More than two-thirds of companies using cloud computing across major African markets plan to increase their spending on cloud services in 2023. This was one of the most significant findings of the Cloud in Africa 2023 study released today by World Wide Worx, with...

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the value of the CPaaS (Communications Platform-as-a-Service) market will reach $29-billion globally by 2025; rising from $16-billion in 2022. To capitalise on this substantial growth of 80% over the next three years,...

Worldwide shipments of hardcopy peripherals (HCP) decreased 3,9% year over year to 22,8-million units in the first quarter of 2019 (1Q19), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker. The brightest spot for...

Even as inflation has dropped, higher fuel prices have driven an increase in transport costs. Lullu Krugel, PwC Strategy& chief economist for Africa, and Christie Viljoen, PwC Strategy& Economist, unpack the latest inflation figures. Statistics South Africa...

Saturday 25 May is Africa Day, commemorating the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (now known as the African Union) in 1963. Africa Day is intended to celebrate and acknowledge the successes of the AU in the fight against colonialism and apartheid, as well...

Standard Bank is creating digital platforms to open up more affordable access to banking services. As part of this, it has launched a R4.95 per month bank account called MyMo that customers can open on their mobile devices, loaded with data and airtime offerings and...

The war of words between the Trump administration and China threatens to break out into a full-scale trade war. This is according to Steven Dover, head of equities at Franklin Templeton, who offers his thoughts on the US/China trade tensions, China's expanding...

Three South African learners won prizes at the world's largest and most prestigious high school science fair,the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), which took place recently in Phoenix, Arizona. The big local winner was Hritik Mitha from...

CEOs of private businesses are less optimistic than they were a year ago about the strength of the global economy - and their own organisation's ability to grow revenues. This is according to research of over 800 private business owners as part of PwC's 22nd Annual...

Cybersecurity specialist Fortinet has released the findings of its latest quarterly Global Threat Landscape Report which reveals that cybercriminals continue to evolve the sophistication of their attack methods - from tailored ransomware and custom coding for some...