Economic pressures drive SA consumers to value
South African retail sales have seen moderate increases despite a strong festive season finish. According to NIQ South Africa’s latest State of the Retail Nation analysis for the last quarter and full year calendar year of 2024, South African consumers spent nearly...
CEOs are confident despite inflation, macroeconomic volatility
As myriad pressures mount for business leaders across Africa and globally, a majority of CEOs are carrying a favourable outlook on the year, and in some cases, the decade, ahead. Across sub-Saharan Africa, CEOs remain remarkably optimistic about the future,...
TikTok brand is worth $65,7bn in 2023
Over the past six years, TikTok's user base has grown five times to over 1,9-billion. With users, revenue, and downloads rising, TikTok has also become the world's most valuable social media brand. According to data presented by OnlyAccounts.io, TikTok's brand value...
Young scientists bag cash prizes at 2023 Eskom Expo ISF
The 2023 Eskom Expo International Science Fair (ISF) has reached a life-altering culmination as some young scientists emerged victorious, winning prestigious bursaries to advance their education, while others claimed substantial cash and other prizes. The fair was...
Standalone 5G network market set to hit $33,4bn
The global standalone 5G network market size is expected to reach $33,42-billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 54,3% from 2023 to 2030, according to a new study conducted by Grand View Research. The increasing demand for standalone (SA) 5G networks in applications...
Virtual wheeling could decentralise power generation
Kathy Gibson reports - Virtual wheeling could go a long way to solving one of the biggest bottlenecks in the power ecosystem - getting electricity from new, green generation projects to the consumer. According to Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, minister or electricity, new...
AI helps to tip the balance in fighting wildfires
California has a new weapon against the wildfires that have annually devastated the state - artificial intelligence (AI) - with a new system powered by Nvidia GPUs to provide timely alerts to first responders across the Golden State every time a blaze ignites. The...
The ozone hole is growing again
The European Space Agency (ESA) reports that this year’s ozone hole over Antarctica is one of the biggest on record. The hole, which is what scientists call an “ozone depleting area”, reached a size of 26-million square kilometres on 16 September 2023. This is roughly...
Africa reels under increasing cyberthreats
Threat actors are proliferating in Africa, with attacks on the continent now ranking alongside the world's biggest economies in the number and scope of attacks. Emmanuel Tzingakis, technical lead: African cluster at Trend Micro, explains that, in July, Egypt ranked...
Electric vehicle growth in SA set to accelerate
As the global community celebrated World EV Day in September, South Africa reflected on the structural challenges standing in the way of better uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) to help reduce carbon emissions. Although the South African EV industry is currently small...
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Long live the brick and mortar store
Online shopping has never been easier or more intuitive. You're at work or laying in bed, and with a simple click of the mouse you can book a dream vacation or the latest curved smart television, or your weekly groceries can be delivered to your doorstep. And most...
Liquid plans Cape to Cairo fibre
Pan-African telecoms group, Liquid Telecom, and Telecom Egypt have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will enable Liquid Telecom to shortly complete Africa's terrestrial fibre network stretching all the way from Cape Town to Cairo. Under the MoU, Liquid...
ESET launches updated MSP Administrator
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East Africa print market shows strong potential
InfoSource research shows that East Africa represents a growth region for printer manufacturers. Growing demand for production and office printer equipment sales and services, as well as numerous other factors specific to the region, demonstrate the need for reliable...
Destroy old hard drives, backup tapes before it’s too late
Old hard drives and backup tapes are a major security threat for any business, they store a massive amount of confidential data that can easily be compromised. Regardless whether the drives or tapes are outdated or inoperable, this data is always accessible and needs...
Mobile can unlock retail innovation
Mobile tech can boost customer engagement (and sales) for savvy South African retailers, writes Leon Coetzer, UK CE at redPanda Software. Much attention has been given to the phenomenal rise of e-commerce, as consumers delight in the convenience of shopping from the...
Business continuity management in the digital age
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Turnaround time at SARS
With the annual tax filing season underway, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) seems to be pulling all the stops to get back on track and to collect taxes in an efficient and effective way. This is according to Ettiene Retief, chairman of the National Tax and...
PoPI complicates choosing a cloud provider
The spectre of Protection of Personal Information Act 2013 (PoPI) looms ever closer, and while some companies will see the new regulation as something of a headache as they work to get their data management procedures in order, the threat of serious sanctions for...
Global businesses turn to Oracle Blockchain
Businesses around the world have been deploying an early adopter version of Oracle Blockchain Cloud Service, which becomes generally available this week. The service allows organisations to easily build blockchain networks to drive more secure and efficient...
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