Bytes SA repurchases 27% of its shares
Bytes SA, a subsidiary of Altron, will acquire 27% of its issued share capital for R669-million from a consortium led by Kagiso Strategic Investments, which is indirectly owned by Kagiso Tiso Holdings (KTH), by way of a share repurchase. The acquisition will become...Call to root out ICT corruption
As fraud and corruption in the ICT industry reach endemic proportions, there are calls for an independent body to bring stakeholders together in a bid to chart how widespread the problem is, and to thrash out a solution. That corruption is a problem is, sadly, beyond...Samsung drops notebooks in SA
Citing a shift in consumer trends, Samsung will no longer be supplying notebooks to the South African market, effective April 2014. The decision was taken as the company has moved its focus towards solutions that are aligned with the evolution of the technology market...Hoggarth in Gijima’s sales hot seat
Gijima has named IT industry veteran Bill Hoggarth as its new chief sales officer, effective 1 May 2014. Hoggarth has over 30 years of executive, general management and sales experience in the ICT industry. He joins Gijima from Dataways, a business intelligence...Emotional intelligence key to change in SA
The learnable, measurable skills of emotional intelligence are key to performance, and now South African organisations have access to the tools that can turn the science into action. A recent multi-year case study at FedEx Express found that increasing emotional...