Culture hacks for digital transformation

What if, after the second time someone tabled a decision, the meeting was automatically over? What if you replaced all Powerpoint presentations with short memos? What if, instead of talking about how a drone could reshape the supply chain, you demonstrated a test...
Countering the risks on SA’s road to renewables

Countering the risks on SA’s road to renewables

On the African continent, there is appetite for major infrastructure developments that are only hampered by challenges of capacity, whereas the picture is almost inverse in South Africa at present. “We are sitting on a GDP growth rate of 1,5% at present that...

Consumer spending to hit $1,3trn

Consumer spending on technology is forecast to reach $1,32-trillion in 2019, an increase of 3,5% over 2018. According to the inaugural Worldwide Semiannual Connected Consumer Spending Guide from International Data Corporation (IDC), consumer purchases of traditional...

Africa and the Blue Economy challenge

African businesses are being challenged to wake up to the economic, social and environmental power of the Blue Economy. Momentum is gathering for companies based in Africa’s coastal nations to fully recognise and understand the benefits of backing a Blue...

Last chance to enter SuperTeacher competition

South African teachers with a special interest in the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the educational environment have until this Monday, 13 May, to enter the 2019 ISPA SuperTeacher of the Year Competition. That’s according to...

Could time travel be possible?

Researchers have demonstrated that time travel is possible – although only by one particle for a tiny fraction of a second. Using an IBM 5-qubit quantum computer and a time-travel algorithm, the team was able to reverse the age of a particle by a millionth of a...