Starship blows up after successful booster catch
SpaceX’s Starship exploded during its ascent burn yesterday. According to SpaceX, posting on X: “Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn. Teams will continue to review data from today's flight test to better understand root cause....
How to navigate cloud security challenges
Cloud adoption lies at the heart of digital transformation, providing organizations with the agility and flexibility they need to stay competitive in today’s rapidly changing marketplace. Competing in a digital-first economy requires developing personalised customer...
Logistics automation to top $90bn by 2030
The global logistics automation market size is expected to reach $90-billion by 2030, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14,7%, according to a new report by Grand View Research. Logistics operations are critical factors in the smooth functioning of the...
Vehicle age reaches record high in the US
With more than 284 million vehicles in operation (VIO) on US roads, the average age of cars and light trucks in the US has risen again this year to a new record of 12,5 years, up by more than three months over 2022, according to the latest analysis from S&P Global...
UCT retains top spot in Africa on CWUR rankings
The University of Cape Town (UCT) retains its spot at the highest-ranked African university, at 267th position (up three places from last year) by the Centre for World University Rankings (CWUR) in their 2023 Global 2000 list. CWUR released the largest academic...
Microsoft signs up for fusion energy
Helion Energy has announced an agreement to provide Microsoft electricity from its first fusion power plant. The plant is expected to be online by 2028 and will target power generation of 50MW or greater after a one-year ramp up period. The planned operational date...
Mobile money transactions set to boom
A new study from Juniper Research, the foremost experts in the payments market, found that the total value of mobile money transactions in emerging markets will reach $2-trillion by 2027, an increase of over $500-billion from 2023. Growing at 33%, the market is being...
Early signs of El Niño weather patterns spotted
Kelvin waves, a potential precursor of El Niño conditions in the ocean, are rolling across the equatorial Pacific toward the coast of South America. The most recent sea level data from the US-European satellite Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich indicates early signs of a...
SA property in demand for hyperscalers
South Africa continues to attract data centres to its property market, with a number of new operators eyeing the local environment. This is the word from Calvin Crick, MD: transaction service at Cushman & Wakefield Broll, who says the real estate services company...
Mobile payments a growth opportunity
Governments are incorporating digital payment choices to create a digitalised, cashless society. Bring your own device (BYOD), a surge in smartphone usage, and a large number of people without bank accounts are some of the key variables that are likely to provide...
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In order the stay afloat in a climate of constant change of customer expectations - it's the existing processes that need to be optimised and scrutinised for organisations to achieve marginal gains at every stage of the supply chain. In a society that requires...
Data-centric security enhancements from CA
CA Technologies has launched new data protection enhancements to CA Data Content Discovery and CA Compliance Event Manager that simplify security management across the enterprise and enable robust, end-to-end protection for data-in-motion from mobile to mainframe. The...
Orange launches its brand in Liberia
Orange has launched its brand in Liberia, following the acquisition of the Liberian operator CellCom through its subsidiary Orange Côte d'Ivoire. Following its rebranding, Orange Liberia will join one of the world's most powerful brands and stands to benefit from...
Uptime Institute certification for Rack Centre
Rack Centre, the Sub Sahara Africa's premium data centre and colocation services provider has attained the Tier III Tier Certification of Constructed Facility (TCCF) from the Uptime Institute, the first in the West African sub-region. The TCCF certification was...
Take control of IoT
While there is no doubt that the Internet of Things (IoT) is fast making inroads in day-to-day businesses, companies still grapple with exactly how to take control of IoT, including not only the management of connected sensors but also the data gathered from them. To...
Parenting? There’s an app for that?
The fact that 80% of cellphone users keep their mobile devices within arm's reach, coupled with growing acceptance of preteen mobile use, means parenting in the age of always-on connectivity has taken on a decidedly digital edge. That's the word from South Africa's...
Melding BYOD into the WLAN lifecycle
Employees and their mobile devices go hand in hand in today’s business world, and organisations can in actual fact benefit by accepting the bring your own device (BYOD) trend. “When a salesperson sells something, it’s often a win-win; both parties – buyer and seller –...
African chidren benefit from social entrepreneurs
More than one million African children have benefited from social enterprise development in Africa in the last five years, according to a new report released by Reach for Change Africa . The non-profit organisation, which, this year, is marking its fifth anniversary...
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