Jun 3, 2024
The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell below 50 points in May 2024. The headline PMI fell to 43.8 points from 54 points in April. The drop was despite another month of no load-shedding, although local power outages remain frequent, and the...
Jun 3, 2024
Over the last two years, scientists have used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to explore what astronomers refer to as Cosmic Dawn – the period in the first few hundred million years after the big bang where the first galaxies were born. These...
Jun 3, 2024
Voter education, long queues at voting stations, and the spread of misinformation and disinformation aimed at undermining the integrity of the IEC were among the main talking points online during the election period between 24 and 31 May. According to a report by the...
May 31, 2024
Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex Africa Morocco 2024 – The digital divide is still very real in Africa and this means that organisations have to ensure the security of their systems wherever they are deployed. Favour Femi-Oyewole, group chief information security...
May 31, 2024
Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex Africa Morocco 2024 – Digital transformation has been rapid in Africa, bringing new growth opportunities. However, it has also brought a new flood of threats, says Sherif Magdy, senior researcher: Global Research and Analysis Team...
May 31, 2024
Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex Africa Morocco 2024 – Digital transformation is about ensuring an organisation’s processes are effective in making the business better – and it relies totally on data. Neil Cosser, regional director: Africa at Thales,...
