Mar 26, 2019
The Cape Town drought has powerful climate-change adaptation lessons for other South African municipalities. The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) African Centre for Cities (ACC) released a new paper, “Unpacking the Cape Town Drought: Lessons Learnt”,...
Mar 26, 2019
Bolt, an on-demand transportation platform that connects passengers with drivers across South Africa, has announced plans to launch a food delivery service. The launch is likely to see South Africa become one of the first three countries worldwide in which the service...
Mar 25, 2019
Microsoft’s termination of EOH Mthombo’s contract has become effective, and EOH is no longer a reseller of Microsoft software licences. The group today issued a SENS announcement that, on 12 March 2019, a number of EOH group companies also received a...
Mar 25, 2019
Researchers from Microsoft and the University of Washington have demonstrated the first fully-automated system to store and retrieve data in manufactured DNA – a key step in moving the technology out of the research lab and into commercial data centres. In a...
Mar 25, 2019
Digital transformation isn’t a buzz word because it sounds nice and looks good on the business CV. It is fundamental to long-term business success. IDC anticipates that 75% of enterprises will be on the path to digital transformation by 2027. However, digital...
Mar 25, 2019
Africa must digitise its economies, broaden its tax base, prevent further deterioration of fiscal and debt positions, and aim for double-digit growth to achieve the UN 2030 global goals (SDGs) and the AU Agenda 2063. This is according to the 2019 Economic Report on...
