SA-based blockchain to support ticketing app

South African-based blockchain protocol Tari expects to be leveraged by Big Neon, a new company developing a blockchain-enabled platform to modernise the ticketing industry. Big Neon plans to use the Tari digital assets protocol to manage the issuance and resale of...
Blockchain brings trust to how companies, consumers and cars connect

Blockchain brings trust to how companies, consumers and cars connect

A new IBM study estimates that 62% of automotive executives believe blockchain will be a disruptive force in the auto industry by 2021. However, the research also finds that only a small percentage of OEMs and suppliers are currently ready for blockchain or have a...

Retailers could be in for a bleak Xmas

While more South Africans participated in the Black Friday shopping event in 2018 compared to the preceding year, the average spend per consumer dropped noticeably. Lullu Krugel, Christie Viljoen, Maura Feddersen and Genevieve Frydman, PwC Strategy& economists,...

Are bots listening in to your earnings calls?

Your investors can use natural language processing and sentiment analysis to detect hidden sentiment on earnings calls. Tim Raiswell, vice-president: research and agenda manager for the Gartner Financial Strategy Initiative, outlines what companies should know....

Election uncertainty stymies GDP growth in Africa

Most African countries have a positive economic outlook, apart from those with upcoming elections, according to ICAEW’s (the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) latest report. In Economic Insight: Africa Q4 2018, the accountancy body...

Massive growth for enterprise storage

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker, vendor revenue in the worldwide enterprise storage systems market increased 19,4% year over year to $14-billion during the third quarter of 2018 (3Q18). Total...