Feb 21, 2014
The worldwide hardcopy peripherals (HCP) market continued its recovery in the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13). The 31,7-million unit shipments in 4Q13 represented a year-over-year increase of 2% while shipments for the full year 2013 declined just -1,6%, according to...
Feb 21, 2014
Google has announced the finalists of the Africa Connected competition. The competition was launched in August last year, calling entrepreneurs, creative people, innovators and Web-lovers to share stories of how the Web has transformed their lives and work. The 10...
Feb 21, 2014
Leading solutions provider, Datacentrix, has achieved platinum partner status with HP – one of only five companies in South Africa to attain this level of partnership. The company says its new platinum status highlights its ability to deliver smart and flexible HP...
Feb 21, 2014
The results of an independent skills audit recently conducted at the SABC by PricewaterhouseCoopers revealed that almost two thirds (62%) of the public broadcaster’s employee files had qualifications that were either “not authentic” or...
Feb 21, 2014
Following the acquisition of WhatsApp by Facebook for $19-billion this week, World Wide Worx has revealed that more than half of South Africa’s suburban adult population use the instant messaging (IM) service on their cell phones. This is one of the key findings of...
Feb 20, 2014
Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa in 2014 is expected to be slightly higher than that of 2013, at around 6%, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – and SMEs are the engine that will drive this growth. With more than 1-billion consumers on the...
