A massive 79% of corporate strategists said that technologies such as analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) and automation will be critical to their success over the next two years, according to a survey by Gartner. Strategists said that, on average, 50% of...

Despite global economic uncertainty, innovation rose as a top corporate priority for 2023. According to a new report released by Boston Consulting Group (BCG), 83% of African executives view innovation as a top-three priority for this year, compared to 79% of...

IoT reduces food supply waste and theft, while helping to combat foodborne illness. Laura Rumbel, consumer experience enabling director in Intel’s Internet of Things Group, works with Intel’s customers to make IoT-based supply chain solutions that provide realtime...

Cryptocurrency is a “blink and you’ll miss it” type of industry, writes Nic Haralambous, chief marketing officer of Coindirect. He looks back on what 2019 was like for cryptocurrency and offers a glimpse of what to expect in 2020. The bitcoin price fared well in 2019,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...