Africa’s GDP could increase by $37bn with economic integration

Minister in the Presidency of South Africa, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has urged African countries to boost investment in infrastructure to encourage economic integration across the continent. Minister Dlamini-Zuma’s message was delivered by Dr Gopalan...

Steady growth for big data, business analytics

Worldwide revenues for big data and business analytics (BDA) solutions are forecast to reach $189,1-billion this year, an increase of 12% over 2018. A new update to the Worldwide Semiannual Big Data and Analytics Spending Guide from IDC also shows that BDA revenues...

DoshEx in crypto first for local retail

South African digital asset exchange DoshEx and global blockchain-based payment pioneer Pundi X have announced a strategic partnership to bring cryptocurrency to high street retailers and local consumers. In a first for South Africa’s retail market, XPOS, the...

Global solar PV market returns to double-digit growth

The global solar photovoltaic (PV) market is set to bounce back from single-digit growth in 2018 to 25% growth in 2019, reaching 129 gigawatts of solar installations, according to global business information provider IHS Markit. This revived growth comes mainly from...
Digital determination the new key to success

Digital determination the new key to success

Kathy Gibson is at IDC CIO Summit in Zimbali – In 2019, digital transformation is well advanced, with various degrees of success seen in organisations around the world. To stay ahead of the curve it’s no longer enough to just embark on digital...

Huawei aims to enable global connectivity

Kathy Gibson is at Huawei Eco-Connect 2019 – Huawei is forging ahead with its vision of becoming the technology player behind connectedness around the world – and is using its own technology to digitally transform its business. Last week, the company...