SA’s junk status weighs on new car sales

The effects of South Africa’s economy being downgraded to junk status continued to be felt in the new vehicle sales industry. New vehicle sales for May 2017, as reported by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa), saw a...

SA households slightly better off in 2016

The percentage of South African households with inadequate or severely inadequate access to food decreased from 23,9% in 2010 to 22,3% in 2016, according to the General Household Survey, 2016 from Statistics South Africa. The percentage of households that experienced...

Number of enterprise mobile apps stagnates

More than a quarter of organisations globally have not built, customised or virtualised any mobile apps in the last 12 months, according to the latest mobile app survey by Gartner. This number is surprisingly high, say Gartner analysts, but it is still down from the...

Telcos must transform to win in IoT

Kathy Gibson reports from the MTN IoT Conference in Sandton – Telecommunications operators are going to be key players in connecting the Internet of Things (IoT) – but they will have to change their operations somewhat to address the massive market...
SA leads in IoT applications

SA leads in IoT applications

Kathy Gibson reports from the MTN IoT Conference in Sandton – South African companies are well ahead of the game when it comes to Internet of Things (IoT) applications. This is the word from Mariana Kruger, GM: private sector at MTN Business, who believes unique...

Countdown to dotAfrica Landrush Phase

With less than 100 hours to go until the end of the .africa Sunrise Phase, the general public will soon be able to compete for valuable and premium .africa domain names when the .africa Landrush Phase begins on 5 June 2017. Already, significant successes have been...