No growth for semiconductors
The eight leading suppliers of industrial electronics suffered revenue declines in 2012, reflecting weak conditions for the beleaguered market, according to an IHS iSuppli Industrial Electronics Market Tracker Report from IHS. The eight, along with two gainers in the...Social entrepreneurs win with Orange
Orange has launched the third Orange African Social Venture Prize, aimed at promoting social innovations in support of developments that use ICT. Orange, which is present in 18 African countries and boasts over 70-million customers, is seeking to become a major...E-invoicing helps to reduce costs
In comparison with paper-based processes, electronic invoice handling processes make it possible to reduce costs by between 50% and 80%. Investments in electronic invoice processing can therefore often be gained back within six months, according to a new report. Many...Quality, not quantity, must drive FETs
The Department of Higher Education is pumping R2-billion into Further Education and Training Colleges (FETs) in order to increase the number of artisans trained and delivered to the market – but the underlying problem is not with the quantity of artisans, but...