Author Archives: docmedia

Thought Council: Township businesses, social media use, SA on ICC

Communications Professional and Founder of PR Powerhouse Lebo Madiba speaks about starting more e-commerce based businesses that cater to townships,  Mongezi Mtati’s topic looks on how to build yourself up as a brand by using digital and social media and political commentator Mapaseka Muroa speaks on how and why it is important for Africa to utilise […]

Technology will help drive economic recovery

Big data and cloud technology offer a chance to build a modern, customised offering and accelerate the revival of critical sectors. Tourism, for example. Our battling tourist sector needs to recover as quickly as possible for our economic health. Tourism played a significant role in the South African economy, pre-pandemic. Inbound tourism generated R82,5 billion in […]

Salesforce, AWS extended partnership creates opportunities to accelerate digital transformation

Cloud enterprise technology company, BlueSky, will be spearheading the rollout of revolutionary new intelligent applications that will rapidly accelerate digital transformation in South Africa. Two of the world’s leading cloud providers, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Salesforce, announced a significant development in their global strategic partnership. The partnership will make it possible for large businesses […]

Solidarity needed to hold off third wave this Easter

The South African Covid-19 Modelling Consortium Epidemic Explorer, an open access website, has provided data that showed Covid-19 infections were down prior to Easter and stakeholders were working to keep it that way. The website was built to analyse the resurgence risk, present metrics to prepare for future outbreaks, and monitor Covid-19 hospital admissions. It […]

OPPO’s plan to become the biggest smartphone brand in South Africa

OPPO is working hard to establish a prominent, permanent presence in the South African smartphone market. This is according to Head of Go-to-market and Operations at OPPO South Africa Liam Faurie, who recently spoke to MyBroadband following the launch of the company’s Reno5 5G smartphone in the country. Faurie’s previous roles included a term of […]