New 100-day goal set for faster, equitable pandemic response
Six years after its founding and three years after Covid-19 broke out in China, leading members of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovations (CEPI) and world leaders gathered at the 53rd World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos to discuss what key...
AI helps to fight wildfires
A dramatic rise in the frequency and severity of wildfires is undermining efforts to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in combating climate change. According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 30% of the world's population is exposed to deadly...
New standard enables next-generation video compression
The new Versatile Video Coding (VVC) standard advances the state of the art of video compression and has unprecedented application versatility. It has the flexibility to enable emerging applications such as 360-degree omnidirectional immersive multimedia, remote...
SARB expected to hold interest rates steady
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meets again on 21 to 23 July to discuss policy matters. By Lullu Krugel, chief economist for PwC Strategy& Africa, and Dr Christie Viljoen, PwC Strategy& economist The central bank lowered...
Bolt launches new low-cost category
Ride-hailing platform Bolt has launched a new low-cost category called Bolt Go, which aims to be the cheapest ride-hailing service in South Africa. The addition of the new low-cost category, with fares approximately 20% less than regular Bolt rides, is expected to...
Pandemic tempers growth in AR/VR spend, but outlook is positive
Growth in worldwide and European AR/VR spend will decline in 2020 compared to the pre-Covid-19 forecast scenario according to the June release of the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) Spending Guide. Marked...
Digital transformation key for legal tech
International Data Corporation (IDC) has published new survey results that explore the current buying trends and preferences for legal technology software within the e-discovery, contract life-cycle management, and enterprise legal management markets. "Legal...
Healthy growth for insurance telematics policies
The number of insurance telematics policies in force on the European market reached 12,8-million in Q4-2019, according to a new research report from Berg Insight. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 28,2%, this number is expected to reach 44,5-million...
Radical deregulation and liberalisation would lower data prices
The government tends to come up with complex policies that later trips up the same government, causes unnecessary delays, waste and ultimately negative economic consequences and political discontent. By Mpiyakhe Dhlamini, a data science researcher at the Free Market...
Second wave of Covid infections tops emerging risk fears
Senior executives reported concerns around renewed outbreaks of the Covid-19 pandemic as their top emerging risk emerging risk in the second quarter of 2020 This is according to Gartner's latest Emerging Risks Monitor Report. Which polled senior executives across...
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eScan, Secure Lab form strategic alliance
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Cambium sets sights on Kenya, Nigeria
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DCC offers Dell Inspiron One 23
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Listing data quality issues aids businesses
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