Market volatility made a dramatic return in the past few weeks, with the S&P 500 index plunging more than -10,81% year to date and its counterpart, the tech-heavy Nasdaq, down nearly -16,72%. But while investors may be tempted to chase the highs and lows of this...

South Africans are no strangers to the concept of a side hustle. In fact, according to data from a recent Momentum/Unisa Household Index, an estimated 14% of all households are currently engaged in side hustles. While many people wear multiple work hats out of a...

The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has expressed concern over the recent spate of fake news, featuring ludicrous statements, doing the rounds on social media. "We would like to reassure the public that the Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga has never...

Kaspersky Lab researchers have examined publicly available hardware and software tools for covert password interception and discovered that a powerful hacking tool can be created for as little as $20, and just a few hours of work by someone with basic programming...

Kenya and South Africa are leading the peer-to-peer (P2P) business lending market in Africa - however, 90% of online alternative finance originated from platforms headquartered outside of Africa, evidencing the potential for home-grown platforms. This is according to...

A roadshow to officially launch the new .africa (dotAfrica) geographic Top Level Domain (gTLD) kicked off at the 29th African Union (AU) Summit held at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia last week. During the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of...

Power Technologies, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Allied Electronics (Altron) has entered into an agreement whereby it will dispose of Crabtree Electrical Accessories (Crabtree) to Siemens AG. Crabtree produces and distributes low-voltage components for the South...

The impact of digital technology in the creation of wealth in Africa is such that some countries outperform many Western countries in the contribution of new technologies to the GDP. For instance, with 3,3% of its GDP from internet-related activities, Senegal does...

Intel has committed to spend $100-million with women-owned businesses around the world over the next three years. The company made the announcement on stage at the 2017 Global Citizen Festival in Hamburg, Germany, alongside IBM and Pfizer, which made similar...

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)s, commonly known as drones, will soon be a common sight over border zones, crime hotspots and city streets, as public safety and security officials and police departments discover the cost saving and efficiencies offered by drone patrol...