Lexmark rebrands for the future

Lexmark rebrands for the future

Reflecting both the evolution of the company as well as its vision for the future, Lexmark International has introduced a new corporate brand and logo. “Lexmark’s rebranding represents its successful and ongoing transition to a company well beyond its hardware heritage,” says Nathan Nayagar, Lexmark MD – South Africa & English Speaking Africa.

New cleanroom to combat disease

New cleanroom to combat disease

A new R30-million cleanroom facility has been unveiled at Mintek’s Nanotechnology Innovation Centre (NIC) in Johannesburg, which will allow for the manufacture of devices that permit the rapid diagnosis of illnesses such as malaria. The early diagnosis and...
Wits physicists on standby for LHC

Wits physicists on standby for LHC

As the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva, was re-started over the weekend, physicists from the University of the Witwatersrand are preparing to further explore the frontiers of science that led to the discovery of the Higgs boson particle in 2012.

Phone usage in Africa surprises

Phone usage in Africa surprises

A survey of mobile phone usage in five African countries has delivered startling findings on the rise of Internet access via phones, the potential demise of Nokia and the continued appeal of BlackBerry. The Mobile Africa 2015 study, conducted by GeoPoll and World Wide Worx, surveyed 3 500 mobile phone users in five of Africa’s major markets – South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Uganda. The most significant finding was that Internet browsing via phones now stands at 40% across these markets, with 51% of respondents in Ghana and 47% in Nigeria reporting that they use their phones to access the Internet. South Africa lags behind at 40%, and Kenya (34%) and Uganda (29%) are slowest on the uptake.

Brands don’t understand consumers

A new study has revealed a massive perception gap between how well businesses think they are marketing and their customers’ actual experience. The US study by IBM and Econsultancy found that almost 90% of marketers agree that personalising the customer experience is...
AFP scores with new football app

AFP scores with new football app

Football fans will be able to get even closer to the teams they support in the predominant European leagues with the launch of a new app by leading news agency AFP. AFP#TweetFoot leverages the best of Twitter to follow top national football leagues in Europe,...