African business is world-class

Nov 10, 2015

The rapid development of Africa’s private sector and emergence of a new class of leading African companies were highlighted at the Initiative for Global Development’s Frontier 100 Forum, signaling a growing recognition that African businesses are moving beyond their local market to enter the world-class space.

Big data spending set to boom

Nov 10, 2015

The big data market continues to exhibit strong momentum as businesses accelerate their transformation into data-driven companies. This momentum is driving strong growth in big data-related infrastructure, software, and services. A new forecast from International Data...

SA users want service, not rewards

Nov 10, 2015

The plethora of reward-offering companies striving to retain South African customers may have to think again, as consumers seem to be more interested in good service than in sticks or carrots. These are some of the results of a large-scale study of more than 18 000...

Women at higher online risk than men

Nov 10, 2015

Research conducted by Kaspersky Lab in conjunction with B2B International found that 73% of women faced malware threats compared to 65% of men while 22% of women have suffered a financial loss as a result of cybercrime versus 19% of men. These statistics demonstrate...

Connections add value to business

Nov 10, 2015

To increase their influence, CIOs need to focus on the power, scale, and dynamics of the digital business — based on connections to people and things, interconnections and relationships, and on the value of algorithms — according to Gartner. These...