Africa leads people growth

The world population will reach 9,8-billion in 2050, up 31% from an estimated 7,5-billion now. Africa’s population will more than double to 2,6-billion and account for more than half (57%) of the global population increase. This is according to projections...

Jasco moves into distribution

Jasco Group has launched a new business division, Jasco Distributors, to distribute value-added products to end users via resellers. Victor De Abreu, director of the newly-formed Jasco Distributors, says: “The new line of business will provide resellers with...

Intel CEO quits Trump council

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has resigned from President Donald Trump’s American Manufacturing Council following the Charlottesville rally this weekend, and the administrations’ reaction to it. “I resigned to call attention to the serious harm our...

Information security spending set for 7% growth

Worldwide spending on information security products and services will reach $86,4-billion in 2017, an increase of 7% over 2016, with spending expected to grow to $93-billion in 2018, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. Within the infrastructure protection...

DPO builds major SA payment provider

The Direct Pay Online (DPO) Group plans to create the leading payments service provider in South Africa following its acquisition of the Virtual Card Services (VCS) Group, PayThru and PayGate. The acquisition of VCS South Africa follows the purchase VCS Namibia and...

Female leadership drives board diversity

Women are still largely under-represented on corporate boards, despite continued efforts to improve boardroom gender diversity. The fifth edition of Deloitte Global’s Women in the Boardroom: A Global Perspective publication explores the efforts of more than 60...