AI, geopolitics reshaping the future of global energy markets

S&P Global Energy has released its Top Trends report identifying the pivotal developments shaping clean energy technology, sustainability, and growth in global energy markets in 2026. "In 2026, AI's surging power demand growth will be testing grid limits, revenue...

Global IT market on course for its best year since 1996

Worldwide spending on IT – including hardware, software and IT services - is on course to post an increase of 14% in 2025, representing the fastest year of growth since 1996 when the launch of Windows 95, expanding PC usage and Internet adoption were the primary...

Despite slowing momentum, global trade to hit record $35trn

Global trade is on course to exceed $35-trillion in 2025 for the first time, according to UNCTAD’s final Global Trade Update of the year. The new data confirm that trade continued expanding through the second half of 2025, even as geopolitical tensions, higher costs...

Top performers turn AI into revenue, profit growth

Companies that are able to strategically use artificial intelligence (AI) are far more likely to post more than 10% revenue growth, with more than 15% profit margins from their AI deployments. This is among the findings from NTT Data’s newly-released 2026 Global AI...

Google fires generative AI salvo

Kathy Gibson reports - The artificial intelligence (AI) arms race is on: hot on the heels of Microsoft’s addition of OpenAI to its search products, Google has showcased how it is already using generative AI, along with new offerings and its vision for the future....

Gen Z will trade short-term economic ills for future sustainability

Nearly half (47%) of Generation Z is willing to accept short-term economic limitations, such as lower GDP growth, for policymakers to invest in a longer-term strategy that promotes more sustainable growth, according to new research from Dell Technologies. The research...

From tech-clash to trust, focus must be on people

To compete and succeed in a world where digital is everywhere, companies need a new focus on balancing "value" with "values," aligning their drive to create business value with their customers' and employees' values and expectations. This is according to Accenture...

Standard Bank ups the ante on mobile security

Looking to empower customers with more control over their app-based banking activities, Standard Bank has launched a new initiative - DigiMe - which uses the latest biometric and facial recognition software, combined with multi-factor authentication, to create a safe...

SSD usurps HDD for primary storage in PCs

The adoption of SSDs for primary storage accelerated during the fourth quarter of 2019 as the volume of HDD PCs - notebooks, desktops and workstations - sold through the Western Europe (WE) IT distribution channel fell to 9,4%, according to research company Context....

MWC cancelled over Covid-19 fears

In an unprecedented move, Mobile World Congress 2020 has been cancelled as concerns over the Covid-19 epidemic rise. The GSMA has issued the following statement: "Since the first edition of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in 2006, the GSMA has convened the...

Nedbank warns of data breach

Nedbank has issued a warning to its customers about a data breach at one of its service providers that may have compromised personal details of about 1,7-million clients. In a statement today, the bank says it has investigated a data security issue that occurred at...

SA lovers splash out for Valentine’s Day

A new study of card transactions has revealed that South Africa's 'love economy' continues to grow, with Valentine's Day spend up 11% and the overall number of transactions increasing by 36% over the past three years. This is according to the Mastercard Love Index,...

2020 gets off to an eventful start …

It's fair to say this year has already gotten off to an eventful start, with the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) unexpectedly cutting the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6,25%, while lowering 2020 economic growth projections down from 1,4% to 1,2%. Of the opinion...

Innovation drives SA banking inclusion

Innovation in banking is driving up transaction activity, according to the BankservAfrica Economic Transaction Index (BETI) for January 2020. "Rapid transformations in banking in South Africa are benefitting customers who are at the receiving end of improved...

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