Ireland aims to grow SA trade

On the back of growing trade between Ireland and South Africa, Ireland’s Minister for Trade and Development, Joe Costello TD, will lead the third Enterprise Ireland trade mission to South Africa this week. The trade mission, arranged by the Irish trade and technology...
Local learning platform debuts

Local learning platform debuts

Intel yesterday launched a new education platform designed specifically for African learners. The South African portal offers textbooks worksheets and interactive learning materials tailored to the South African curriculum and available for free on all Intel-based PCs...

Flexible working key to business success

Three quarters of South African respondents believe flexible working is a critical measure to achieving higher productivity (76%). This is according to the latest Regus survey, which confirms that in any economic climate – but particularly in times of high...

Users value data more than the device

Most computer users regard the data they have on their machines as more important than the computer itself. In a 2013 survey carried out by B2B International and Kaspersky Lab, 56% regarded their photos and documents as more precious than even expensive hardware....

Net 1 posts profit gains, signs BEE deal

Net 1 UEPS Technologies has reported revenue and fundamental EPS for the first quarter of 2014 of $123-million and $0.37, a constant currency increase of 34% and 77%, respectively. In addition, the company has signed a letter of intent to issue 4,4-million shares at...

Lenovo sees Q2 revenue, profit increase

Lenovo’s quarterly revenue for the second quarter, ended 30 September, was $9,8-billion, a 13% increase year-over-year. Second quarter profit grew even faster with pre-tax income increasing 30% year-over-year to US$265-million, while earnings grew 36% year-over-year...