Innovation, SMEs drive SAP growth in Africa

Aug 19, 2014

Innovation and the development of a healthy small and medium enterprise (SME) sector will drive growth in Africa – both for SAP and for the region. This is the word from Derek Kudsee, chief operating officer of SAP Africa, who says these two factors will come together...

SAP ploughs skills into Africa

Aug 19, 2014

The first and most important investment that SAP is making in Africa is in skills development. Pfungwa Serima, CEO of SAP Africa, says the company believes that most important thing it can do in an emerging market is people development. “SAP is passionate about...
SAP puts $500m into Africa growth

SAP puts $500m into Africa growth

Aug 19, 2014

Africa has joined a short list of countries that will enjoy accelerated investment from SAP, to the extent of $500-million through 2020.

NASA decodes black hole rhythm

Aug 19, 2014

Astronomers have uncovered rhythmic pulsations from a rare type of black hole, 12-million light-years away, by sifting through archival data from NASA’s Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) satellite. The signals have helped astronomers identify an unusual midsize...

Icasa to adopt LRIC+ for pricing

Aug 19, 2014

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has announced that it has adopted the Long-Run Incremental Cost Plus (LRIC+) as the cost standard for the bottom-up and top-down modelling to determine the cost of mobile and fixed wholesale voice call...

Global Think Test open to all participants

Aug 19, 2014

Kaspersky Lab and Mensa are inviting Internet users to take part in a special challenge, with the help of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and Formula One racing team Scuderia Ferrari. The Global Think Test is made up of a series of online brain games, quizzes and...