Oct 3, 2013
Is there such a thing as an online persona? According to a new global study from MasterCard, the answer is yes. The Digital Sharing and Trust Project shows that consumers actually shed their “real-world” identities when they go online to assume “digital personas” that...
Sep 27, 2013
Wits University has emerged as the best place to study in Africa if you have aspirations of becoming a global CEO. Wits was announced as being positioned among the world top 100 universities, coming in at number 24, in a new ranking published by the Times Higher...
Sep 11, 2013
Facebook has become the biggest social network in South Africa, seeing its strongest growth yet in the past year, according to the SA Social Media Landscape 2014 research study, by World Wide Worx and Fuseware. The study showed that Facebook has 9,4-million active...
Jan 28, 2013
Between 60% and 65% of young people in sub-Saharan Africa, aged 15 to 35 years, are unemployed or under-employed. Researchers from the University of Cape Town are conducting a study that they believe could help avert this potential time bomb. Funded by a grant of...
Jan 22, 2013
As IDC looks at the future of computing, the advancement of computing no longer starts and ends with the personal computer. Since the first smartphone in 2000, and the introduction of the tablet a decade later, users have witnessed an explosion of mobile form factors...