The pandemic is still playing a major role in influencing working behaviours and patterns in Africa - and this is fuelling new types of cyberattacks. The 2021 KnowBe4 African Cyberthreat Report focused on key metrics around cybersecurity awareness and behaviours to...

International Data Corporation (IDC) saw worldwide shipments of foldable phones, inclusive of both flip and fold form factors, reach a total of 7,1-million units in 2021. This represents an increase of 264,3% over the 1,9-million units shipped in 2020. A new forecast...

While business expectations of digital investment are higher than ever, few companies are able to translate their investments into enhanced financial performance and new business growth. This is according to Accenture’s Digital High Performance research, an analysis...

Nhlamu Dlomu, KPMG executive board member, partner and head of people and change, unpacks results from the World Economic Forum on Africa, held last week in Durban. With a focus on encouraging intra-Africa business and the need to fast-track growth and development,...

Governments in Africa need to understand the integral role that technology plays in the economy, treating it as a single sector rather than a broad, cross-cutting and transformational issue. During the World Economic Forum on Africa, panellists in a session on the...

SMEs should be a bigger priority as political, business and other leaders of society from across Africa gather at events such the World Economic Forum (WEF), held in Durban last week. A sector that represents the economic future of the continent is still not being...

Established in 2012 as Africa’s first neutral Internet eXchange Point (IXP), NAPAfrica has grown seven-fold to become not only the largest in Africa, but one of the top three IXP’s in the southern Hemisphere, as well as the regional internet traffic hub for...

The SingularityU Chapters in Southern Africa have chosen the top five finalists who will be selected at the final judging event of the annual Global Impact Challenge. Singularity University, founded in 2008, is dedicated to leveraging technologies for the benefit of...

The fundamental imperative for Africa is to pursue inclusive growth, which will transform it from the continent of potential to the continent of prosperity. This is the word from deputy-president Cyril Ramaphosa, in the closing address to the 2017 World Economic Forum...

Defence budgets across Europe will grow by 1,6% on average annually for the next five years to reach $245-billion in total by 2021, according to new analysis released today by IHS Markit. Across Europe, defence expenditure is expected to return to 2008/2009 peak...