New study aims to help Africans ‘age well’
The life expectancy of people living in sub-Saharan Africa is rising, but it still remains significantly lower than other global regions. However, innovations that could be developed through a new research programme may well raise it more in line with global norms....
SA still well positioned to tap potential
Despite the geographic distance, capacity constraints and logistical difficulties, South African trade to the heavyweights in the Northern Hemisphere has increased over the years and remains a key driver in preserving a positive trade balance. "Regardless of the...
Why SA inflation should come down
Schroders believes that South Africa's inflation should come down, and monetary policy should start easing soon. By David Rees, senior emerging markets economist at Schroders Inflation in South Africa has continued to surprise to the upside in the past couple of...
IBM, universities in $100m pact to develop a quantum supercomputer
At the G7 Summit in Japan, IBM announced a 10-year, $100 million initiative with the University of Tokyo and the University of Chicago to develop a quantum-centric supercomputer powered by 100 000 qubits. Quantum-centric supercomputing is an entirely new, and as of...
Quantum computing breakthrough for computational fluid dynamics in jet engines
Nvidia, Rolls-Royce and Classiq, a quantum software company, have announced a quantum computing breakthrough aimed at bringing ever-increasing efficiency to jet engines. Using Nvidia's quantum computing platform, the companies have designed and simulated the world's...
Position technology as a teammate to unlock productivity
Sales organisations that actively position technology as sellers' "teammate" rather than just another tool will unlock seller productivity and enable high-quality deals, according to Gartner. "A new approach that marries technology advances with the distinctive...
5G and 4G/LTE enterprise wireless WAN to sustain growth
Worldwide revenues for the 5G and 4G/LTE enterprise wireless WAN market (formerly referred to as the 4G/LTE and 5G router and gateway forecast) will reach $5,5-billion in 2027, according to a new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC). This represents a...
Strong performance from Datatec
Datatec has reported revenue of $5,2-billion for the year ended 28 February 2023. Group combined revenue was up by 12% on the $4,6-billion revenue recorded in FY22. Group continuing revenue was $5,1-billion in FY23, up by 13,1% compared to the $4,5-billion revenue...
BTG reports double-digit growth
UK-based Bytes Technology Group (BTG) has announced its financial results for the year ended 28 February 2023. "I am delighted to be reporting another positive set of results, with strong double-digit growth driven by contributions from all areas of the business,"...
Intel launches Agilex 7 FPGAs with R-Tile
Intel's Programmable Solutions Group today announced that the Intel Agilex 7 with the R-Tile chiplet is shipping production-qualified devices in volume - bringing customers the first FPGA with PCIe 5.0 and CXL capabilities and the only FPGA with hard intellectual...
CDI Jobs Fund project creates 669 permanent new jobs
The Craft + Design Institute (CDI) is celebrating the close-out of a five-year R48,5-million project, funded mainly by the National Treasury's Jobs Fund, which enabled 50 SMMEs to create 669 new permanent jobs and fast-tracked 23 South African innovations. The total...
MTN SA drives off-grid renewable energy
MTN South Africa has launched an RFI (request for information) for zero carbon renewable "wheeling" and on-site renewable solutions for various data centres and base transceiver station (BTS) sites across South Africa. The company has also signed its first power...