May 11, 2017
Despite the societal impact of a rapidly growing aging population struggling with loneliness, a recent study by IBM finds there is also a tremendous opportunity for new and existing organisations to create solutions that improve how older adults engage with the...
May 10, 2017
Mark Davison at Dell EMC World in Las Vegas – Michael Dell, chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies still remembers when his father brought home one of the first calculators and how he thought the device “was magic”. But he’s even more amazed by the magic currently...
May 9, 2017
SMEs are learning from each other as they share ideas in a mobilised economy. These are some of the findings from the Future of Business Survey, and ongoing collaboration between Facebook, the OECD, and the World Bank. So far, almost 200 000 SMEs in 40 countries have...
May 8, 2017
With two suns in its sky, Luke Skywalker’s home planet Tatooine in Star Wars looks like a parched, sandy desert world – but this could be quite different in real life. Thanks to observatories such as NASA’s Kepler space telescope, we know that two-star...
May 5, 2017
Kathy Gibson reports from the World Economic Forum on Africa in Durban – It’s only a couple of years ago that the Africa was being touted as the growth engine of the world – but in 2016 the continent experienced its worst growth rates in 20 years. Former high-flyers...
May 3, 2017
Kathy Gibson reports from the World Economic Forum on Africa in Durban – Continuing his charm offensive, Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba has assured government and business leaders that South Africa will follow the fiscal policies outlined in the last budget....
