MTN expects better earnings for 2018

MTN is confident that it will announce improved earnings for the year ended 31 December. In a trading statement today, the company advises shareholder that it expects to report an improvement of at least 20% or 36.4 cents and 49.2 cents respectively in both headline...

Chinese OEMs prominent in semiconductor buying

Samsung Electronics and Apple remained the top two semiconductor chip buyers in 2018, representing 17,9% of the total worldwide market, according to Gartner. This is a 1,6% decrease compared with the previous year. However, the top 10 OEMs increased their share of...

Tips for provisional tax payers

The second provisional tax return for the tax year 1 March 2018 to 28 February 2019 is due the end of this month. The second provisional return is “backward looking”, where taxpayers square up with SARS. This is different from the first provisional return,...

ContinuitySA keeps global firm up and running

ContinuitySA has completed a comprehensive business continuity management and crisis management plan for a major construction industry player. Originally slated to take 18 months, the project was completed in only 11 and under budget, a notable feat for a solution...

Finance professionals not up to date on tech

Most finance teams and professionals are not evolving their skills fast enough to account for the impact of artificial intelligence (AI), robotic process automation and other technologies. This is according to the study “Re-inventing finance for a digital...
Curiosity measures a Martian mountain’s gravity

Curiosity measures a Martian mountain’s gravity

Apollo 17 astronauts drove a moon buggy across the lunar surface in 1972, measuring gravity with a special instrument. There are no astronauts on Mars, but a group of clever researchers realised they have just the tools for similar experiments with the Martian buggy...