Steady growth puts digital trade firmly on the map

New experimental estimates show that digital trade is increasing significantly across the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2023, underscoring the importance of digital technologies in shaping international trade. Up to now, much of the...

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...

Smartphone market woes continue with 14,6% decline

Worldwide smartphone shipments declined 14,6% year over year to 268,6-million units in the first quarter of 2023 (1Q23), according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. This marks the seventh...

Chinese banks extend lending dominance

Chinese banks extended their dominance as the world's largest lenders in 2022 despite rate hikes and slowing economic growth while their global peers saw declines in balance sheets. This is according to the largest Global Bank Ranking published by S&P Global...

Cyber attacks the top risk for SA businesses

Cyber-security attacks are once again the top risk faced by South African businesses, according to the ninth Allianz Risk Barometer 2020. Cyber incidents (46% of responses) ranks as the most important business risk in South Africa for the fourth time since the launch...

Global IT spend to reach $3,9trn in 2020

Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3,9-trillion in 2020, an increase of 3,4% from 2019, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. Global IT spending is expected to cross into $4-trillion territory next year. "Although political uncertainties pushed the...

Retailers look to hybrid cloud

The vast majority of retailers (87,5%) have identified hybrid cloud as the ideal IT operating model. These are among the retail industry findings of Nutanix's second Enterprise Cloud Index Report, measuring retailers' plans for adopting private, hybrid and public...

Why Google’s Pointy acquisition is significant

On 14 January Google published a blog post announcing its acquisition of Pointy, a start-up based in Dublin, Ireland, that lets bricks-and-mortar stores make their products discoverable online. GlobalData technology editor Lucy Ingham comments: "The deal, which is...

Surprise: top chess players can’t code

The strongest chess players have been found to display almost zero programming skills. The is the unexpected finding from a survey of the world's strongest chess players, conducted by World Chess, the organiser of the FIDE Grand Prix Series, and software developer...

App market due for a boost in 2020

South Africa's mobile content and applications market looks set for a boost in 2020, according to the Wireless Application Service Providers' Association (WASPA). The body says an expected uptick in both mobile app development by its almost 300 members and consumption...

CCSA urges that copyright bill go back to Parliament

President Ramaphosa has two weeks to avert a R34-billion US trade catastrophe, writes Collen Dlamini, chairperson of the Copyright Coalition of South Africa (CCSA) in this statement. Two weeks from today, the Office of the United States Trade Representative will hold...

Security still plays second fiddle when it comes to budget

The vast majority (89%) of chief information security officers (CISO) are regularly summoned by the board of directors to provide recommendations for the business. But, despite a "direct line" with top bosses, this does not necessarily result in dedicated investments...

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