Feb 12, 2013
The halving of the skills training grant is going to have a massive impact on small businesses and, given the mood of retrenchments playing out in the mining sector at the moment, this decision could even affect larger companies as the effects of retrenchments take...
Feb 12, 2013
Team Shinsekai from Senegal has won first prize in Ericsson’s Apps for African City Life Competition, for developing an app that aims to support environmental sanitation and hygiene development in cities. Dadja Matiasso Bassou, project leader for team Shinsekai, says:...
Feb 12, 2013
JSE-listed Adapt IT Group, an IT services and specialised solutions provider, has announced outstanding interim results for the period ended 31 December 2012. Turnover increased 53% from R88,7-million in 2011 to R135,9-million, with the education sector contributing...
Feb 11, 2013
NASA’s Curiosity rover has, for the first time, used a drill carried at the end of its robotic arm to bore into a flat, veiny rock on Mars and collect a sample from its interior. This is the first time any robot has drilled into a rock to collect a sample on...
Feb 11, 2013
IT is now recognised as key to driving business growth in 2013, according to EMC’s Pan-Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) IT transformation survey. Businesses across EMEA are prioritising growth activity, with 40% of respondents ranking the development of new...
Feb 11, 2013
Nedbank has launched the Nedbank PocketPOS, the first live EMV-certified mobile point-of-sale (POS) solution in South Africa that enables businesses to process debit and credit card transactions by using a smartphone connected to a secure card reader. “At Nedbank, we...
