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...

The state of Kubernetes security in 2023

Despite Kubernetes still being a relatively young technology, adoption rates have soared over the past several years as the container orchestration platform has become the cornerstone for many digital transformation initiatives. Even as organisations settle in with...

AI now driving the development of autonomous vehicles

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are moving from virtual tests to early development phases worldwide in commercial spaces like ride-hail services, freight logistics, and mobile retail, says GlobalData, and both consumer and commercial vehicles are leveraging realtime data to...

Enterprise IoT drones shipments set for 50% growth

In 2020, worldwide shipments of Internet of Things (IoT) enterprise drones (defined as flying drones) will total 526 000 units, an increase of 50% from 2019, according to Gartner. Global shipments are forecast to reach 1,3-million units by 2023. "The construction...

Businesses are shifting to online software purchasing

A new survey shows that more than 80% of organisations no longer use the calendar to time their enterprise software solution purchases. The results of the survey, conducted by Futurum Research and sponsored by SAP, identify industry shifts in business-to-business...

Virtual reality helps to relieve pain for hospitalised children

Lenovo has previewed results from a new global survey that shows people believe in the potential of immersive technologies to positively impact our health, with virtual reality (VR) being used in some hospitals in place of general anesthetics to alleviate pain for...

Google founders Page and Brin step down

Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are stepping down, with Google CEO Sundar Pichai set to become Alphabet CEO as well. Page was Alphabet's CEO and Brin its president. They announced their intention to depart their posts this week. "With Alphabet now...

Card activity up 16% on Cyber Monday

Cyber Monday closed out a very busy and active retail trading week for many South African retailers and consumers. According to Standard Bank, Black Friday transactions increased by 13% year on year, while Cyber Monday transactions grew by a 16% on a year on year...

Black Friday shows SA marker maturity

The numbers and trends of Black Friday 2019 point to a more mature market and an industry that was better prepared. This is according to DPO South Africa, which expects Black Friday to see significant growth in the rest of Africa next year. "It is clear that Black...

SA economy sees quarterly contraction

Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) reports that the South African economy contracted in the third quarter of 2019. Lullu Krugel, PwC Strategy& chief economist for Africa, and Christie Viljoen, PwC Strategy& economist, unpack the numbers. Real gross domestic...

Governments set new Google user request records

The number of user data requests to Google from governments around the world shows data consumed by individuals is becoming increasingly important. The top three countries requesting data from Google are the US, Germany and India, according to data gathered by...

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