Get onboard with digital supremacy or become digital dependent

Get onboard with digital supremacy or become digital dependent

As the current decade comes to an end, the digital economy is approaching a critical tipping point. By 2023, IDC predicts that the global economy will finally reach “digital supremacy” with more than half of all GDP worldwide driven by products and...

MTBPS gives grim economic outlook

When Finance Minister Tito Mboweni presented his Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement yesterday, he laid out a morbid outlook for the fiscus in the absence of reforms that are now envisaged for announcement in the Budget Speech 2020. Lullu Krugel and Christie Viljoen,...

Retail Capital calls for more SME support

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivered his Medium-term Budget Policy Speech (MTBPS) yesterday on the back of skyrocketing debt that is expected to reach 60% of GDP if no intervention is made. Meanwhile, unemployment figures earlier in the week showed an 11-year high...

Growth equity fund supports ICT entrepreneurs

The Hlayisani Capital offers strategic support and capital to high-growth, high-impact entrepreneurs. The team behind Hlayisani Growth Fund – including Dr Reuel Khoza and Michael Jordaan – is adding value to a number of enterprises in southern Africa with...

Predictive maintenance can’t guarantee against big losses

As part of ongoing industrial networking (Industry 4.0), predictive maintenance is beginning to make inroads in many factories and industrial facilities – however, it’s no guarantee against major losses. In an ideal world, it would allow faults to be...

Nigeria, Ghana lead MTN growth

MTN has increased its group subscribers increased quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) by 3,5-million to 243,7-million. In its quarterly update for the period ended 30 September, the group reports that active data subscribers increased QoQ by 4,7-million to 87-million, and active...