The importance of cities for economic stability

The World Trade Centers Association (WTCA) has unveiled its first-ever “WTCA Trade & Investment Report: Global Connections, Local Growth” at a private event at the Foreign Policy (FP) Group Offices. The report was conducted in partnership with FP...

Seacom upgrades subsea cable system

Seacom has upgraded its key submarine network system from its Southern and Eastern African coastline landings into Europe at a total capacity of 1.5Tbps. The current upgrade is adding 500G of new capacity on the system, after a previous upgrade of 500G about 18 months...

Randvest invests in insuretech

Randvest Capital, the parent company of Randvest Technology Holdings, an investment firm owned and chaired by the former BCX co-founder and CEO Isaac Mophatlane, has invested in MyCybercare, a pure insuretech cyber insurance provider. The financial terms of the deal...

Uber, Lulaway look to drive economic opportunities

The obvious synergy between job creation engine, Lulaway, and ride hailing service, Uber, is set to accelerate economic opportunities in the country with the two organisations joining forces to create South Africa’s maiden recruitment and training centre in Cape...
Emerging tech an opportunity and threat for SA youth

Emerging tech an opportunity and threat for SA youth

The key to fighting high unemployment among the youth is to forge an alliance among businesses, educators and the youth to build the skills that lead to entry-level jobs in future growth sectors, according to Maura Feddersen, PwC Strategy and Economist.. This means...

Is SA prepared for AI?

Artificial intelligence will transform how the world lives and works and recent announcements by Google have shown just how powerful AI can become. The change is inevitable – but what steps do countries need to take today to ready themselves for an AI-driven...