Black Friday month 38% up from 2023
The Leisure & Entertainment industry grew its share of online sales over the four-day Black Friday weekend by 113% from last year, according to Peach Payments. This comes against the backdrop of a 38% overall growth in rand value processed via the payment service...
November tops for new vehicle sales
Positive momentum continued to build for the new vehicle market during November, with sales for the month replacing October as the best sales month of the year. The strong performance was driven by fleet deals from the rental companies as consumer demand softened...
Absa PMI increases to 49.8 in April
The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose to 49.8 index points in April 2023 from 48.1 in March. Despite the improvement, the index failed to edge back above the neutral 50-point mark as business activity and new sales orders worsened relative...
Digital transformation revolutionises patient care
The healthcare industry has transformed beyond conventional tools, embracing innovative technologies to enhance patient safety and care. With the seamless integration of technologies like AI, genomics, and robotics, patients can receive precise diagnoses and...
Advanced techniques, broader horizons, new targets drive APTs
Kaspersky's latest Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) trends report reveals bustling APT activity in the first quarter of 2023, with a mix of new and established actors spotted engaging in a range of campaigns. The report shows that, during this time, APT actors have...
Report details greenhouse gas emissions
The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy has published South Africa's 8th National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report (NIR). The report contains a detailed inventory of South Africa's annual greenhouse gas emissions from 2000 to 2020. The...
African private capital activity resilient
African private capital markets experienced a record-high volume of deals in 2022, with deal volumes in the region recording a 46% year-over-year (YoY) growth. In 2022, 626 deals took place, a favourable increase amidst broader global trends, where deal volumes and...
Investors swing back to mining
Professional investors including pension funds, private equity and venture capital firms, family offices and sovereign wealth funds are set to boost allocations to gold and gold miners over the next 18 months as the metal's price rises. This is according to new...
New social media platform aims to build SA
BuildRSA chat platform is new South African technology initiative that aims to give South Africans a chance to air their views on developmental issues facing the country, and provide tangible solutions to resolving them before they cause degenerative damage. Over the...
Quantum computing, generative AI employed for mRNA science
Moderna, a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, and IBM have announced an agreement under which Moderna will explore next generation technologies including quantum computing and artificial intelligence to advance and...
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The Internet of Things (IoT), which bridges the digital and physical world, is already making its mark in Africa as smart connected devices are being deployed and the use of connected hardware emerges. However, it has the potential to make a far more significant...
Magic quadrant for Oracle ERP Cloud
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Huawei commits to African social, economic growth
Huawei says it is ready to partner with African governments, operators and private companies to advance economic and social development on the continent through enhancing mobile broadband; it made this announcement at the GSMA Mobile 360 Africa which started in Dar es...
Workplace diversity makes business sense
Companies that embrace workplace diversity and inclusion as a source of growth and innovation for their businesses will perform better than those that don't-- and that applies as much to small businesses as it does to large enterprises. Kimberley Axon, head of people...
Digital trust: what’s it really worth?
Digital trust may appear to be a fairly meaningless buzzword, but in fact digital trust may prove to be the currency of the future, and failing to safeguard it could be a costly mistake, writes Paul Williams, country manager: southern Africa at Fortinet. Digital...
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Theft affects connectivity in Bishop Lavis
Openserve has reported another major incident of cable theft in the Bishop Lavis area. As with an incident in May this year, multiple cables of varying lengths have been cut and stolen. Lucas Ndala, Openserve's chief of operations, says that this is having a major...
GirlCode announces Hackathon 2017 sponsors
This year the #GirlCodeHack will take place over two days from 5-6 August, in celebration of Women's month. The event will take place at Tshimologong Precinct and will be sponsored by Standard Bank, Entelect Software, Recruit Digital, MTN, Microsoft, Boxfusion,...
Kaizer Chiefs embraces Rush esports
Kaizer Chiefs will participate at this year's Rush esports event taking place from 21-23 July at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. Rush is a rAge esports initiative which aims to bring a number of different esports tournaments and activities together...
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