African entrepreneurs in line to win $75k
The fifth Anzisha Prize application phase is now open, and the search is on to find Africa’s youngest, most exciting social and business entrepreneurs under 22 years of age.Africa is the world’s youngest continent, with over 600-million people under the age of 25. The...Impact of Samsung’s mobile payments play
Samsung’s entry into the mobile payments market poses more challenges to Google than to Apple. This is according to Gilles Ubaghs, senior analyst: financial services technology at Ovum, who offers the following analysis: “Since being established in 2012, LoopPay has...
Unemployment worries youth
Young people are concerned about their prospects of finding employment – and they are looking to employers that they perceive as stable.
A Universum survey finds that 63% of students are concerned about their prospects of finding a job after graduation, which is slightly down from 66% last year. Females (65%) and African black students (68%) are the most concerned. Government and parastatals are still perceived as offering secure and stable employment.