Africa must tackle cybersecurity or suffer dire consequences
Kathy Gibson reports - Africa needs a comprehensive agenda to deal with its critically low level of cyber resilience and secure its leap into the digital economy. This is the main message from a Kearney white paper, "Cybersecurity in Africa: A Call to Action", which...
IoT spending to surpass $1trn by 2026
Worldwide spending on the Internet of Things (IoT) is forecast to be $805,7-billion in 2023, an increase of 10,6% over 2022, according to a new International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Internet of Things Spending Guide. Investments in the IoT ecosystem are...
IT spend on global banking, investment to hit $652bn
Worldwide banking and investment services IT spending is forecast to total $652,1-billion in 2023, an increase of 8,1% from 2022, according to Gartner. Spending on software will see the largest growth with an increase of 13,5% this year. "Current economic headwinds...
131 years needed to close the gender equality gap
Gender parity globally has recovered to pre-Covid-19 levels, but the pace of change has stagnated as converging crises slow progress, according to the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2023. The report finds that the overall gender gap has closed by 0,3...
Digitalisation key for increased manufacturing output
Local manufacturing output has increased by 3,4% year on year, according to the Manufacturing: Production and Sales report recently released by Statistics South Africa. While this is a step in the right direction following a protracted spell of subdued activity, it is...
Climate crisis changes parental decisions on purchasing, careers, family size
Parents are taking serious action due to climate change, from everyday decisions to long-term family planning. A study from HP conducted by Morning Consult among parents in India, Mexico, Singapore, the UK and US found that 91% of parents are concerned about the...
Global in-app purchase spend set to jump
Last year mobile phone users worldwide spent almost $205-billion on in-app purchases - the highest value in the app market's history. This figure is set to grow by around 12% year-over-year and hit $231-billion in 2023 as millions of people continue spending more...
AMD expands commercial portfolio
AMD has announced its new Ryzen PRO 7040 Series Mobile processors, bringing advanced and power efficient x86 processors to more premium Windows 11 business laptops and mobile workstations. With "Zen 4" architecture, AMD RDNA 3 integrated graphics, AMD PRO...
25 African startups for Google startup fund
Google for Startups (GfS) has announced the 25 African-based startups selected for this year's $4-million Black Founders Fund. The Black Founders Fund, now in its third year, aims to help tackle systemic racial inequality in venture capital (VC) funding by providing...
Huawei FusionSolar’s Smart PV Inverter SUN2000-330KTL Wins the Intersolar AWARD
With its continuous innovation and the provision of high-quality smart PV solutions and product experiences, Huawei FusionSolar's Smart PV Inverter SUN2000-330KTL has been awarded the Intersolar AWARD at Intersolar Europe 2023. As the newest flagship product from...
SA fintech among top WEF Technology Pioneers
Omnisient, a South African data analytics fintech that is helping people with no credit history get access to affordable credit, was selected among hundreds of candidates as one of the World Economic Forum's "Technology Pioneers". Omnisient has developed a...
How to build towards sustainable social impact
When asked how businesses build towards successful social impact the answer is easy - sustainability. How to build sustainable social impact is a somewhat more complicated question. My advice would be to let organisational culture be your guide. Kate Shead, HR...