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...

Inflation puts the pressure back on salaries

The unexpected headline inflation increase in March, among other factors, led to take-home pay slipping marginally during the month, according to the latest BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BPTI). However, a new trend is emerging in the local job market as more...

Why there is good reason to be positive about SA

South Africa's economy faces an array of structural challenges - and the need for reform is as urgent as ever, write Andrew Rymer, CFA: senior strategist: strategic research unit, and Robert Davy, emerging markets fund manager at investment management firm, Schroders....

Wearables to top 300m units with more growth to come

Continued end-user demand, proliferation of devices, and declining average selling prices will propel the worldwide wearables market in the years to come. According to the latest forecast from International Data Corporation's (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device...

What’s holding CFOs back?

Only 22% of chief financial officers (CFOs) achieve a high degree of personal effectiveness, and Gartner research shows that just a limited set of activities and successful relationships outside the finance department are the biggest contributors to a CFO’s personal...

Consumer spend ticks up ahead of the festive season

Consumers are ringing in the holiday season with a solid start to retail sales, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, which looks at overall retail spending trends across all payment types including cash and cheques. Black Friday sales at bricks and mortar stores...

Channel optimism grows despite economic headwinds

Resellers are more optimistic about the coming 12 months than they were a year ago and backed by robust growth in 2019, are driving investment in both traditional and emerging product categories such as IoT, according to Context. The analyst’s annual ChannelWatch...

IoT gateway shipments set to spike

More than 3,4-million cellular IoT gateways were shipped globally during 2018, at a total market value of approximately $921-million. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18,5%, annual shipments are expected to reach 8-million in 2023. This is according...

FNB adds made-in-SA Mara Phones

FNB Connect is now offering customers the first made-in-South Africa Mara Phones – the Mara X and Mara Z. FNB customers will also be able to access deals on the FNB Connect online shop, from 23 December 2019, payable over 24 months. Len Pienaar, CEO of FNB Connect...

State restructure to drive 4IR

The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies is making strategic structural changes to the organisations within its portfolio to align for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has outlined the following actions in a...

IEEE to formalise a model for safer automated vehicles

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has approved a proposal to develop a standard for safety considerations in automated vehicle (AV) decision-making. Intel senior principal engineer Jack Weast has been appointed to lead the workgroup....

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