Digitalisation can empower informal merchants to unlock Africa’s growth
The digital transformation of sub-Saharan Africa’s economy will not be complete without a focus on helping the region’s hundreds of thousands of small, micro and informal merchants to digitalise their businesses. And payments represents a natural starting point for...
Emerging markets well positioned to drive global growth
By 2035, emerging markets will play a crucial role in shaping the global economy, contributing about 65% of global economic growth. This is among the findings from S&P Global’s latest Look Forward research study, which identifies and assesses the opportunities and...
Flat confidence not showing the whole story
After dipping from 42 to 39 in the third quarter, the RMB/BER business confidence index (BCI) slipped to 38 in the final quarter of 2022 - so more than six out of 10 respondents remained unsatisfied with prevailing business conditions. Although the BCI was little...
What the future of CX will look like
As we move beyond Covid-driven restrictions, IDC's Future of Customer Experience predictions for 2023 reflect how B2B and B2C businesses must confront a new set of macroeconomic challenges – inflation, global economic instability, and flattening customer growth –...
Cybercriminals, hackers the worst culprits disrupting SA organisations
By now, millions of people globally have experienced one or more shifts in the way they work. As the world continues to revert to pre-Covid levels of operating, countless industries have returned to working on-site, while many have adopted hybrid models which have...
AI software tipped to grow 50% faster than overall software market
Forrester forecasts that AI software will grow 50% faster than the overall software market over the next two years, with an annual growth rate of 18%. The spend on AI software will double from $33-billion in 2021 to $64-billion in 2025 due to an accelerated adoption...
IBM institutes legal action against Micro Focus
IBM has filed suit against Micro Focus, accusing the software company of illegally copying and reverse engineering IBM software in violation of copyright law. In the legal action filed in US District Court in the Southern District of New York, IBM asserts that these...
Global IoT revenues up in 2022
In recent years, the Internet of Things (IoT) has become one of the most important technologies out there, providing seamless communication between people, processes, and things. The surging need for wireless networking technologies continues to drive the entire...
Mobile operators will lose big to OTT business messaging apps
Mobile operators will lose out to OTT business messaging providers such as Messenger, WeChat and WhatsApp to the tune of $2,5-billion next year – an increase of 20% over 2022. A new Juniper Research study report found that promotional messages will account for 30% of...
Social media sites top for tracking user data
The average website has 48 trackers – and social media websites have 160 trackers on average, according to research from NordVPN. Health websites have an average of 46 trackers per website, and digital media sites come into third place with an average of 28 trackers....
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Big data, social media optimise relationships
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Online education takes off
USB Executive Development (USB-ED), the public executive development company of Stellenbosch University, has launched several new online courses for its 2016 academic year to enhance the research skills of postgraduate students. The various online courses range in...
Sophos e-mail appliance adds next-generation sandboxing
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BEE empowers management control of Rocketseed South Africa
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TaxTim raises funding from MMI Holdings’ Exponential
Cape Town's tax start-up TaxTim has secured investment from Exponential, the innovation unit of JSE-listed company, MMI Holdings. Recently launched Exponential identifies and sometimes invests in early- and growth-stage companies, like TaxTim, that have the potential...
Industry stalwart Geerdts joins OTEL
ICT industry veteran Christopher Geerdts has joined CEO Rad Jankovic at the helm of OTEL Telecoms as chief operations officer. "Chris has been specifically appointed as OTEL's COO to support the company during the current rapid growth phase that is finding expression...
Store wars: retail shopping trends in 2016
Robbie Johnson, retail manager at Drive Control Corporation (DCC), explores directions and trends for the retail industry Despite the fact that the digital age has encouraged more people to shop and browse products online, physical stores are still, surprisingly, the...
Printers, copiers deliver impressive energy efficiency
The makers of printers and copiers have boosted energy efficiency of their products* by more than one third in Europe within four years (2011-2014). The reduction of energy consumption is the outcome of a self-regulation initiative taken by all major manufacturers of...
CIO is new driver of business growth
Under constant pressure to adapt their roles and organisational functions, most South African CIOs believe their responsibilities are evolving faster than the industry norm according to a recent market survey. This scenario is likely be exacerbated by tough local...
Biometrics is saving banks millions
The long-standing partnership between top South African banks and the Department of Home Affairs is helping to reduce fraud through the use of biometrics. In terms of the partnership, which was officially signed by the South African Banking Risk Information Centre...
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