A familiar face takes the reins at Tarsus

By Mark Davison - After months of speculation, Alviva Holdings – parent company of Tarsus Distribution – has announced a new, permanent CEO for one of South Africa’s oldest and leading distributors. Thibault Dousson, currently director of Lenovo’s Solution and...

European orbiter detects hints of volcanic activity on Mars

New evidence from gas seeping above volcanic rifts suggests Mars is not geologically dead deep inside, but merely sleeping. Fresh fissures along the Alba Mons region hint at active spots under the surface, where gases from inside the planet may be making their way up...

NASA experiments with drones for planetary landings

NASA successfully demonstrated technology designed to help spacecraft autonomously navigate to safe landing sites on the Moon and on other planets. An Alta-X drone equipped with the agency’s Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE)...

Turn vision into reality with the right AI strategy

Kathy Gibson reports from Dell Technologies Forum in Johannesburg - Today's leaders aren't asking whether to adopt AI, they're asking how to turn it into outcomes the business can see. And South African companies can no longer afford to take a wait-and-see attitude to...

Top priorities for chief audit executives

The top focus areas for chief audit executives (CAEs) in 2023 are advancing data analytics, providing assurance on proliferating digital risks, and talent management, according to Gartner. "In 2023 most CAEs are focusing on organisational and departmental digital...

Crypto exchanges targeted by hackers

The blockchain industry has lost a whopping $30-billion to hacking incidents since 2012 - and 36% ($10,95-billion) of these losses occurred through exchange hacks, says a BanklessTimes report. This growing menace raises concerns about the vulnerability of exchanges...

Not all gloom and doom for SA’s IT market

Kathy Gibson is at IDC Directions 2020 in Sandton - South Africa is no stranger to bad news. As 2020 unfolds, every day seems to bring another blow to the business community. But local companies still have to do business and move forward, despite - or because of -...

Repair work begins on WACS

Openserve has issued an update on the cable repair situation that has bedevilled local Internet users for the past couple of weeks. "Contrary to what was initially advised, regarding the joint repair mission of the South Atlantic 3/West Africa Submarine Cable...

SA’s banked pensions continue to outperform

Private pensions in South Africa continue to outdo take-home pay. In the last six and a half years, real private pensions increased by 21%, resulting in the average private pensioner being 18% better off. This is remarkable when compared to BankservAfrica's Take-home...

International brands weather SA retail storm

As South African retail faces an increasingly tough economic climate, international brands persevere despite these challenges. Decathlon, a French sporting goods retailer is the latest international brand set to increase its footprint on SA soil. With over 1 500...

Smartphone shipments slump in Q4

The worldwide smartphone market failed to sustain its growth momentum in the fourth quarter, causing shipments for the full year of 2019 to decline by 2,2%compared to 2018, according to preliminary research results from IHS Markit. Shipments totaled 1,38-billion units...

Where to for the SA economy?

Kathy Gibson is at IDC Directions 2020 in Sandton - Is South Africa running out of time to turn its economy around? It may well be at the point of do or die right now. Things are tough, says Gina Schoeman, director, economist and head of research at Citibank South...

What’s the biggest threat to your business?

Business interruption catapulted from fifth position in last year's Allianz Risk Barometer (23% of responses) to the top business risk (31% of responses) in Africa and the Middle East this year as larger and more complex business interruption (BI) losses continues...

Smartphone sales set for 3% growth in 2020

Worldwide sales of smartphones to end users are on track to reach 1,57-billion units in 2020, an increase of 3% year over year, according to Gartner. In 2019, worldwide smartphone sales declined 2%, the first time since 2008 that the global smartphone market...

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