Jul 31, 2013
The growth of tablet ownership in South Africa is one of the driving forces behind e-commerce growth in the country. The 2013 mobile shopping survey by online retail Kalahari.com reveals that tablet ownership has grown by 10% compared to last year’s figures. In 2012...
Jul 31, 2013
The global use of solar and wind energy continued to grow significantly in 2012. Solar power consumption increased by 58%, to 93 terrawatt-hours (TWh), and the use of wind power increased by 18%, to 521 TWh. Although hydropower remains the world’s leading...
Jul 31, 2013
Semiconductor revenue worldwide will see improved growth this year of 6,9%, reaching $320-billion, according to the mid-year 2013 update of the Semiconductor Applications Forecaster (SAF) from International Data Corporation (IDC). The SAF also forecasts that...
Jul 31, 2013
Global flash memory supplier Sandisk has signed a distribution deal with Sahara Computers as part of its strategy to expand its footprint in Africa. “South Africa is the economic powerhouse of Africa and represents huge potential for SanDisk,” says Sreedhar Sreekumar,...
Jul 31, 2013
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Accelerating Information Technology Innovation (MIT AITI) programme, hosted by Wits University and the Jo’burg Centre of Software Engineering (JCSE), concluded with the successful presentation of seven real-world...
Jul 31, 2013
Minister of Communications, Yunus Carrim, and Deputy Minister, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, met with the SABC board and management yesterday to take forward the issues that were discussed at the 17 July 2013 meeting. “We have decided to set up a high-level team made up of...
