Monthly Archives: May 2010

Fifa fails SA again

For the second time out of as many over-the-counter sales attempts, Fifa’s ticketing systems crashed today, letting down thousands of hopefuls wanting to attend the 2010 World Cup.
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SA based German BPO expects growth on back of World Cup

Gunter Kuhn Marketing Manager at German BPO Pixel Faerie believes the World Cup is the ideal platform to showcase South Africa and more specifically Cape Town as a world class business destination.
Pixel Faerie a 70 seater Cape Town based BPO operation provides back office support services to the European market, with a strong focus [...]

Apple’s iPad debuts internationally

Apple’s iPad hit overseas store shelves today, with buyers storming Japanese and Australian shops to be among the first outside the US to snap up the long-awaited tablet PC.
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SA target Netherlands & Belgium for BPO business

Over the past 5 years the South African BPO sector has matured from a developing third world destination, into a world class operation. This change has resulted in various multinational companies outsourcing to South Africa.
At present there are a number of UK and US based operations working out of South Africa, but due to English [...]