The Bureau for Economic Research (BER) survey of private business sentiment shows that the Business Confidence Index (BCI) for Q3 improved slightly to 33 from 27 in Q2. While the small gain is encouraging, BCI remains at sharply depressed levels with the Q3 reading...

The Institute of Directors in South Africa (IoDSA) and the King Committee say that, although they remain supportive of reform efforts in what is a highly contested area, some of the proposals contained in the Companies Act Amendment Bills 2023 relating to remuneration...

African countries need to urgently expand food reserves, keep food supply flowing and boost their agriculture budgets to avert a possible hunger pandemic, partly caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. This is the conclusion from a webinar hosted by the African Development...

The second Africa Regional Integration Index (ARII 2019), launched by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Development Bank and the African Union Commission (AUC), calls on African economies to deepen their integration. The 2019 Index, which builds on...

Leading indicators for IT spending appear to be stabilising and bottoming out in many countries, reflecting a period of relative calm before economic lockdown measures are expected to be eased in the next few weeks. However, confidence levels in the US continue to...

A United Nations agency has gone live with a new Covid-19 self-diagnostic application and predictive modelling dashboard, a digital tool to both help South Africans self-assess their Covid-19 symptoms, and aid government efforts to pinpoint virus hotspots. The project...

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has launched a new data platform to better understand migration and human mobility in times of crisis through new data sources and methodologies such as satellite imagery, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine...

The installed base of video cameras in Europe and North America will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18,1% from 183-million units in 2019 to 420,3-million units in 2024. This is according to a new market report from Berg Insight, covering the connected...

With testing and tracing having become key to containing the outbreak of Covid-19, countries all over the world have implemented varying degrees of testing protocols. By Gerald Naidoo, CEO of Leviathan Viral Testing Africa In South Africa, there has been a great deal...

New research from SearchInform has shed light on companies' experiences in shifting to remote work and keeping business processes going. The analysis, the organization says, demonstrates the approach to overcoming current obstacles and gives statistics on how...