Asda contact centre creates 250 jobs
A new contact centre for the UK’s second-largest retailer, Asda, will create 250 new jobs in Cape Town. The contact centre will be run by business process outsourcing (BPO) company Merchants, and is expected to employ 680 people by the end of 2013. The new centre will...Rand hits June notebook sales
It appears that the June sales of notebooks have been hard hit by the weakness of the rand, as buyers hold back on purchases, hoping the exchange rate might improve. This is the opinion of Christopher Riley, CEO of The Notebook Company, who says: “The rand/dollar...African rules of engagement change
The US and international investors should engage proactively with Africa’s private sector to develop the continent. This is the message from Tony Elumelu, chairman of the most diversified investment groups in Africa, part of a delegation of high profile African...FNB scoops banking app award again
FNB’s online banking platform has once again walked away with top honours in the 13th edition of the PwC survey on banking in South Africa 2013. This follows on the previous PwC survey in 2011, where FNB was also awarded first place. “The banking industry is dynamic...Cisco unveils new networking architecture
Cisco is paving the way to an application-centric infrastructure with the launch of a new data centre networking architecture. At this week’s Cisco Live in Orlando, Cisco announced a new architecture designed to transform data centres to better address the demands of...