Jun 6, 2018
A black-owned electronics contract manufacturer has launched a smart factory worth R1-billion in the East London Industrial Development Zone (IDZ). Funding for Yekani Manufacturing was a concerted effort from various stakeholders including the Department of Trade...
Jun 6, 2018
Worldwide shipments of wearable devices grew 1,2% during the first quarter of 2018 (1Q18) as shipments reached 25,1-million units. According to data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker, growth for the market was...
Jun 6, 2018
South Africa’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) should nail their proudly South African colours to the mast and ditch the .com URLs that many of them use for their official web presence. “There’s a sense of renewal in the air and it’s therefore...
Jun 6, 2018
Absa’s Rise innovation hub in Cape Town has selected five black women in technology entrepreneurs to participate in an entrepreneurship assistance programme, hosted at the Cape Town facility. Despite climbing up one spot to rank 22nd in terms of gender parity,...
Jun 6, 2018
Worldwide industrial semiconductor revenues grew by 11,8% year over year, reaching $49,1-billion in 2017, according to the latest analysis from IHS Markit. Industrial electronics equipment demand was broad-based, with continued growth in commercial and military...
Jun 6, 2018
The Expropriation Act authorises government expropriation of private property for market-value compensation, writes Gary Moore, lawyer and senior researcher for the Free Market Foundation. The Constitution states that compensation for expropriation must reflect...
