Modest growth for SA services market

The South African IT services market reached a value of R47,4-billion in 2014, reflecting a year-on-year growth of 4,8%, according to the IT Services Market report released by BMI-TechKnowledge. This was in an environment of rapid convergence of IT and telecoms, which...

Retailers: protect yourselves from data breaches

Retailers have much to consider when running their business, allocating capital towards operational expenses is usually at the top of their list, but emphasis should also be placed on developing and implementing a safety and security plan that will help protect the...

Winners of the Mind2Machine challenge are …

MTN Business announced two winners of the inaugural Mind2Machine challenge at the awards ceremony that took place in Johannesburg yesterday evening. Adroit Technologies scooped the Mind2Machine Award of the Year 2015 for its app, built on the REMOTEWORX...

What will African tech look like in future?

Over the past 50 years, Internet technology has rapidly and profoundly changed the way people work, live, play and learn. The power of the Internet is allowing African citizens to do more things, from more places, faster and better. Computers, mobile devices, homes,...
Africa not for the faint-hearted

Africa not for the faint-hearted

Africa may well be the next frontier for growth and expansion for global telecom operators, but a number of major players have encountered serious challenges around the profitability of their investments in trying to establish a sustainable and economically viable footprint on the continent.

Companies are less resilient than they think

Companies tend to over-estimate how resilient they will be if disaster strikes – and this could have catastrophic effects. Risk Consultancy Control Risks has published its survey “The state of organisational resilience”. Defining resilience as the...