Electric motorcycles are set to be a dominant force in sub-Saharan Africa's sustainable mobility transformation, but continued investment in start-ups tackling barriers across the value chain will be critical to maximise the full potential. This is according to a...

Alpheus Mangale has been appointed at group CEO of Seacom, effective 1 April 2023. Mangale has more than 25 years' experience across the enterprise, telecoms, financial services and technology markets across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He will work alongside...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed members of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council with effect from 1 October 2019. Comprising local and international economic thought leaders, the council will advise the president and government more broadly, facilitating...

The cybersecurity landscape is a battle zone. War is being fought on every front, from email to firewalls to personnel to cracking complex codes, cybercriminals are evolving and adapting alongside the technology designed to protect organisations against them. For the...

The Department of Basic Education has responded to misinterpretation of the aims and outcomes of the new General Education Certificate (GEC). Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga spoke about the GEC at the SADTU National Congress last week: "The Field Trial for...

More than two in 10 (26,5%) computers used to control smart building automation systems were subject to some kind of malicious attack in the first half of 2019, according to an overview of smart building threats conducted by Kaspersky. The study shows that while it is...

Employee confidence in the UK business environment continues to hemorrhage, decreasing 6,2% from an index score of 47.6 in 1Q19 to 44.6 in 2Q19, according to Gartner. This time frame has seen a period of unprecedented economic and political uncertainty, including the...

Innovative 5G services will generate $5,2-billion of economic expansion - 0,7% of GDP growth - in sub-Saharan Africa by 2034, according to a report released by the GSMA. This huge opportunity for Africa's digital economy depends on the availability of necessary radio...

Vendor revenue from sales of IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud environments, including public and private cloud, declined 10,2% year over year in the second quarter of 2019 (2Q19), reaching $14,1-billion. In its...

The Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) has written to the President of South Africa requesting that he take the necessary steps to ensure that the personal information of South Africans receives proper legal protection. On the occasion of the International...