Amid the climate, energy and geopolitical crises that have been raging for some years now, it is time the world looked to Africa for energy. This is according to Samia Suluhu Hassan, president of Tanzania, speaking at a session on "Repowering the World" at the 53rd...

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has established an expert focus group to work towards international technical standards for the metaverse. The focus group offers a venue to start laying the groundwork for technical standards that can help create an...

After weakening considerably in 2019, global growth is expected to stabilise at a rate of 2,5% in 2020 before edging up 2,7% in 2021, according to the annual Top-10 Economic Predictions by business information provider IHS Markit. Despite historically high levels of...

The majority of Internet of Things (IoT) technology adopters in the US are also adopting blockchain and combining it with their IoT networks, according to a Gartner survey. “The integration of IoT and blockchain networks is a sweet spot for digital transformation and...

The future enterprise will be tech-everywhere, platform-based and ecosystem-centric, with innovation as the norm. This is the key message from an IDC webinar presented by Thomas Meyer, GM and group vice-president, and Phil Carter, chief analyst. IDC's predictions are...

Openserve has reported a major incident of cable theft in Eisleben Road, Portland in the Mitchells Plain area. On Thursday, 12 December 2019, multiple cables of varying lengths were cut and stolen. This incident is impacting the surrounding communities that are...

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in South Africa were targeted with an unusually large number of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks last month with media reports attributing these cyberattacks to organised criminal syndicates. It’s not all bad news,...

Sales of desktop monitors through Western Europe distributors grew in early Q4 2019 following the trend begun in the earlier three quarters of the year. Sales were once again driven by higher demand in consumer channels, according to data published by market...

The African Development Bank has urged the continent’s nations to stay the course on climate action, after a marathon session of talks at the 25th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 25) in Madrid. The conference was...

Every year, the very best startups, most influential individuals and top ecosystem players such as investors, acceleration programmes and coworking spaces are selected from seven regions around the world – Nordics, South East Asia, Central Europe, SAARC Region (South...