New hub will streamline Gauteng logistics

Plans are afoot to build a new logistics hub in Gauteng to streamline the movement of freight through South Africa and into the rest of the continent. This movement of freight it part of the government’s Strategic Infrastructure Projects (SIP) of the...

Greenpeace aims for sustainable power in Africa

Greenpeace Africa is concentrating its efforts on promoting sustainable development with particular emphasis on policies that support investment and development in clean renewable energy. This is the word from the new executive director of Greenpeace International,...

Wearables to drive flexible displays

As the popularity and penetration of wearable and mobile devices increase, so too will demand for innovative flexible displays. In fact, revenue from flexible displays is expected to increase more than 300%, from just $3,7-billion in 2016 to $15,5-billion in 2022....

Sky’s the limit for future smart devices

New sensors and engines will make smartphones and smartwatches of the future capable of feats that are hardly imaginable from today’s perspective. This is the assumption made by Raimund Hahn, CEO of Rhino Inter Group, a wholesale group for electronic devices. He...

Data availability drives digital business

Nowadays the notion of running a live business is important – the days when companies could take years to develop and implement software systems are long gone. And the systems that were being deployed in these circumstances didn’t allow the business to...
A data centre in six weeks

A data centre in six weeks

New cloud service provider and cloud broker Node Africa has demonstrated how viable the notion that Africa can and should be a “cloud-first” continent truly is. In just six weeks the company was able to deploy a complete greenfield data centre...