Jul 6, 2017
South Africa’s low growth economy presents small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with a number of challenges, not least of which is how to balance the need to grow and preserve cash reserves for future use in business. Managing investment risk while retaining...
Jul 6, 2017
Nokia and Xiaomi have signed a business collaboration agreement and a multi-year patent agreement, including a cross license to each company’s cellular standard essential patents. Xiaomi has also acquired patent assets from Nokia as part of the transaction....
Jul 6, 2017
The global active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) panel market is forecast to surge 63% in 2017 from a year ago to $25,2-billion on growing demand for AMOLED panels in the smartphone and TV industries, according to IHS Markit. “Growing use of AMOLED...
Jul 6, 2017
More than 160 out-of-school, unemployed or self-employed young women between the ages of 18 and 35 have graduated from the Junior Achievement South Africa (JA South Africa) Youth Enterprise Development Programme 2017. The Mastercard-funded initiative empowers women to...
Jul 5, 2017
Just days after celebrating its first anniversary in Jupiter orbit, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will fly directly over Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, the gas giant’s iconic, 16 000-km storm. Taking place on 10 July, this will be humanity’s first up-close...
Jul 5, 2017
Worldwide shipments of PCs, tablets and smartphones are expected to exceed 2,3-billion units in 2017, a decline of 0,3% from 2016, according to Gartner. The market is forecast to return to growth in 2018 with a 1,6% per cent increase in shipments. “Overall, the...
