is reeling with close to half of those infections and over 3000 deaths. There is still no vaccine available and the only […]
INNOVATION
Disinformation Defences for content ‘Deepfakes’ an imperative
A war of words looks very different in the 21st century in a world dominated by agendas and ever more sophisticated technology. In fact, we...
EDUCATION
Interview with Khanyisa Mabala
1. Where is your hometown? Where in Johannesburg do you live?
I was born and bred in Port Elizabeth and I currently live in Midrand.
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ECONOMICS
Navigating Covid-19 and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
In South Korea, a grey “smart” speaker more resembling a candle than any technology at first glance, is paying close attention to the search...
