Even in the midst of national and global instability, the major insight from Ford's 11th annual Trends Report is that much of the world's population has a positive "every cloud has a silver lining" sentiment. The findings from the survey are generated from 16 120...

Security experts at NordVPN say they have identified a new trend whereby fraud victims are being contacted on their birthdays - thanks to the birth dates, as well as contact information such as email addresses and phone numbers, of more than 900-million people being...

Facebook's jump into cryptocurrencies is another nail in the coffin for traditional banks, says the CEO of one of the world's largest independent financial advisory organisations. Nigel Green, the founder and chief executive of deVere Group, is speaking after the...

Africa and Russia should harness their immense resources to foster a greater economic future for their people. This is the word from Dimitri Medvedev, chairman of the government of the Russian Federation, speaking at the annual general meeting of shareholders of the...

With new electricity rates set to kick in on 1 July, and with the prospect of more load shedding always on the horizon, now is a perfect time for consumers to improve their knowledge of how electricity costs work, and how they can save energy and money. "The price of...

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) says that consumer price inflation increased marginally from 4,4% year-on-year (y-o-y) in April to 4,5% y-o-y in May. The latest reading was in line with expectations and also spot on the middle of the South African Reserve Bank...

Researchers at Nokia Bell Labs and AMBER, the SFI Centre for Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research hosted at Trinity College Dublin, have created a new, innovative formula for battery composition that makes batteries more powerful by packing 2,5 times the...

Passengers flying on kulula.com can now use their portable electronic devices (PEDs) during all phases of their flight on its routes across South Africa. Devices that will now be allowed to stay powered onboard include, but aren't limited to, tablets, e-readers,...

Kaspersky experts have detected a two-fold rise in the number of users being attacked with fake system cleaners - fraudulent programmes designed to trick users into paying for alleged serious computer issues to be fixed. The number of users hit reached 1 456 219 in...

The call for entries for the Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) closes on 30 June meaning African entrepreneurs have less than 10 days to submit their businesses for the chance to pitch Jack Ma and win a share of the $1-million. The ANPI is a flagship...