Global IPO activity still on a decline

Last year saw a dramatic slowdown in global IPO activity, with the total value of deals plummeting by 72% to $171,2-billion. However, 2023 doesn’t look much better as high inflation, rising interest rates, and the gloomy economic outlook continue to make fundraising...
Workplace equality key to ending gender-based violence

Workplace equality key to ending gender-based violence

Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but critical for reducing gender-based violence (GBV) and promoting sustainable economic growth. This is the key finding from a new study by KPMG South Africa in partnership with the Shared Value Africa Initiative...

Cyber incidents drive shareholder value down

A major cyber incident resulted in a 9% decrease in shareholder value – over and above the market – in the year following an event. This is the headline finding from Aon’s 2023 Cyber Resilience Report, which helps business leaders benchmark their...

What Americans know about AI, security and big tech

While digital literacy is widely seen as an essential skill, Americans’ understanding of digital topics varies notably depending on the subject, according to a new report from Pew Research Centre. The report finds that Americans answer a median of five out of...

Russian spacecraft crashes into the moon

Russia’s first moon mission in 47 years has failed, after its Luna-25 spacecraft spun out of control and smashed into moon. The state space corporation Roscosmos, said on Sunday (August 20), that it had lost contact with the craft shortly after a problem...

4th Gen AMD EPYC powers Amazon EC2 instances

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has expanded its 4th Gen AMD EPYC processor-based offerings with the general availability of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) M7a and Amazon EC2 Hpc7a instances, which offer next-generation performance and efficiency for applications that...