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E-waste to exceed 100m metric tons by 2030
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Interest in NFTs falls to lowest point ever
Interest in NFTs fell to its lowest point ever at 14 in the fourth week of August, according to data from StockApps.com. This is a stark contrast to the interest in NFTs earlier this year, which reached its peak at 100 in the last week of January. Edith Reads from...
Share of blockchain voting sessions held by business institutions rises
While the interest in online voting remains at the level it was during the pandemic lockdowns, anonymised statistics from Polys, a blockchain-based voting platform supported by Kaspersky, show that remote decision-making is gaining popularity among new groups of...
Low-code development drives greater efficiencies
The increasing appetite for automation is driving the need for a better way of developing software – and low-code tools are stepping up to the plate. Gartner defines a low-code application platform as “an application platform that supports rapid application...
Businesses under attack as Dark Web supercharges threat landscape
Cybercrime is being supercharged through “plug and play” malware kits that make it easier than ever to launch attacks. Meanwhile, cyber syndicates are collaborating with amateur attackers to target businesses, putting the online world at risk. These are among the...
Global smartphone shipments set to drop in 2022
According to the latest International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker forecast, shipments of smartphones will decline 6,5% to 1,27-billion units in 2022. The decline is due to record-breaking inflation, geopolitical tensions, and other...
Supply shortages, slow demand drive another African smartphone decline
Smartphone shipments across Africa declined quarter on quarter (QoQ) in Q2 2022, continuing a trend that has been ongoing since Q2 2021. The latest Quarterly Global Mobile Phone Tracker from International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that smartphone shipments to...
Altron appoints Walter Kapp as chief executive
Altron has announced the appointment of Werner Kapp as group chief executive with effect from 1 October 2022. Executive chairman Stewart van Graan, comments: “After a rigorous search and recruitment process by the board, we are very pleased to appoint a...
PMI ticks up in August
The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) ticked up to 52.1 points in August from 47.6 in the prior month. The business activity index rose back above the neutral 50-point mark for the first time since March. Since then, output was hampered by the...
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Key budget highlights you may have missed
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Reports of tape’s demise are greatly exaggerated
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Visa expands operations to Côte d’Ivoire
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Developers move out of the back room
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Kaspersky Lab launches security intelligence services
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Reduce MRO spend with smart procurement
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Canon scoops seven iF Design awards
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Social accountability needed to build trust in Uganda
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Building BI for the business
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Changes at VMware as Eschenbach steps down
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