African banking is exciting and profitable

African banking is exciting and profitable

Africa’s banking markets are among the most exciting in the world. The continent’s overall banking market is the second-fastest-growing and second most profitable of any global region, and a hotbed of innovation. This is according to a new report on...
SA’s take-home pay sees modest increase

SA’s take-home pay sees modest increase

South Africans took home more money in January 2018, although the income growth was slightly slower than previous months, according to BankservAfrica’s January Take-home Pay and Private Pensions indices. The BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index shows average...
SA leads in economic crime

SA leads in economic crime

By Kathy Gibson – South Africa has the dubious distinction of leading the world when it comes to economic crime, which has now reached 77% – its highest level in 10 years. This is against a backdrop of rising levels of reported economic crime worldwide,...
Will R1trn education spend be effective?

Will R1trn education spend be effective?

The education of South Africa’s youth was highlighted as one of the top three national priorities in Finance Minister’s Malusi Gigaba’s 2018 budget speech – but the jury is still out on how effective the R1-trillion going to education will be....
AI touted as solution to complex threats

AI touted as solution to complex threats

Malware sophistication is increasing as adversaries begin to weaponise cloud services and evade detection through encryption, using it as a tool to conceal command-and-control activity. To reduce adversaries’ time to operate, security professionals will...
Study quantifies Antarctic ice loss

Study quantifies Antarctic ice loss

A NASA study based on an innovative technique for crunching torrents of satellite data provides the clearest picture yet of changes in Antarctic ice flow into the ocean. The findings confirm accelerating ice losses from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and reveal...