EOH reports 30% revenue increase

EOH has reported that its revenues for the six months ended 31 January 2016 increased by 30% to R6,002-billion, with profit after tax (PAT) for the period  up 36% to R464-million. Headline earnings per share (HEPS) increased by 24% to R359 cents, and cash increased by...

African leaders highlight importance of STEM

African and world leaders have convened at the first-ever Next Einstein Forum Global Gathering, issuing a joint call to action for increased investment and support for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) in Africa. “The NEF Global Gathering...

Orange brand debuts in Egypt

The Orange brand has been launched in Egypt, replacing the Mobinil brand. Egypt is the latest subsidiary of the Orange Group to adopt the Orange brand and is the group’s largest operation in terms of customer numbers (33,4-million customers at the end of...

Gijima brings first IBM cloud centre to SA

IBM has opened its first cloud data centre in South Africa. The Johannesburg-based facility runs on Vodacom’s network and leverages Gijima’s SAP resources to run and manage SAP workloads for customers across Africa. The establishment of a local cloud data...

Governments lag in digital transformation

Despite the disruptive impact that digital transformation is having on organisations globally, it is still at the embryonic stage of maturity in government, according to the 2016 CIO Agenda survey by Gartner. Analytics, infrastructure and cloud computing continue to...

Shareholders prize women board members

Companies with women on their executive and supervisory boards are valued more highly by the stock markets – and investors rate the performance of the few women who climbed to the top of the career ladder in companies without a gender quota as being better than...