World investors look to Zimbabwe

South African business, with its tendency to ‘wait and see’, could miss the boat in terms of opportunities in Zimbabwe, while international investors flock to Zimbabwe to explore new business potential there. This is according to Duncan Bonnett, director:...

Datatec warns of revenue changes

Datatec expects to post substantially different results for the year ended 28 February 2018 compared to the previous year. On 25 January 2018 Datatec announced that it had a reasonable degree of certainty that the financial results for FY18 would differ by at least...

Milky Way is hiding thousands of black holes

Astronomers have discovered evidence for thousands of black holes located near the centre of our Milky Way galaxy using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. This black hole bounty consists of stellar-mass black holes, which typically weigh between five to...

New tech will aid in drug discovery

Fujitsu Laboratories and Fujitsu have announced the development of molecular simulation technology for drug discovery that can accurately estimate binding affinity, which represents the degree to which proteins that can cause diseases (target proteins) bind to...

Technology enables better citizen connection

Public organisations should aim to connect more effectively to citizens. This is according to a global SAP survey, which finds that constituents expect services to be digitally optimised. In fact, citizens expect a retail-like experience when engaging with the public...

IoT drives new focus on value chains

South African businesses are being forced to redefine value chains as a result of the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT). This is according to Jeremy Potgieter, southern african regional manager at Eseye, who adds that digitising physical and disconnected...