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...

Get ready for massive shifts as jobs change

Almost a quarter (23%) of jobs are expected to change by 2027, with 69-million (10,2%) new jobs created and 83-million (12,3%) eliminated. The Future of Jobs Report 2023 suggests that the jobs market will see a net decrease of 14-million jobs, or 2% of current...

Economists divided on recovery

The continuing uncertainty of the global economic outlook is reflected in the striking spread of responses to the latest Chief Economists Outlook, released this week. In a survey featured in the report, experts are evenly divided on the prospects for the global...

MTN Nigeria gets $2bn tax bill reprieve

The attorney-general of Nigeria has withdrawn a $2-billion tax demand against MTN Nigeria, referring the matter to the tax authorities. On 4 September 2018, MTN announced that MTN Nigeria Communications was disputing a claim for back taxes of approximately $2-billion...

Smoke from Australia’s fires already halfway around the world

Smoke from the bushfires ravaging Australia has already spread halfway around the world, and is expected to make at least one full circuit of the globe.   A fleet of NASA satellites working together has been analysing the aerosols and smoke from the massive...

How AI helps the Red Cross in mapping disaster areas

Maps are essential tools for the disaster relief worker -- for making response plans, for estimating the number of people who might need help and, of course, for navigation. Today, aid workers rely on open source digital maps -- particularly in lower-income countries...

Wearables help manage personal health

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) have released a digital health paper recommending best practices for using wearable technology to manage personal health, including detecting and monitoring cardiovascular biometrics. Presented...

Mystery shopper: malware spreads fake reviews

Kaspersky researchers have detected a Trojan application that terrorises users with unsolicited ads and boosts installations of online shopping applications - fooling both users and advertisers. The malicious app visits smartphone app stores, downloads and launches...

OR Tambo claims festive season security successes

Security and stop-and-search operations at OR Tambo International Airport have continued to yield results with three further people arrested in the week of 31 December 2019 to 6 January 2020. This brings the total number of arrests for the peak holiday season to 33....

The companies that lead in AI implementation

International Data Corporation (IDC) has published a new assessment of 10 companies that provide general-purpose artificial intelligence (AI) software platforms. The IDC MarketScape report uses a comprehensive framework to assess these vendors relative to a set of...

Extreme events reversing development goals

Cyclones in the Caribbean and Pacific, devastating bushfires in Australia, recurrent floods and droughts in Asia and Africa, increasingly bring tragic loss of life to our nations and communities, inflicting physical and mental trauma on survivors, and causing...

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