Cyber resilience the foundation for Africa’s next phase of digital growth

Building strong cyber resilience will be the key to sustaining the current remarkable growth of Africa’s digital economy, according to a new white paper from Mastercard. The report – Africa’s Digital Defence Race - highlights that between 2016 and 2025, mobile money...

Underfunding a leading cause of AI failures for SA firms

South African organisations whose AI ambitions outrun their budgets are seven times more likely to say AI has fallen short, according to preliminary results from DayOne’s State of AI Delivery in South Africa survey. Of the more than 170 employees, founders, managers...

Revenue to hit $1bn as quantum breakthroughs advance

Worldwide, quantum computing revenue is projected to total $1,1-billion in 2027, according to Gartner. “Nations and businesses have scaled spending in quantum literacy, patents, partnerships, and early use-case exploration,” says Gaurav Gupta, vice-president analyst...

Fuel price shock will hit supply chains hard, driving prices up

South Africa’s latest fuel price increase will put fresh pressure on already strained supply chains, says supply chain industry body SAPICS. The organisation warns that the cost impact is likely to extend far beyond the transport sector and into consumers’ pockets at...

Global mobile app revenues to hit $613bn by 2025

With roughly 5,3-billion mobile phone users worldwide, or 57% of the world's population, the mobile app industry continues surging with no signs of stopping any time soon. In 2021, the entire market is expected to hit over $400-billion value, growing by 25% YoY....

Vodacom launches Eco-SIM Cards made from recycled plastic

Vodacom is launching Eco-SIM cards made from recycled plastic as part of its goal to halve its greenhouse gas emissions by 2025. Vodacom will soon provide customers with new Eco-SIMs in the half-sized format made from recycled plastic, progressively replacing SIM...

Modest growth for large format printers

The IDC Worldwide Quarterly Large Format Printer Tracker found that worldwide large format printer (LFP) shipments grew 3.9% year over year in the second quarter of 2016 (2Q16), while hardware revenue grew by more than 7%. "On a worldwide basis the second quarter is...

Court holds CWU members in contempt

The Labour Court on Friday gave an order that 14 Communication Workers Union (CWU) members, including their president, must on the return date, in November 2016, appear in court to show cause why the court should not hold them to be in contempt for contravening the...

Rozzio officially takes HP Inc. reins

HP Inc. today officially announced the appointment of David Rozzio as its new MD in South Africa. In this role, Rozzio will be responsible for providing country leadership and driving profitable growth across the company's Printing and Personal Systems businesses....

Huawei underpins cloud with hardware, networking

Kathy Gibson reports from Huawei Connect in Shanghai - The new intelligence revolution will herald massive changes that haven't been envisaged yet. Ken Hu, chairman and rotating CEO of Huawei, believes the revolution will be enabled by devices, connections and the...

PwC, Google join forces in Africa

PwC South Africa has entered into a joint business relationship with Google, with the aim of bringing new and innovative solutions to companies across Africa through PwC's Africa Network. The rapid pace of innovation in technology has fundamentally changed how and...

Tepid growth for smartphones

Worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to reach 1.46-billion units with a year-over-year growth rate of 1.6% in 2016, according to the latest forecast from IDC. Although growth remains positive, it is down significantly from the 10.4% growth in 2015. Much of the...

Wits launches Tshimologong precinct

The University of the Witwatersrand and its partners in government, business and industry have officially launched the Wits Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. Setswana for "new beginnings", Tshimologong is Johannesburg's newest...

Hardcopy peripherals market improves

The rate of decline in the worldwide hardcopy peripherals market slowed in the second quarter of 2016 (2Q16) with shipments contracting 3.8% year over year to 23.1-million units, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker. The improvement in...

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