SA auto market adapts to economic challenges
There was a 6% decline in new vehicle sales and a 6,1% drop in total vehicles financed in the second quarter of the year compared to the previous quarter, according to the latest Vehicle Pricing Index (VPI) from TransUnion. Despite this, the market is showing signs of...
Clean energy needed to boost fragile global systems
Regional conflicts and geopolitical strains are highlighting significant fragilities in today’s global energy system, making clear the need for stronger policies and greater investments to accelerate and expand the transition to cleaner and more secure technologies....
Businesses look to behavioural biometrics to counter scam attacks
A new white paper from LexisNexis Risk Solutions – Multifaceted Fraud Attacks: Behavioural Biometrics as a Defensive Tool – has laid bare the challenges faced by organisations in addressing sophisticated fraud threats following increased digital adoption and...
A golden opportunity for innovative fintech startups
Applications are now open in South Africa for the 2023 edition of the Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI), a global open innovation competition that sees startups pitch their innovative solutions to solve tomorrow’s payment and commerce challenges. This year’s VEI in...
Cybercriminals getting more creative with phishing attacks
More and more IT- and online services-related email subjects are being utilised as phishing strategies by cybercriminal, according to KnowBe4’s latest quarterly global phishing report. The results of the Q1 2023 report include the top email subjects clicked on in...
AI predictions may give time to prepare for solar storms
Like a tornado siren for life-threatening storms in America’s heartland, a new computer model that combines artificial intelligence (AI) and NASA satellite data could sound the alarm for dangerous space weather. The model uses AI to analyse spacecraft measurements of...
Smart packaging market will soar in the next decade
The role of packaging has evolved over time - from simply protecting and identifying a product, to driving sales via enticing graphics – and smart packaging is the latest iteration of this, utilising technology including sensors, indicators, and wireless communication...
Retailers need to look after existing customers
Salesforce’s Shopping Index data shows the first quarter of 2023 was a mixed bag for digital commerce with consumer loyalty shifting as prices rose and shoppers chose brands based on product pricing and the value of promotions rather than product availability and...
Smart homes in Europe and North America on upward curve
The number of smart homes in Europe and North America reached 120,5-million in 2022, according to new research from Berg Insight. North America is the leading market in terms of penetration and 39,2% of all households in the region had at least one smart home product...
Marketing contingency plans are more important than ever
Eighty-one percent of marketing leaders have established a contingency plan to respond to disruptions, but only 21% follow these plans as marketers weather the storm of continued economic and geopolitical uncertainty. This is according to a Gartner survey of nearly...
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Telkom appoints CEO of Gyro Group
Lesiba Maloba has been appointed as the new CEO of Telkom's property management business unit, Gyro Group. Gyro was established on 1 April 2017 to unlock value by commercialising the Telkom Group property portfolio, extract value from excess building capacity and...
dotAfrica to scale Mount Kilimanjaro
A roadshow will make its way through the African continent to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to launch the new dotAfrica (.africa) geographic Top Level Domain (gTLD) to the people of Africa. The regions which will form part of the roadshow, representing the AU member states,...
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Productivity hacks for small business owners
Africa's start-up ecosystem is booming, and start-ups and small businesses continue to contribute to the continents economic development. Lyndy van den Barselaar, MD of ManpowerGroup South Africa notes that small business owners need to ensure they have the right...
Better compliance management skills needed
In an increasingly regulated and complicated business environment, all companies and corporations need some level of compliance management to help them manage risk, operate within the law, and maintain a positive reputation. "Consequently, there is an increasing...
Dating goes back to basics
A South African-developed mobile dating app is proving a hit with thousands of installs monthly and growing. "South Africans excel at using existing technologies in new ways. Voicy takes the voice notes we've got used to on chat platforms and turns them into a quick...
Equal educational opportunities for all
Digital transformation is transforming every industry and sector including education enabling educational institutions to use modern tools for a more collaborative and engaging classroom experience. This transformation is also helping schools employ technology to...
European MFP sales down
Unit sales of inkjet multifunction printers (MFPs) across Western Europe declined -9% year-on-year in Q3 2017, leading to distributors seeing a similar fall in overall sales of printer hardware, according to data published by Context. "Sales fell in all categories...
Liability insurance important for social media
In South Africa alone, 16-million people use Facebook, 7,7-million are on Twitter and LinkedIn has 6,1-million users, according to the Ornico SA Social Media Landscape report for 2018. Simply by using these platforms, all these millions of users unknowingly expose...
Huawei launches cloudified video platform
Huawei has released its Envision Video Platform in Africa, aimed at assisting carriers develop and optimise video as a fundamental service with the best user experience. The cloudification architecture platform will support the latest 4K/Ultra High Definition, Virtual...
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