How do SA universities stack up?

Apr 29, 2015

South African universities are among the world’s best for their expertise in Development Studies, one of 36 disciplines covered in QS World University Rankings by Subject, published this week at topuniversities.com. South African institutions receive their highest rankings within the new subject of Development Studies, in which University of Cape Town is seventh worldwide, and University of The Witwatersrand ties for 15th. In that subject, four additional South African institutions are also placed in the global top 100: Stellenbosch University; University of Johannesburg; University of KwaZulu-Natal; and University of Pretoria.

MiRO to distribute Ruckus in SA

Apr 29, 2015

Wireless IP convergence company MiRO will distribute the Ruckus Wireless range of enterprise WiFi solutions. Jan Keyser, CTO at MiRO, comments: “MiRO has established a reputation for finding complete wireless solutions for its growing customer base. Ruckus Wireless...

Contactless payments boom in SA

Apr 29, 2015

Contactless payments continue to gain traction in South Africa, with Standard Bank saying it has issued more than 11 222 devices to merchants and that some 7 370 have adopted its “tap and go” solution. The bank adds that over R16-billion in payment transactions has been processed by merchants in South Africa since Standard Bank first introduced the contactless payment technology to its customers in 2012.

SA banks feel the regulatory pressure

Apr 23, 2015

The heat has been turned up on capital and liquidity requirements, systemic risk, conduct and supervision over the last five years in the EMA region and this is reflective of the similar pressures in South Africa and many of the countries in the rest of Africa. These...

SA education programme wins global kudos

Apr 22, 2015

A South African social enterprise shared the limelight this month with some of the largest companies in the world when it was named one of the world’s best leadership programmes. Symphonia for South Africa was selected as one of the top 10 International Leadership...