Counting the cost of the pandemic in lost trade

Counting the cost of the pandemic in lost trade

Commonwealth countries are estimated to have lost up to $345-billion worth of trade in 2020, including $60-billion in intra-Commonwealth trade. This is according to 2021 Commonwealth Trade Review on “Energising Commonwealth Trade in a Digital World: Paths to...
Richard Branson completes journey to space

Richard Branson completes journey to space

Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity, with company founder Richard Branson on board, has successfully reached space, completing the company’s fourth rocket-powered spaceflight. Yesterday’s flight was the 22nd test flight of VSS Unity and the first test flight...
Expect a surge in coastal flooding, says NASA

Expect a surge in coastal flooding, says NASA

High-tide floods – also called nuisance floods or sunny day floods – are already a familiar problem in many coastal cities. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported a total of more than 600 floods in US coastal towns in 2019....
SAIGA says proper financial systems could have saved wasted R26bn

SAIGA says proper financial systems could have saved wasted R26bn

The Southern African Institute of Government Auditors (SAIGA) has described the latest general report on local government audit outcomes – which shows that local government finances have reached R26-billion in irregular expenditure in the 2019-20 financial year...
Dedicated cloud IaaS market set for 100-times growth

Dedicated cloud IaaS market set for 100-times growth

Digital transformation (DX) is one of the trends shaping the enterprise world and driving the investments organisations are making to modernise their IT infrastructures and processes. Migration to service-based IT is one of the significant elements of DX initiatives...

The rise of 5G and its impact on the next normal

Kathy Gibson reports – A massive 1-million 5G subscriptions are going to be added every day this year, taking the total to 580-million users by the end of 2021. Todd Ashton, vice-president and head of Ericsson South and East Africa, points out that 5G growth is...