Jul 8, 2015
South African universities have failed to gain a place in the QS University Ranking for BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries. The ranking compares the top 400 institutions in the five major emerging national economies. The ranking was published shortly after the Chinese Parliament ratified the creation of the BRICS Development Bank. The agreement had already been ratified in India and Russia. The New Development Bank, also known as the BRICS Bank, will finance infrastructure and development projects in BRICS countries, which are likely to include higher education related investments to further increase the global competitiveness of these economies.
Jul 8, 2015
InnJoo has launched a new high-spec smartphone into the South African market – at the low price of just R2 499.00. InnJoo’s One phone will be available exclusively through Takealot.com at launch, but will later be offered to the IT channel and retail through distributor AxizWorkgroup. The company has already launched products in Dubai and Nigeria, both markets exclusively through online platforms, and has captured significant market share.
Jul 8, 2015
The transmission of Ethernet frames at 25 Gigabits per second (25GE) is making its entrance in the converged network adapter market. IHS projects around 2 500 25GE ports will ship in the fourth quarter of 2015, growing to 9% of all adapter ports shipped worldwide in 2019, according to the IHS Infonetics SAN and Converged Data Center Network Equipment report.
Jul 8, 2015
The SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) for June 2015 dropped by 2.3 index points to 84.6 in June 2015 from 86.9 in May 2015. This level is 5.1 points lower than in June 2014 and is the lowest level since the 83.9 of January 1999 – a sixteen-and-a-half year low. The BCI is now more than 37 index points below the high level of 121.9 recorded in December 2006 with 2010 serving as base year of 100. The average of 88.8 for the BCI over the first six months of 2015 was the lowest since the first half of 1999 when the BCI measured 86.2.
