Netflix, Amazon invest in higher resolution

Amazon and Netflix are not only acquiring documentaries and films, but are also heavily involved in producing their own content using UHD technologies. According to a white paper released by IHS Markit, subscription video on demand (SVoD) services have among the...

How to calculate your tax

Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, released updated tax tables on the 22 February as is customary in the budget speech towards the end of each government financial year. Cathie Webb, director of the South African Payroll Association, offers guidelines on how to...
6m years since black hole’s last meal

6m years since black hole’s last meal

For the supermassive black hole at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy, it’s been a long time between dinners. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has found that the black hole ate its last big meal about 6-million years ago, when it consumed a large clump of...

Banks ramp up spending on security

Financial institutions are under pressure to ramp up security, with trends such as the increased take-up of mobile banking putting banks’ IT infrastructure defenses at growing risk of cyber-attack. Increasingly, customers are playing an important role in...

Is edtech going to be the next fintech?

In the first quarter of 2016, the fintech industry boasted an unprecedented global investment of $5,3-billion – and this trend is showing no signs of slowing down as investors and venture capitalists grapple to find out what’s next. Now edtech is moving...

Crowdfunding set to take off in Africa

Africa has caught the attention of those in the ever-evolving crowdfunding sector. A recent report published by the University of Cambridge Judge Business School analyses the current position of Africa on the world’s alternative finance stage. The Africa and...