New regulations impede skills

The Draft Immigration Regulations, published for comment on 17 February 2014, could impede the country’s economic growth by restricting new investment and needed foreign skills. This is the word from Leon Isaacson, MD of Global Migration SA, who says if the...

Gates is world’s richest man – again

Bill Gates has reclaimed the title of the world’s richest man, with a personal fortune of $76-billion. He is closely followed by telecommunications mogul Carlos Slim Helu and family with $72-billion. This is according to the Forbes list of the world’s billionaires,...

BCX restructures to speed opportunities

Business Connexion (BCX) has instituted a re-organisation process to accelerate the group’s positioning as a global player. This process includes a change in the group’s executive team and the creation of a new group structure to support the delivery of sustainable...

Sophos expands with Cyberoam buy

Sophos has acquired Cyberoam Technologies, a global provider of network security products. The acquisition expands Sophos’ product portfolio in network security, by combining Cyberoam’s unified threat management (UTM), next-generation firewall and network security...

Kenya, Nigeria lead in mobile payments

Standard Bank has seen the number of payments to mobile wallets in Kenya on behalf of its clients increase by 300% in 2013, with both Kenya and Nigeria leading other African nations in terms of the adoption of mobile payment technology. This is a growing trend that is...