Business not ready for digitisation
There can be no doubt that digitisation is changing almost every business in the world – but business leaders still don’t have hard and fast plans for embracing the rapid changes taking place. A new study, “The Information Generation: Transforming the Future. Today”,...
Africa ripe for SME growth
Despite the recent prediction by the World Bank that economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa will slow in 2015, the region is still home to one of the fastest-growing middle classes in the world. As a result, there are vast opportunities on the continent for progressive...
IoT set to impact supply chain
The Internet of Things (IoT) is set to generate $8-trillion worldwide in value at stake over the next decade, from five primary drivers: innovation and revenue ($2,1-trillion); asset utilisation ($2,1-trillion); supply chain and logistics ($1,9-trillion); employee...
SA slips in ICT rankings
South Africa has fallen even further in the global ICT readiness stakes, according to the 2015 edition of The Global Information Technology released by the World Economic Forum (WEF). The country fell from a dismal number 70 out of 143 countries to 75 in the 2015 Networked Readiness Index. Although South Africa performed well in its policy and regulatory framework score, ranked at number 24, other areas didn’t perform so well. South Africa was ranked 55 for its business and innovation environment; 85 for its infrastructure; 107 for affordability; 95 in terms of skills; 68 for individual usage; 34 for business usage; 105 for government usage; 58 for economic impact; and 110 for social impact.
Curiosity finds water in Mars soil
Martian weather and soil conditions that NASA’s Curiosity rover has measured, together with a type of salt found in Martian soil, could put liquid brine in the soil at night. Perchlorate identified in Martian soil by the Curiosity mission, and previously by NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander mission, has properties of absorbing water vapour from the atmosphere and lowering the freezing temperature of water.