Cost optimisation is the top issue that chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) should focus on in the near future, according to 17% of CEOs and senior business executives polled by Gartner. This is followed by supply chain resilience at 16%. "CEOs are tasking their CSCOs...

After an unprecedented year-long delay, the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics recently started. This time, all the events will take place with no spectators, which reduces physical risks - in terms of health and from a cybersecurity point of view (such as data theft using...

The global user base for person-to-person (P2P) mobile money transfers will increase from 192,66-million users in 2014 (domestic and international) to 1,61-billion in 2019, according to global analyst firm Ovum. Ovum's new m-payments forecast shows that the total...

With prizes valued at R5-million worth of support including R1m for the winner and R350 000 for two runners up and a boot camp for the top 100 ideas, innovators might just want to share your great digital ideas that can transform their community. The City of...

While the adoption and use of many of the technologies making up cognitive systems have been in place for several years, the emergence of cognitive software platforms and cognitively enabled applications has happened only recently. Cognitive systems in general are...

Following a successful beta programme, which included just over 500 merchants actively transacting on the platform and growing in double-digits every month and its official launch in October 2015, Yoco is one of the fastest growing payments companies in South Africa....

South African youth are maximising the opportunity to invest in Tax-Free Savings. This follows a finding that 17% of FNB customers, aged between 21 and 30, have opened a Tax-Free Savings account and have opted for the shares option. Pieter Du Toit, CEO of FNB...

According to International Data Corporations' (IDC) Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 25,6-million smartphones were shipped in India in CY 2015 Q4 - up 15,4% from 22,2-million units for the same period last year. But, similar to last year, smartphone shipments saw a...

Wipro and the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) have launched the second edition of their Future CIO learning programme for South Africa. The programme's objective is to impart leadership skills, build proficiency in technologies of the future and help mould...

Dave Mohr & Izak Odendaal, Old Mutual multi-managers, unpack yesterday's Budget speech. In our preview of the Budget Speech, we outlined four requirements for avoiding a downgrade to junk status. How did the 2016 Budget Speech measure up? A Budget based on...