IT, telecom spend set to slow

Worldwide spending on traditional hardware, software, services, and telecommunications is on course for growth of 3,7% this year in constant currency, slightly down from last year’s 4,2% growth, and will reach $4-trillion in 2018, according to the latest release...

International tourism on the rise

International tourist arrivals grew 6% in the first four months of 2018, compared to the same period last year, not only continuing the strong 2017 trend but exceeding UNWTO’s forecast for 2018. Growth was led by Asia and the Pacific (8%) and Europe (7%). Africa...

Challenge is on for local app developers

The seventh edition of the MTN Business App of the Year Awards has kicked off, with local developers invited to take up the challenge. Wanda Matandela, chief enterprise business officer at MTN Business SA, says that promoting the development of home grown apps is all...

New CFO for Telkom

Tsholofelo Molefe has been appointed as the new chief financial officer of Telkom. She takes over from Deon Fredericks, who will take up the position of chief investment officer from 30 June 2018. Molefe, a qualified chartered accountant, joined Telkom on 1 July 2016...

Leaders dominate public cloud market

The worldwide public cloud services market grew 29% in 2017, reaching a total of $117-billion, according to results from the second-half 2017 release of the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Public Cloud Services Tracker. While the overall...

Support structures help keep youth employed

Not only is youth unemployment an ongoing problem for South Africa, at 38,2%, but a staggering 30% of young peope who begin employment leave their jobs within the first three months of being employed. A study of youth selected from a database of jobseekers by Lulaway...