Connectivity drives competitiveness

Connectivity drives competitiveness

Sep 16, 2014

Kenya leads the pack in terms of growth momentum, according to the new Global Connectivity Index launched by Huawei Enterprise. Kathy Gibson reports from the Huawei Cloud Congress in Shanghai.

Emerging markets are less competitive

May 22, 2014

Swiss business school IMD has released its annual world competitiveness ranking of 60 economies. The IMD World Competitiveness Centre also looks at perceptions of each country as a place to do business. “The overall competitiveness story for 2014 is one of...

Mobile strategy is still mostly lacking

Nov 7, 2013

Even though 80% of large enterprises believe mobile to be the greatest factor in organisational competitiveness, 41% still lack a formal mobile strategy. This is according to the Citrix Mobility in Business report, conducted across Europe and the BRICs countries,...

Big data offers competitive edge

Sep 10, 2013

Until recently, the torrent of data flooding our world has been a phenomenon that probably only excited a few data geeks. But we are now at an inflection point. The history of previous trends in IT investment and innovation and their impact on competitiveness and...

Skills development to grow Africa

May 24, 2013

This month saw heads of states and leaders of industries from all over Africa coming together to discuss the future of the African continent at the World Economic Forum (WEF), which took place in Cape Town from 08 to 10 May 2013. A key factor highlighted over this...