Altron continues on the acquisition trail

Altron continues on the acquisition trail

Continuing on its expansion into ICT services, Altron has announced it has acquired Microsoft Gold Certified partner iS Partners for R225-million, effective 1 July. The acquisition also includes iS Partners subsidiaries Karabina Solutions and Zetta Business Solutions....
What South Africans love to buy online

What South Africans love to buy online

New research from price comparison website PriceCheck has revealed what items top the list for South Africans when they go online shopping, as well as their most prominent habits. PriceCheck has about 2,5-million people a month using its services. “South...
Tech entrepreneurs key to balancing social inequality

Tech entrepreneurs key to balancing social inequality

While South Africa has made impressive social gains since the end of apartheid, levels of poverty and inequality remain untenably high. If the country is to overcome these difficulties, it must foster an environment that encourages tech-based entrepreneurship....
Millennials wary of business, unprepared for Industry 4.0

Millennials wary of business, unprepared for Industry 4.0

Millennials and Gen Z are sounding the alarm for businesses to step up their efforts to make a positive impact on the broader world. This is the word from Deloitte’s seventh annual Millennial Survey. Deloitte’s past two surveys suggested millennials felt...
Microsoft confirms $7,5bn GitHub acquisition

Microsoft confirms $7,5bn GitHub acquisition

Microsoft’s $7,5-billion acquisition of GitHub gives the company control of the world’s biggest open source software development platform, where 28-million developers collaborate on the development of 85-million code repositories. “The era of the...
De Beers to offer synthetic diamond jewellery

De Beers to offer synthetic diamond jewellery

De Beers is gearing up to sell laboratory-grown diamond jewellery at prices much more affordable than “real” diamonds. A new company, Lightbox Jewelry, will market the new products from September, offering consumers high-quality, fashion jewellery designs...