The massive migration to the virtual world of government, business and learning due to Covid19 restrictions has led to serious proliferation of cyber security threats and risks. As organizations and end users we are exposed, but what can we do to protect our devices, data and environments? I spoke to expert in the field, Roberto Arico, Senior Sales Engineer for Africa at Cybereason for solutions.

The Israeli Head of Trade & Investment Talks about the homeland and cyber security event hosted by his chamber for ICT and Security companies. He also shares his society’s approach to supporting the successful startup culture in their economy.

Dr Jonathan Witt is a South African medical professional who argues that governments around the world, including South Africa, got it wrong in implementing ‘hard lockdowns’ against the Covid19 pandemic. He explains why the Covid19 infections & death rates are much lower than initially predicted and calls for a rethink on the management of the pandemic. Very compelling.

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CEO of Numsa Investment Company talks about his company 3sixtyBiomedicine’s offering hope in fighting Covid19 by bringing Covid19 therapies Remdesevir from India and from Russia Avifavir to South Africa. He says the medications are likely to be made available in the country in two weeks time. He also talks about the PPE related corruption and the lost opportunity to empower Black owned businesses.

CEO of Restaurants Association of South Africa- talks about the lockdown restrictions on the hospitality sector and the impact on operators and employees. She shares ideas of how to rebuild the severely damaged restaurant businesses.

Executive for Corporate External and Legal Affairs Microsoft South Africa- talks about the Microsoft Global Skills initiative that has been introduced in South Africa to assist unemployed people or anyone seeking to reorient or improve their skills in the digital world. The additional benefits include job opportunity searches and certifications.

ProductivitySA CEO- discusses the R104 million grant from the Department of Labour to help improve small and medium sized operational capacity. He says South Africa’s competitiveness is constrained by some policy choices that must be reviewed and explains what companies can do to improve their capacity and the assistance ProductivitySA gives to businesses to improve their performance.

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The Founder of the SMME Forum shares ideas on how the government should address the taxi industry’s demands for financial relief and the management of lockdown restrictions that affect owner operated businesses. He’s cautiously optimistic about some of the initiatives that have been developed to help create opportunities for unemployed graduates.

Athi Mthongana- The Newzroom Afrika journalist takes me through the experience of living through the recovery of Covid19. She publicly declared that she had contracted the disease in early May. Athi also criticizes the stigmatization and casual attitudes displayed towards the health safety measures against the coronavirus spread.