African Development Bank group president Dr Akinwumi Adesina warns that a new EU carbon border tax could significantly constrain Africa's trade and industrialisation progress by penalising value-added exports including steel, cement, iron, aluminium and fertilizers....

Despite international warnings, the South African parliament has passed new legislation broadly criminalising “hate speech”. The law states that any person who communicates with the intention to “be harmful or to incite harm” and to “promote or propagate hatred” is...

Remote working and distance learning amid the coronavirus outbreak continue increasing global demand for PCs and laptops. After a sharp fall in the first quarter of 2020, global PC shipments have grown in the last six months, despite the effects of the Covid-19...

Bitcoin network fees reached $42,9-million in October 2020. That was 12% of the miners' total revenue in that month, the highest percentage since January 2018. Total revenue reached $353-million, up 8% from September. According to the research data analysed and...

In 2013, when the term unicorn emerged, only 40 private companies had a valuation of $1-billion in the world. Since then, the number of these financial giants surged, rising to a new record in 2020. According to data presented by BuyShares.co.nz, the number of unicorn...

Enterprise application software revenue to decline 2,2% to $237-billion in 2020, according to the research data analysed and published by Stock Apps. A Gartner report states that the global enterprise application software industry is set to drop by 2,2% in 2020 to...

South Africa's salaries improved by 3% year-on-year in real terms in October 2020, according to the latest BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI). With most of the volatile period for salaries paid over the Covid-19 period nearing an end, a clearer picture of...

Kathy Gibson is at Dell Technologies Forum - It is hard to believe that the at beginning of 2020, few had heard of coronavirus - now every aspect of our lives have been turned upside down. "There have been heartbreaking stories, but also inspirational stories around...

Kathy Gibson is at Dell Technologies Forum - The world has changed dramatically in the last six months but, while some businesses have struggled to adapt, others haven't done as well. Doug Woolley, MD of Dell Technologies South Africa, explains that companies are...

Kathy Gibson is at Dell Technologies Forum - The ability to quickly adapt to changing circumstance, and scale up or down when required, is what differentiates successful businesses in times of crisis. Aongus Hegary, president: international markets at Dell...