Gavi-supported vaccines save millions of lives
More than 1,3-million future deaths were averted in 2023 thanks to vaccination programmes supported by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. This achievement, which translates to more than two lives saved every minute of the day, is highlighted alongside historic progress in...
Arctic sea ice near historic low; Antarctic ice declines
Arctic sea ice retreated to near-historic lows in the Northern Hemisphere this summer, likely melting to its minimum extent for the year on 11 September 2024, according to researchers at NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). The decline continues the...
Eradicating hunger in Africa is within reach
Eradicating hunger in Africa by 2030 is possible, according to global agriculture leaders. Meeting in Rome ahead of the African Food Summit (Dakar 2) to be hosted by President Macky Sall in Dakar, Senegal, from 25-27 January 2023, -resident of the African Development...
Gamma-ray burst could be key to finding neutron star collisions
A highly unusual blast of high-energy light from a nearby galaxy has been linked by scientists to a neutron star merger. The event, detected in December 2021 by NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, was a gamma-ray burst - an...
This is what the future holds for intelligence
International Data Corporation (IDC) Future of Intelligence predictions for 2023 and beyond show that maturity in enterprise intelligence makes a material difference to business outcomes. Top-quartile enterprise intelligence performers are 2,7-times more likely to...
Consumers must develop positive financial habits in challenging times
South African consumers remain under financial pressure. This is according to the Experian Consumer Default Index (CDI), produced on a quarterly basis, which shows a deteriorating trend when compared to the prior year. The CDI deteriorated at both a Composite level as...
MEA PC demand drops as market normalises
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, posted a year-on-year decline of 12,8% during the third quarter of 2022, according to the latest industry analysis conducted...
Covid burden lessens in Africa, but numbers are creeping up
While Africa is witnessing its lowest level of new Covid-19 cases since the onset of the pandemic, a recent four-week rise - the first such sustained increase in four months - underscores the criticality of maintaining vigilance as the end-year holiday seasons sets...
Network security maintains strong revenue growth
The worldwide Network Security market maintained its ongoing rebound from the 2020 pandemic-induced recession with the eighth consecutive quarter of stronger revenue growth, and the sixth quarter of double-digit revenue growth. According to a recently published report...
Arriving at the airport ready to fly is close to reality
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has developed industry standards which will bring the aim of having travellers arrive at airports ready-to-fly one step closer to reality. The newly released Recommended Practice on Digitalization of Admissibility...
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DVT to double software test centre capacity
Software and solutions specialist company DVT is looking to double the capacity of its Global Test Centre (GTC) in Cape Town with a significant increase in the intake of trainee testers and developers over the next 18 months to two years. The DVT GTC is the largest...
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Making sense of the cloud
Cloud technology is firmly established in South Africa with many companies already on board, leveraging the many benefits, writes Sadiq Munshi, head of product development at Jasco Enterprise. However, in a marketing laden world where the word 'cloud' has been bandied...
Data quality critical for accurate billing
The ability to collect payments is the cornerstone of any successful business, writes Gary Allemann, MD of Master Data Management. However, studies indicate that organisations may lose as much as six percent of their potential revenue because of discrepancies between...
Frost & Sullivan recognises T-Systems in healthcare
At Frost & Sullivan's 2016 African Growth, Innovation and Leadership Awards banquet held at The Bay Hotel in Cape Town on 18 August, T-Systems was recognised for the unparalleled customer value it offers South African healthcare clients as a Managed Services...
Convergence, connectivity key for Africa
Converging technologies, expanding connectivity and telecom mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are predicted to be the main drivers of investment and deal activity in Sub Saharan Africa in 2016 and 2017, according to global news and events company, TMT Finance. The...
Don’t ignore these enterprise computing megatrends
Guy Whitcroft, CEO at Westcon-Comstor Southern Africa, talks about the megatrends in enterprise comping, and what resellers should do to stay on top of the game. Technological change is the heartbeat of the IT industry and while it is easy to get sucked into the...
Insuring against cyber risks
The cyber insurance market is a potentially huge, but still mostly untapped one. Organisations of all sizes are starting to understand the importance of cyber insurance in today's complex and volatile risk landscape. Sarel Lamprecht, MD of specialist cyber insurance...
BDS to demonstrate Xerox tech at FESPA Africa
With Africa's largest dedicated print and signage exhibition, FESPA Africa, due to take place between 7 and 9 September at Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand, excitement is building as to what new and innovative solutions will be on display. Co-located with Sign...
Data Visualisation: a new way of making it work
Your data, your company's most valuable asset. Applications use data to run but more importantly, it is the data they generate that gets used by businesses to do the analyses required to understand their customers, their competitors and their way forward. Experts in...
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