Africa’s future is still bright

Africa’s future is still bright

Africa’s growth outlook has changed over the last few years, but is still positive as the region remains the world’s second-fastest growth region. Six years ago when the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) first looked in detail at Africa’s diverse...
SA will battle with digitalisation

SA will battle with digitalisation

After digital born companies paved the way to growth with platform business models, small enterprises and traditional businesses are entering the digital platform market in a second wave. But the vast majority of new digital platform start-ups will fail and the gulf...
Back to normal after El Niño

Back to normal after El Niño

Not too hot, not too cold – instead, water temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean should be just around normal for the rest of 2016, according to forecasts from the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, or GMAO. With these neutral conditions, scientists...
Glimmer of hope for SA jobs

Glimmer of hope for SA jobs

South African employers report cautiously optimistic hiring intentions for the next three months, with the employment outlook standing at +9% overall. Of the 755 employers surveyed in the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey (MEOS) for the fourth quarter of 2016, 15%...
Curiosity snaps Mars vistas

Curiosity snaps Mars vistas

The layered geologic past of Mars is revealed in stunning detail in new colour images returned by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover, which is currently exploring the “Murray Buttes” region of lower Mount Sharp. Curiosity took the images with its Mast...
NASA heads for Bennu asteroid

NASA heads for Bennu asteroid

An Atlas V rocket traced a blazing arc into the Florida sky yesterday evening (8 September) to send a small robotic explorer on its way to an asteroid on a mission that scientists anticipate will reveal answers to some of the basic questions about the solar system....