Innovation Summit competitions open

Entrepreneurs, researchers, innovators and inventors are invited to enter the 2015 SA Innovation Summit Competitions – the PwC Pitching Den Competition and the Inventors Garage Competition – being held at the Annual SA Innovation Summit from 26 to 29 August at...
SA slips in competitiveness

SA slips in competitiveness

South Africa has slipped slightly to number 53 in the world competitiveness rankings, released last night by IMD World Competitiveness Centre. Despite losing ground in several key areas, including several relating to electricity and government conduct, there are some...

How world competitiveness stacks up

IMD, a top-ranked global business school in Switzerland and Singapore, has announced its annual world competitiveness ranking. As part of its ranking of 61 economies for 2015, the IMD World Competitiveness Centre looks at several aspects of each country as a place to...

China, Android slow smartphone growth

Smartphone shipments are expected to grow 11,3% in 2015, down from 27,6% in 2014. While overall smartphone growth will continue to slow, many markets will experience robust growth in 2015 and beyond, and worldwide shipment volumes are forecast to reach 1,9-billion...

Experts join to secure smart cities

A new not-for-profit global initiative, Securing Smart Cities, has been launched. Backed by leading IT security researchers, companies and organisations, including IOActive, Kaspersky Lab, Bastille, and the Cloud Security Alliance, the Securing Smart Cities initiative...

Telcos could win by moving to the cloud

Challenged by anticipated growth in fixed, mobile and IoT traffic, European operators are devising new technology designs and standards, drawing inspiration from highly optimised technology and business design of their cloud peers. A new report from global management...