Africa will thrive with partnerships

The 17th Session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa (RCM-Africa) kicked off in Addis Ababa with calls for better co-ordination in the implementation of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the global Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030). The...

FlySafair doesn’t plan to have an app soon

While FlySafair has launched a new responsive web site, the airline says that they won’t be developing a mobile app until it believes this will add true value to the consumer and their business. “We are a low cost airline, which means that everything we do...

Mobile commerce wins in emerging markets

E-commerce is seeing very fast growth in Africa, and much of this is coming from smartphone transactions. These are among the findings from PayU’s analysis of the transaction trends and potential of the 16 growth markets. “Ecommerce growth within emerging...

Convergence drives systems sales

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Converged Systems Tracker, the worldwide converged systems market increased revenue 8,5% year over year to $3,1-billion during the fourth quarter of 2015 (4Q15). The market generated 1 547...

Milk shortages add to cost pressures

As consumers continue to grapple with high food prices triggered by the recent drought and the ailing economy, milk will soon be added to their list of costly staple foods. Dairy farmers are currently facing production shortages and will likely run into supply issues...

In-app advertising to dominate on mobile

A new study released by IHS and Facebook’s Audience Network found that by 2020 in-app native advertising revenue will generate almost two-thirds (63,2%) of mobile display advertising revenue and will amount to $53,4-billion. Mobile advertising has grown faster...