Seven technologies to keep an eye on

Speech recognition will reach the Plateau of Productivity within the next two years and six other technologies will reach mainstream business adoption in the next two to five years, according to the 2018 Gartner Hype Cycle for the digital workplace. “The effects...
Digital transformation moves to the intelligence era

Digital transformation moves to the intelligence era

Kathy Gibson is at SAP Now in Sandton – The digital era is now evolving into the intelligence era, as digital transformation gives rise to the intelligent enterprise. This is the word from Cathy Smith, MD of SAP Africa, who adds that this makes complexity more...

A Yen for coding

Four Western Cape learners will represent South Africa at the annual International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) which starts on Monday 3 September in Japan. The four learners are Emile Tredoux (Parklands College), Ralph McDougall (Curro Durbanville), Tian Cilliers...

Avanti launches SA-based operations

Avanti Communications Group, a leading satellite operator providing Ka-Band satellite data communications services across the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, has opened operations in South Africa. The announcement is underpinned by Avanti’s continued...

Cigarette market on the rise in Africa

A study conducted by the University of Cape Town’s Economics of Tobacco Control Project (ETCP), titled Trends in cigarette demand and supply in Africa, has found that Africa has become a prime target for tobacco companies that now see it as a major destination...

Township entrepreneurs take to global stage

A UCT Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB) teaching case study on how an entrepreneurial township business is uplifting communities around South Africa has been shortlisted in the 2018 CEEMAN Case Writing Competition. When Luvuyo Rani and his brother Lonwabo started...