Oct 7, 2016
Gartner says worldwide combined shipments for devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) are expected to decline 3% in 2016. This will mark the second consecutive year of decline. The global devices market fell by 0.75% in 2015. “The global devices...
Oct 7, 2016
By Kathy Gibson This week’s FNB Codefest saw 48 teams from various group companies battle it out in a 48-hour hackathon, to be one of the 10 to face a “Dragons’ Den” of business and technology judges. The Codefest event gives the banking...
Oct 7, 2016
One of Africa’s leading cellular services providers, MTN, has raised $1-billion which it says will be used for purposes of capital expenditure, to pay down working capital facilities, and for general corporate purposes. In a SENS announcement yesterday, the...
Oct 7, 2016
The National Treasury has responded to recent allegations made by Mzwanele (Jimmy) Manyi and his Decolonisation Foundation against chief procurement officer Kenneth Brown. Manyi went public with allegations that Brown had received suspiciously large amounts of money....
Oct 7, 2016
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRoC) will issue its Concluding Observations, a set of recommendations to the Government of South Africa to better protect and realise children’s rights, today (7 October). A South African Alternate...
Oct 7, 2016
Worldwide mobility revenues are forecast to grow from $1,5-trillion in 2016 to more than $1,7-trillion in 2020, according to IDC, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2,2%, or roughly $40-billion in annual revenue gains. Mobility revenues will...
