Geopolitics creates inflationary pressures for SA

As the Middle East moves towards a fragile lull in hostilities, the economic shock caused by the conflict – supply chains perturbation, inflation etc - is already spreading to the global economy with oil-importing economies such as South Africa particularly exposed to...

Credit trends diverge as consumers navigate affordability

South African consumers are reshaping how they access and use credit as affordability pressures persist, according to TransUnion’s Q1 2026 South Africa Industry Insights Report. The report’s findings show that credit demand remained resilient, but diverging risk...

Small fibre operators outshine giants in ISPA survey

ISPA's Perception Survey gauges ISPs’ perceptions of fibre network operator (FNO) performance across a range of metrics - and the most recent results reveal smaller FNOs are outshining the established competition. South Africa’s official internet Industry...

The human impact of AI forces a redesign in how we work

We are living through one of the most significant transformations in the history of work, writes Aparna Nair, chief talent, leadership and culture officer at IBM. AI is reshaping roles, rewiring workflows, and redefining the nature of performance itself. Yet, a new...

SAFPS platform aims to combat fraud

Traditionally, South Africa has been a popular country among fraudsters looking for every opportunity to try and find their next victim. Statistics from the Southern African Fraud Prevention Service (SAFPS) point out that there was a 600% increase in incidents...

New watsonx platform to power next-generation foundation models

IBM, at its annual Think conference, has announced IBM watsonx, a new AI and data platform to be released that will enable enterprises to scale and accelerate the impact of the most advanced AI with trusted data. Enterprises turning to AI today need access to a full...

Smartphone shipments slump in Q4

The worldwide smartphone market failed to sustain its growth momentum in the fourth quarter, causing shipments for the full year of 2019 to decline by 2,2%compared to 2018, according to preliminary research results from IHS Markit. Shipments totaled 1,38-billion units...

Where to for the SA economy?

Kathy Gibson is at IDC Directions 2020 in Sandton - Is South Africa running out of time to turn its economy around? It may well be at the point of do or die right now. Things are tough, says Gina Schoeman, director, economist and head of research at Citibank South...

What’s the biggest threat to your business?

Business interruption catapulted from fifth position in last year's Allianz Risk Barometer (23% of responses) to the top business risk (31% of responses) in Africa and the Middle East this year as larger and more complex business interruption (BI) losses continues...

Smartphone sales set for 3% growth in 2020

Worldwide sales of smartphones to end users are on track to reach 1,57-billion units in 2020, an increase of 3% year over year, according to Gartner. In 2019, worldwide smartphone sales declined 2%, the first time since 2008 that the global smartphone market...

Cell C embraces the gig economy

Cell C has taken steps to address its market share in South Africa by embracing the gig economy and implementing the Spaza 5 000 pilot project. The project, carried out by gig technology company M4Jam, gathered market analytics in the informal sector to help Cell C...

Digit the robot joins Ford’s workforce

Agility Robotics is launching Digit, a robot with arms and legs to work with humans and in human spaces, for commercial sale; and, Ford Motor Company is the first customer, receiving the first two robots off the line. This cooperation continues the existing...

We need less government intervention in the economy, not more

Government intervention in the economy simply does not work, writes Mpiyakhe Dhlamini, a data science researcher at the Free Market Foundation. It is a mystery, then, why so many otherwise intelligent people keep calling for more of the same. After years of low growth...

Index highlights digital readiness

Technology can help solve the world's most pressing problems. In every corner of the world, digital economy is helping us become more connected to each other and the organisations upon which we rely. The Cisco Global Digital Readiness provides insight into how nations...

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