Brief uptick for new car sales

South Africa’s new vehicle industry grew 2,1% in March, with total sales of 48 534 vehicles according to the latest data from the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa. This follows a minor decline of 0,1% in February and growth of...
SA on digital transformation cusp

SA on digital transformation cusp

South African organisations are standing at the edge of digital transformation, and the next few months should see early investments come to fruition. According to a Microsoft study, 48% of South African organisations have already begun a digital transformation...

Nigeria’s PC market at nine-year low

Official PC shipments to Nigeria fell 57,1% year on year in 2016 to total 156 511 units, according to the latest figures compiled by International Data Corporation (IDC). This means the market has now fallen to its lowest levels since IDC started tracking it in Q1...

Vodacom chairman steps down

Peter Moyo, independent chairman of Vodacom, will retire and step down from the board at the forthcoming annual general meeting on 18 July 2017. He will join Old Mutual Emerging Markets as its CEO in June 2017. Moyo joined Vodacom at the company’s listing in May...
April Fools comet flyby

April Fools comet flyby

Over the weekend (1 April), comet 41P passed closer than it normally does to Earth. It is expected to reach perihelion, or its closest approach to the sun, on 12 April. Officially named 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák to honour its three discoverers, the comet was first...

Record number of leaks disclosed in 2016

The number of records compromised grew a historic 566% in 2016 from 600-million to more than 4-billion. These leaked records include data cybercriminals have traditionally targeted like credit cards, passwords and personal health information, but the 2017 IBM X-Force...