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Top 5 Tech Sectors Expected to Explode in the Next 5 Years
/* custom css */ .tdi_4_a29.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_a29.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Five key tech sectors will explode in usage, expected to enjoy a combined growth of more than 400% over the next five years, according to market reports. These innovation pacesetters – nanotechnology, AI, Digital Twins, genomics and other biotech life sciences – attracted a combined $892.63 billion of investment in 2020, set to rocket to $2.44 trillion by 2025. Paul Stannard, Chairman of the Vector Innovation Fund (VIF) – an international alternative investment vehicle for advancing enabling technologies globally – said: /* custom css */ .tdi_3_519.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_519.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } “These top five tech growth sectors are the ones ...
6 Great Ways Leaders Can Keep Staff Connected While Working Remotely
Image sourced from EmployeeConnect. /* custom css */ .tdi_4_365.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_365.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Over the past year, many South African businesses and their employees were thrown head-first into the world of remote working for the first time. Some employers found this new approach has enabled them to reduce operating costs and increase productivity. Meanwhile, many employees enjoy the flexibility of their new working arrangements. Yet, some business leaders who have transitioned to a remote workforce feel like something is missing. /* custom css */ .tdi_3_6ae.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_6ae.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } After a prolonged period of working from home, many employees may begin to feel lonely and disconne...
4 Exciting Insights into How E-Commerce is Creating Jobs in Ghana
In 2020, the unemployment rate in Ghana was at approximately 4.51% of the total labor force. The unemployment rate is the percentage of a country’s labour force that is without jobs but are available to work and actively seeking employment. This is an increment from 4.16% in 2018 and 4.22% in 2019. Graduates from tertiary education, all genders in Ghana was reported at 10,9874 Persons in 2018 and this number increases year on year. Maybe in comparison to other developing countries, this seems like it’s encouraging. /* custom css */ .tdi_3_2c7.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_2c7.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } However, if we take a closer look at the active labour force of Ghana which stood at almost 13-million in 2020, we begin to get a clear picture of how discouraging thi...
3 Important Reasons for African SMEs to Revise their Business Models Post-COVID
Image sourced from CodeXtra Trends, /* custom css */ .tdi_4_3b6.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_3b6.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } For every company, innovation is tremendously important, but in many cases, innovation is only associated with new products or technical renewals. However, business model innovations can be significantly more profitable, and current pandemic-driven changes in customer behaviour and technological innovations have created a window of opportunity for companies to explore new business models. Every company has a business model, but at times, this must change to ensure the company’s ongoing success and ultimately, its survival. /* custom css */ .tdi_3_a9d.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_a9d.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Even minor ...
5 Intriguing Business Ideas for You to Make Extra Money After Work
/* custom css */ .tdi_4_0ab.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_0ab.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Additional income is an important way to provide more financial security for yourself and your family. It likewise allows you to achieve your goals faster or afford certain items or holidays that were just out of reach before. These ideas below are not just for once-off boosts in income, they are intended for those who are looking for new permanent sources of income, both additional and main. This collection contains ideas from different areas so that people from many walks of life and interests can find a suitable option for themselves. /* custom css */ .tdi_3_dd2.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_dd2.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Perhaps you already have an idea...
The 20 Best Rock Songs by Pop Stars
Olivia Rodrigo may be a teenage pop star who works for Disney and first scaled the Hot 100 with a piano-driven ballad, but her second No. 1 of 2021, “Good 4 U,” is a surprisingly feisty pop-punk song. And Sour’s even harder-rocking opener “Brutal” is currently ascending Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart. Rock music has been deeply intertwined with American pop ever since early rockers like Little Richard and Bill Haley started scaling the charts. But since the ‘80s, Top 40 radio has largely favored sleeker tracks with synthesizers, drum machines, and influences from genres like dance music, R&B, and hip-hop, with only occasional bursts of electric guitar and live drums. Plenty of rockers have become pop stars, from Pat Benatar to Bruce Springsteen, but there are also pop stars who ...
6 Surprising Future Tech Norms Shaped by the Pandemic
Image sourced from Texas News Today The move to handling essential elements of everyday life online, prompted by the global COVID-19 pandemic, will remain a fundamental reality for people around the world long after the pandemic has passed, a comprehensive new consumer report by Ericsson predicts. The Future Urban Reality, the Ericsson ConsumerLab report is Ericsson’s largest consumer study to date. It reveals key insights about what consumers believe will happen beyond the pandemic to the year 2025. Representing the equivalent opinions of 2.3-billion consumers across 31 markets worldwide, the report predicts that consumers will not only continue to manage routine activities – such as remote work, e-learning, e-health and online grocery shopping – online but will also add an average of 2.5...
IT Teams Facing Cyber Threats in 2020 – 5 Vital Insights
Image sourced from CIO. “Around the world, 2020 was an unprecedented year for IT teams,” said Chester Wisniewski, principal research scientist, Sophos. IT professionals played a vital role in helping organizations to keep going despite the restrictions and limitations necessitated by COVID-19. Among other things, they enabled education institutions to move learning online, retailers to switch to online transactions, healthcare organizations to deliver digital services and care under incredibly tough circumstances, and ensured public entities could continue to provide essential services. Much of this will have been done at high speed, with limited equipment and resources available and while facing a rising tide of cyberattacks against the network, endpoints and employees. To say things were...
Roger Waters’ 8 Most Incendiary Quotes
It’s been over 35 years since ex-Pink Floyd bassist and lyricist Roger Waters left the band that made him famous, but he’s still finding ways to keep himself busy. Outspoken and irreverent, Waters’ career as a solo musician has been underscored by his shocking quotes about world politics, whether he’s defending Palestine or lashing out at Donald Trump. Amid creative differences, the founding member left Pink Floyd in 1985. Since then, he’s put music under his own name pretty steadily, from his 1992 art rock opus Amused to Death to his classical works like Ça Ira. But no matter what he’s working on in the music world, Waters always has time to speak his mind — for better or for worse. Related Video Below, we’ve rounded up just eight of his most incendiary quotes over the past year and a hal...
