Banking apps on the increase

The explosive growth of apps is causing significant challenges for the banking industry, according to Gartner. Banking CIOs, CMOs and line-of-business (LOB) heads face two key challenges. The first is that the visibility of customer banking apps in public stores is...

Strong growth for African hardcopy market

The African hardcopy peripherals (HCP) market kicked off 2014 with its strongest performance of the past two years, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). The research and advisory firm’s recently released Quarterly Hardcopy...

Africa needs visionary leaders

The global view of Africa is often dominated by corruption, terror attacks and – most recently – kidnapping. But behind the headlines Africa has a future, with the support of business and education, to help it change, writes Prince Michael of...

UJ honours inventor of the CD

Prof Kornelis (Kees) Antonie Schouhamer Immink, best known for inventing the compact disc, will receive an honorary doctoral degree from the University of Johannesburg (UJ) during this year’s second graduation series. UJ’s Faculty of Engineering and the Built...

Leadership changes at MTN SA

MTN South Africa’s chief marketing officer, Brian Gouldie, has been appointed as the new CEO of one of the operating companies within the MTN Group. The identity of the country has not been disclosed. Larry Annetts, the current chief marketing officer of MTN Nigeria,...
IoT to reach $7tn

IoT to reach $7tn

While the interest and buzz around the Internet of Things (IoT) has grown steadily in recent years, the seemingly endless market promise continues to become reality. According to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC), a transformation is underway that...