Growth is the lifeblood of any family business as it is essential to ensuring the business will continue to prosper for future generations. For the next generation of family business leaders, growth and sustainability go hand-in-hand. In new research from PwC Africa,...

Worldwide government IT spending is forecast to total $565,7-billion in 2022, an increase of 5% from 2021, according to Gartner. "The last few years of enduring pandemic challenges have mobilized a wave of digital transformation activities in government organisations...

Diversified and services-led African economies have had a good year, whereas hydrocarbon-dependent economies continue to be plagued by the aftershock of the oil price slump. This is according to the ICAEW's (the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales)...

Net neutrality in the US has been repealed -- but Internet players have vowed to continue the fight for an open Internet. Yesterday the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to repeal net neutrality rules, which prohibit carriers from giving preferential...

The number of insurance telematics policies in force on the European market reached 6,8-million in Q4-2016. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 34,8%, this number is expected to reach 30-million by 2021, according to a new research report from the IoT...

A young scientist who competed at this year's Eskom Expo for Young Scientists International Science Fair has come up with an innovative solution to help prevent accidents on South Africa's roads. Samirah Kaka, a grade 9 learner from Kismet Combined School in Vryburg...

BCX is investing R100-million to grow scarce digital skills in ICT infrastructure and software programming alongside cybersecurity, fintech and artificial intelligence (AI) over three years in partnership with the Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi). The...

Rumours are swirling around Incredible Solutions, an IT distributor specialising in supplying the retail market, which is not answering its phones today. Customers unable to place orders are trying to find alternative suppliers as they prepare for the Christmas...

Economic inequality is widespread and has been growing since the 1980s, calling economic growth policies around the world into question, according to new research from the World Inequality Lab. This is according to the first World Inequality Report, with research that...

Worldwide spending on the Internet of Things (IoT) is forecast to reach $772,5-billion in 2018, an increase of 14,6% over the $674-billion that will be spent in 2017. A new update to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Internet of Things...