Electronic payments in the Nigerian economy

With Nigeria having recently eclipsed South Africa as the continent’s biggest economy, it is worth taking a look the nation’s progress from the perspective of a service which is indispensable to the modern way of life – electronic payments. And electronic payments, in...

Technology drives CT self-catering boom

The latest trend in the global travel industry, the boom in self-catering accommodation, is taking Cape Town by storm following a recent surge in the adoption of technology across the sector. The result has been a large increase in self-catering accommodation bookings...

Corporate learning helps Africa’s boom

Emerging markets specialist and economist Charles Robertson predicts that Africa is about to “boom”. According to Robertson, the per capita incomes in Africa have doubled since the year 2000, and life expectancy has increased by one year every three years for...

China’s mobile enterprise market to boom

Mobile applications are taking off in Chinese companies, and could reach $4,67-billion by 2017. According to IDC’s report China Enterprise Mobility Solution Analysis by Key Verticals, along with the popularization of smartphones and driven by consumer mobile...

Cloud uptake set to boom across Africa

Cloud computing uptake is about to explode in Africa’s major economies, as businesses gain confidence in both the security and reliability of the cloud. This was the key finding of the cloud in Africa: Reality Check 2013 research study, released by World Wide Worx and...