Africa has experienced substantial growth in its middle class over the past 14 years, according to a study by Standard Bank. There are 15-million middle-class households in 11 of sub-Saharan Africa’s top economies this year, up from 4,6-million in 2000 and 2,4-million in 1990 – an increase of 230% over 14 years.
Africa has joined a short list of countries that will enjoy accelerated investment from SAP, to the extent of $500-million through 2020.
Well over half of the citizens of Gauteng think that South Africa is heading in the wrong direction, although Gauteng residents still enjoy a good quality of life overall. This is one of the findings from the Quality of Life Survey (QoL) 2013, conducted by the Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO). A representative sample of more than 27 000 of Gauteng’s residents were polled for the biennial survey, carried out for the third time in 2013.
January 2020 has been earmarked as the end-of-life for Windows 7, and Gartner is urging businesses to take steps now to avoid the complications experienced with the end of support for Windows XP.