UCT retains top 10 spot in emerging economies

UCT has held its position at ninth in the 2019 Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings and is the top university in Africa. South Africa has nine universities in the Emerging Economies Rankings, up from eight last year, and retains seven in...

Elisabeth Moreno is HP’s new VP, MD for HP Inc Africa

HP Inc has announced the appointment of Elisabeth Moreno as the new MD for HP Inc Africa, effective immediately. Based in Johannesburg, Moreno replaces David Rozzio who will lead HP Inc’s Central Europe cluster. In her new role, Moreno will be responsible for...

A more convenient, less expensive way to send money

Kathy Gibson reports – South Africa is the most expensive G20 country to send money from – it costs about 15% to send $200.00, which is more than double the global average. This is according to studies by the World Bank, which also finds that about 68% of...

Cyber risk a core concern for business

In the wake of mega data breaches and privacy scandals, major IT outages and the introduction of tighter data protection rules in the European Union, South Africa and other countries, cyber risk is now a core concern for businesses in 2019 and beyond. According to the...

Retailers embrace intelligent automation

IBM has announced the latest findings of a study into the Retail & Consumer Industry and launched new AI-powered innovations to help the retail industry accelerate customer experience by providing tools designed to optimise worker and business performance. At the...

Heightened risk will characterise 2019

One of the most important trends to emerge in recent years is that it is increasingly difficult to identify individual risks in isolation. This is the view of Michael Davies, CEO of ContinuitySA, who adds: “We live in an increasingly connected world, which means...