World Economic Forum for Africa: it’s a wrap

Kathy Gibson is at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town – With violence against women top of the South African mind this week, it’s appropriate that one of the initiatives adopted by the World Economic Forum tackles this issue. Borge Bunde, president of the...

Driving the African economy forward

Kathy Gibson is at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town – Africa is still growing faster than the rest of the world, but needs to shake off a dependence on commodities to embrace digitalisation and unlock greater potential. Lesetja Kganyago, governor...

Business success linked to digital employee experience

High growth companies that invest more in the digital employee experience are more likely to achieve business growth, have a progressive culture, retain talent and be rated as a top place to work by their employees. This is according to VMWare’s latest annual...

First server contraction in nine quarters

According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, vendor revenue in the worldwide server market declined 11,6% year over year to just over $20-billion during the second quarter of 2019 (2Q19). Worldwide server shipments declined 9,3% year over year to just...

The future of wearables is medical

Wearable technology and medical devices have many prominent synergies. Electronic devices on the body are perfectly placed for sensors to collect data relevant to healthcare, with communication options allowing them to be the gateway to digital health data. Common...

Something for the history buffs …

It may come as a surprise to many that today, 6 September, marks the day in which an electric car set a new speed record for the first time – 6 September 1900, to be precise. On this date, Andrew L Riker managed to achieve a speed of 46,47km/h, beating out his...