NGOs call for tougher Climate Change Bill

In its formal response to the Department of Environmental Affairs’ proposed Climate Change Bill, the Life After Coal/Impilo Ngaphandle Kwamalahle Campaign has called for a far more robust and proactive Bill. Life After Coal is a joint campaign of non-profit...

Flexible AMOLED panels on the rise

Amid growing demand for active matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) panels for smartphones, shipments of flexible AMOLED panels are expected to account for more than 50% of total AMOLED panel shipments by 2020, says HIS Markit. The company says shipments of...

European HCP market continues to slide

The Western European printer and multifunction (MFP) market decreased by 5,8% in unit terms in 2Q18 compared with the same period a year ago, according to IDC, meaning the first half of 2018 has declined by 3,6%. This decline amounted to over 273 000 units for the...

Absa enhances security with self-sovereign identity

Absa Group has become the first African bank and only the second company on the continent to join the global Sovrin Foundation as a founding steward, giving it the technology platform to build self-sovereign digital identity capabilities for employees and clients....
IBM, Maersk digitise global supply chain

IBM, Maersk digitise global supply chain

Maersk and IBM have set up TradeLens, jointly developed by the two companies to apply blockchain to the world’s global supply chain. TradeLens is the result of a collaboration agreement between Maersk and IBM, a blockchain-enabled shipping solution designed to...

Give us the right information, say B2B buyers

Today’s customers spend around two-thirds of any business-to-business (B2B) buying journey gathering, processing and de-conflicting information. However, much of this learning happens without direct sales rep involvement, according to new research from Gartner....