Wits PhD student cracks high-dimensional quantum code

Wits PhD student cracks high-dimensional quantum code

Isaac Nape, an emerging South African talent in the study of quantum optics, is part of a team of Wits physicists who led an international study that revealed the hidden structures of quantum entangled states. The study was published in Nature Communications, on...

Economic freedom allows better income mobility

Economic freedom enhances income mobility while the poor in unfree nations have fewer opportunities to escape poverty and build prosperity. This is among the findings of a study released today by the Free Market Foundation (FMF) in conjunction with Canada’s...

African mobile phone market recovery still on track

Smartphone shipments into Africa grew 13,2% year on year in Q2 2021 to total 22,8-million devices, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). The Worldwide Quarterly Global Mobile Phone Tracker shows that feature phone shipments...

Emerging markets lead global phone recovery

While the supply chain situation hasn’t drastically improved, the global smartphone market has shown positive results in recent quarters. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, shipments of smartphones are...

AI investments set to accelerate

Businesses and organisations across all industries are increasing their investment in artificial intelligence (AI) to create competitive advantage through improved customer insight, greater employee efficiency, and accelerated innovation. The new Worldwide Artificial...

Electric vehicle sales see triple-digit growth

During the first half (H1) of 2021, 2,6-million electric vehicles (EVs) were sold on a global basis, up 160% on H1 2020, according to Canalys’s latest report. EVs include fully electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The growth of EV sales far...