Vodacom reduces environmental footprint

Vodacom is investing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, reducing waste and wastefulness, reducing its water footprint and implementing eco-friendly solutions at the core of its operations. In South Africa, the main environmental issues have been described as...

Africa Cup deadline extended

The SA Innovation Summit has extended the deadline for Africa Cup entries to 28 June 2019, giving more entrepreneurs to compete for a total of R8,5-million in investment funding. The Africa Cup is a partnership between the SA Innovation Summit, Africa’s biggest...

SA agritech delivers livestock tracking, security

More than R1-billion was lost to the South African agricultural economy in 2018 from livestock theft. According to a study released by University of South Africa (Unisa), there were more than 29 000 cases reported over the last financial year, with thousands of...

Top miners perform, but investors unimpressed

The world’s 40 largest mining companies continued to consolidate their stellar performance of the past several years by delivering steady growth in 2018 according to PwC’s Mine 2019 report released today. As a group, the Top 40 increased revenue by 8%,...

Dark data creates security blind spot

Global businesses continue to house “dark data” within their organisations, creating a honeypot for cybercriminals. This is among the findings from the Value of Data study, conducted by Vanson Bourne for Veritas, surveyed 1 500 IT decision-makers and data...

South African millennials want more

The results of the 2019 Deloitte Millennial Survey are in and one thing is clear, this generation wants more, with only 17% of the South African cohort in this year’s survey expressing uneasiness and pessimism about their careers, their lives in general, and the...