BTTC looks to resolve renewable energy challenges

Though renewable energy solutions have become less costly than coal, electricity generation in developing countries like South Africa remains coal-based. This was one of the critical talking points which arose during the panel on Energy Research at the recent 10th...

Bringing Liberty to book

Liberty claims that it is in control of its technology and data infrastructure after a massive data breach, but the fact that hackers could extract data undetected is alarming. Cybercriminals are now claiming a ransom to not release the information of Liberty’s...
How people are driving the intelligent enterprise

How people are driving the intelligent enterprise

Kathy Gibson is at SAP SuccessConnect in Berlin – People technology is at the centre of human resources (HR) today – and HR is increasingly recognised as a crucial driver of the business overall. This is the word from Greg Tombs, president of SAP...
Online sales of tech consumer goods soar in SA

Online sales of tech consumer goods soar in SA

E-commerce retailers grew their share of the South African technical consumer goods market by 52% in 2017, accounting for 6.9% of total consumer spending by rand value for the year. This means they have nearly doubled their share of the market since 2015, according to...

Amazon expands infrastructure into Africa

Amazon CloudFront has expanded into Africa with its first PoP on the continent – a new Edge location in Johannesburg. “Since launching Amazon CloudFront in November 2008, we’ve been continuously expanding our infrastructure footprint around the world...

She works hard for her money, so pay her on time

Women fight inequality and discrimination every day. They fight for equal pay for equal work. They challenge gender stereotypes in their careers and personal lives. They question unfair social and political norms. They unify under passionate causes, evidenced recently...