After a month of intense deliberation, the judges of the Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year competition have chosen 16 finalists - all deemed to be the country's most promising and resilient emerging small and medium businesses. This year marks the post-Covid...

The primary transmission mechanism of greater tensions in the Middle East region to the global economy would be through higher energy prices, writes David Rees, senior emerging markets economist at Schroders, who adds that the price of Brent crude has already climbed...

As Europe charts its recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, many business and government leaders are seeking to drive economic growth through increased digitalisation and the widespread use of data. During an IBM Policy Lab Live virtual event titled "An Economic...

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against educational resources grew exponentially over the first half (H1-20) of this year when compared to the previous year. For each month from January to June 2020, the number of DDoS attacks affecting educational online...

By August 31, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) had received more than 160 536 applications since the opening date, on 3 August 2020. During the first month, on average, NSFAS has been receiving more than 5 000 applications a day, with the number going...

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has confirmed that the invitation to apply (ITA) for both the Wireless Open Access Network (WOAN) and the International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) spectrum (also known as high demand spectrum) will...

Across the globe individuals remain highly concerned about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on their daily lives, but there are clear differences in outlook across age groups and countries. The August findings of an ongoing IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV)...

Nearly 1,7-million mobile subscribers are infected with mobile malware in South Africa alone, according to full year 2019 data by Secure-D. According to the company, malware is the main culprit responsible for airtime theft and mobile ad fraud evident in the country,...

The worldwide Ethernet switch market recorded $6,6-billion in revenue in the second quarter of 2020 (2Q20), a decrease of 6,3% year over year. Meanwhile, worldwide total enterprise and service provider (SP) router market revenues recorded a slight year-over-year gain,...

The number of connected EV charging points in Europe and North America reached an estimated 0,9-million units in 2019. According to Berg Insight, Europe represents the largest share of around 0,6-million of these charging points, corresponding to a connectivity...