Jun 7, 2018
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....
Jun 6, 2018
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...
Jun 5, 2018
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...
Jun 4, 2018
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...
Jun 1, 2018
Off the coast of Hawaii’s Big Island and more than 3 000 feet beneath the ocean surface lie the warm, bubbling springs of a volcano, a deep-sea location that may hold lessons for the search for extraterrestrial life. Here, NASA and its partners are blending ocean and...
May 31, 2018
Isaac Mophatlane’s Randvest has made its first big acquisition, buying up 100% of IT infrastructure company Bridging Technologies SA (BT-SA). The acquisition was effective from 1 March 2018. BT-SA, which has been in business for 35 years, specialises in data...
