Half-a-billion wireless devices shipped

Led by mobile phones, small appliances and wearables, shipments of consumer electronics devices enabled with wireless charging rose 40% in 2017, compared to the previous year. In all, nearly 500-million devices with wireless charging shipped last year, according to...

Calling all resellers: vote for your favourites

South Africa’s IT resellers are urged to name their favourite vendors and distributors, giving them the opportunity to win one of the coveted titles in the Channelwise Awards. The annual awards recognise the vendors and distributors who best met the needs of...

What should you focus on in 2018?

Increased cloud and mobile access adoption, more focus on securing the Internet of Things (IoT), and data analytics are some of the top trends that will take centre stage in developing more intelligent, connected experiences this year. “Trusted identities will...

Call for ‘Gauteng Silicon Valley’

Government, universities and the private sector in Gauteng should harness the gains that have been made by both the public and private sector to build a mobile ecosystem and facilitate access to mobile broadband connectivity in the province. Mariana Kruger, GM:...

TFT continues strong growth

Despite slower demand from end market and panel price erosion, the large thin-film transistor (TFT) display market expanded in 2017 in all three aspects — unit shipments, area shipments and revenue. According to a new report from business information provider...

Why the sugar tax won’t bring in much …

In 2016, the National Treasury announced a Sugar Beverage Levy (SBL) on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) scheduled to take effect April 2018. Lullu Krugel, Maura Feddersen and Thabiso Mofulatsi, economists at PwC, unpacks some of the issues around the so-called sugar...