Black Friday is the king of retail bonanzas
South African retailers are already planning for a bumper 2025 Black Friday and holiday season. Black Friday, by its very nature, generates hype in the media and among retailers. However, a new index proves it is not hollow hype. South Africa’s first formal Black...
5G, AI to push IoT market past $1,8bn
The global Internet of Things (IoT) market is poised to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13,5% from $959,6-illion in 2023 to $1,8-trillion in revenue in 2028. This growth is driven by the rise of enterprise applications, enhanced by new technologies...
Semiconductor memory market on an upward trajectory
The global semiconductor memory market size is expected to reach $240,66-billion by 2030, expanding at a CAGR of 11,6% from 2023 to 2030,according to a new report by Grand View Research. The DRAM (Dynamic Random-Access Memory) chip holds a prominent position in...
Steady growth as EV shipments hit 15m
Nearly 15-million electric cars (battery electric and plug-in hybrid) are expected to be shipped worldwide in 2023, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. Shipments of electric cars are estimated to increase 19% in 2024, to total 17,9-million units. Gartner...
Africans are willing to act against climate change
A significant sense of agency is evident across Africa when it comes to combating the impact of climate change. The 2023 Climate Awareness Report, based on research by Australian research outfit Stickbeak and released by bird story agency, showcases considerable...
Customer experience an increasingly decisive factor in travel booking
When booking a flight, experience at the airport is an increasingly important consideration for passengers beyond just cost and availability of destinations. This is according to SITA's 2023 Passenger IT Insights report, which finds customers are looking to technology...
Enjoy Threads while maintaining privacy and security
Threads has released a new Web version that allows users to finally search for content and use other features from any of their desktop devices. There are over 43-million visits to Threads per month from desktop and mobile. Kaspersky experts have compiled a list of...
Cybersecurity predictions for the rest of the year
In response to the constantly growing number of global cybersecurity breaches - and the heightened awareness of them within organisations - SecurityHQ has released its latest white paper to highlight analyst predications for threats and vulnerabilities in H2 2023,...
Strong growth forecast for Ethernet switches
The worldwide Ethernet switch market grew revenues 38,4% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2023 (2Q23) to $11,8-billion. The total worldwide enterprise and service provider (SP) router market recorded $4,6-billion in revenue in 2Q23, a 9,4% year-over-year...
Executives take a brighter view on US economy
With concerns about inflation and a potential recession ticking down, business executives have grown guardedly less pessimistic about the US economy's prospects, according to the third-quarterAICPA & CIMA Economic Outlook Survey. The survey polls chief executive...
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Google launched Launchpad Accelerator in Lagos
Google has announced the startups who will participate in the first Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa class, at an event held in Lagos. The company also announced a partnership with Udacity and Andela to provide 15 000 single course scholarships and 500 nanodegree...
Prioritise keeping your bitcoin safe, secure, and available
When I was a child, the prospect of going to a theme park was a wild and exhilarating experience - however, now it doesn't quite stir up the same feelings, writes Claude Schuck, regional manager for Africa at Veeam. Similarly, the ownership of cryptocurrency isn't the...
Does your data centre need more cooling?
Data centres are out of date, writes Neil Cameron, Johnson Controls area GM: building efficiency - Africa. They are built to last but, let's face it, technology changes fast. What's under the hood in a data centre today often far outpaces the capabilities of the...
Digital agenda requires some policy thought
Tech needs traction. For South Africa to truly embrace digital, the country needs a set of clear and effective policy and legal guidelines governing the new world of data and the cloud, writes Kabelo Makwane, MD of the Accenture Cloud First business in Africa. Early...
Jaguar Land Rover searches for software skills
Jaguar Land Rover is inspiring the next generation of software engineers by helping them find placements and jobs. Following the success of its 2017 coding challenge, the organisation has announced it will be fast-tracking applications for undergraduate and...
FirstRand eyes digital insurance solutions
FirstRand has been awarded a short-term insurance licence by the Financial Services Board (FSB), three years after acquiring its long-term insurance licence. The licence will enable FNB to become a complete insurer, with the ability to underwrite short and long-term...
Blockchain aggregator from Modex
Modex has launched its first fully functional product alpha, bringing to the market what it is calling an app store for blockchain. Modex's Smart Contract Marketplace aims to tackle the 'last mile' adoption problem that will bring blockchain technology into daily use...
Avaya adds team collaboration to UC
Avaya Holdings has added cloud-based team collaboration to the Avaya Equinox Experience, the company's signature unified communications and collaboration user interface and cloud service. The Avaya Equinox Experience leapfrogs other vendors' offerings by delivering...
Capitalising on African insurance opportunities
Consolidation is taking place in the East African insurance market due to rising capital requirements and mergers with international firms that want to gain a foothold in the region. Ashok Shah, Group CEO of APA Apollo examines the opportunities this brings. In...
Samsung partners on Cinema LED theatre
Samsung has partnered with the world's largest theatre operator Wanda Cinemas to bring its pioneering Cinema LED Screen technology to Wanda's Wujiaochang theatre, located in Shanghai's Yangpu District. The theatre marks the first implementation of Samsung's Cinema LED...
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