Afreximbank to double intra-African trade financing
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) plans to double its financing of intra-African trade from $20-billion in 2021 to $40-billion by 2026. This is according to Haytham ElMaayergi, Afreximbank's executive vice-president: global trade bank, addressing the African...
Africa faces unprecedent surge in mpox cases
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Astronomers discovered a rocket body heading toward a lunar collision late last year. Impact occurred on 4 March, with NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter later spotting the resulting crater. Surprisingly the crater is actually two craters, an eastern crater (18-meter...
Big changes needed for SA to achieve better maths results
South Africa is still not addressing the root causes behind the decline in the number of learners taking mathematics or the decline in the pass rate of those who do choose the subject. Less than 30% of all matric students take maths and only half of them pass their...
Tips for driving finance AI success
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Light distortion is a matter of perspective
A team led by researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand, with collaborators from the University of Pretoria, as well as Mexico and Scotland, have made a new discovery on how light behaves in complex media, media that tends to distort light significantly. They...
Safer lithium battery transport needs government support
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on governments to further support the safe carriage of lithium batteries y developing and implementing global standards for screening, fire-testing, and incident information sharing. As with many products...
Amazon Prime Day sales on the SA radar
One-third (34%) of South African adults - an estimated 13,6-million people - plan to shop this year's Amazon Prime Day sales. Finder's Amazon Prime Day Shopping Report, which surveyed 1 206 South African Internet users, reveals the most popular category to shop for is...
Asset-tracking spend to hit $45bn by 2027
A new study from Juniper Research has found that global spend on asset tracking by enterprises will increase from $16-billion in 2022 to $45-billion in 2027 - a substantial growth of 184%. The management and security of high-value assets is becoming of increasingly...
APT group targets building automation systems
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PAYE reconciliation returns deadline looms
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Schneider launches Performance Analytics
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Actifio expands into African markets
African economies continue to expand rapidly. Indeed, a recent study by the World Bank showed ICT accounts for 2% of the annual GDP growth rate in Kenya alone. The International Telecommunication Union estimates that every 10% increase in the use of broadband leads to...
Palo Alto, VMware expand partnership
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