Tightening controls on finance sector employees

The spate of corporate scandals brought to the fore in 2017 has raised public awareness and concerns over bribery, corruption and fraud in South Africa. Coupled with heightened security, an increasing number of investigations and integration of evolving legislation,...

Africa’s mobile market remains flat

Africa’s overall mobile phone market remained flat in Q1 2018 although smartphone shipments declined for the second successive quarter, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). The global technology research and consulting...

SA startup scoops healthcare award

South African tech startup Vula Mobile has been announced as the overall winner of pharmaceutical giant Sanofi’s Afric@Tech initiative. Aligned to Sanofi’s objective of accelerating healthcare innovation, the Afric@Tech challenge invited start-ups working...

Students seek solutions to CT water crisis

Cape Town’s Day Zero may have been postponed for 2018, but for interns at the Explore Data Science Academy (EDSA) their project was an opportunity to take existing data and derive fresh insights into the city’s water crisis. The question posed to the...

Disruption needed in used car market

For the last few decades, the second-hand car market has been in a stagnant state – often associated with distrust, inefficiency and a lack of transparency – and with pre-owned car sales dominating the market, it is often the average consumer that suffers...

Modest growth for printer hardware in EMEA

Unit shipments of printer hardware to Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) grew by +3% year-on-year in Q1 2018 for only the third time in the last two years. The positive performance was largely due to increased sell-in in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) and...