Clicks’ retail trading was further affected by aggressive competitor discounting during the festive season. (Image source: Clicks) Pharmacy retail giant Clicks’ retail revenue has been negatively impacted by delays in implementing a warehouse management system at the company’s distribution centre in Cape Town. This emerged yesterday when Clicks published its interim financial results for the…
Nairobi — President William Ruto has urged African countries to mobilise domestic capital to finance infrastructure development, warning that continued reliance on foreign funding is slowing down progress and undermining the continent’s long-term development agenda. Speaking during the opening of the Africa We Build Summit in Nairobi, Ruto said Africa’s development ambitions risk remaining unfulfilled…
Apple’s long-rumoured entry into the foldable smartphone market is facing renewed scrutiny as conflicting reports emerge regarding its development timeline. While some sources suggest engineering hurdles could push the launch back, others maintain that the device remains on track for a late 2026 debut. Read: ShopriteX debuts Pixie, an AI assistant for Sixty60 According to…
Delta Air Lines has cut off special services for members of Congress at airports, as the industry continues to feel the effects of the government’s failure to pay Transportation Security Administration workers. On Tuesday morning, Delta issued a statement saying it would temporarily suspend specialty services for members of Congress “due to the impact on…
US President Donald Trump (R) and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrive for a joint press conference at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on February 25, 2020. (Photo by Prakash SINGH / AFP) (Photo by PRAKASH SINGH/AFP via Getty Images) Prakash Singh | Afp | Getty Images India’s trade negotiators will reschedule their planned visit…
Bongani Shezi, strategic information systems specialist and ICT transformation leader. By the end of this piece, you’ll have a simple test: seven signals that tell you whether a public sector information system (IS) implementation will land − or leak value. Think of them as evidence gates. Public sector IS initiatives rarely fail because the technology…
South Africa’s switchover to digital TV project is over 10 years behind schedule. (Image source: 123RF, created via GenAI) While South Africa’s long-delayed digital migration project continues to linger, valuable spectrum remains locked up in outdated plansand there is no clear end in sight, say analysts. The International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU’s) deadline for migration, when…
An overwhelming majority of U.S. adults are satisfied with their health insurance coverage overall, including most older Americans and those on Medicare and Medicaid, according to a new NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey. But there is an undercurrent of frustration in the findings, too, with nearly one-quarter of respondents saying they’d been…
A cyberattack targeting check-in and boarding systems has disrupted air traffic and caused delays at several of Europe’s major airports, officials said Saturday, though the initial impact appeared to be limited. The disruptions to electronic systems initially reported at Brussels, Berlin’s Brandenburg and London’s Heathrow airports meant that only manual check-in and boarding were possible….
Maia Davies and Joe Tidycyber correspondent Watch: Sea of people seen at Brussels airport Heathrow is among several European airports hit by a cyber-attack affecting an electronic check-in and baggage system. The airport warned of possible delays due to a “technical issue” affecting software provided by Collins Aerospace to several airlines. Brussels Airport said a…
