Emerging markets are less competitive
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...Gemalto selected for Algerian e-passport
Gemalto has been chosen to help Algeria roll out its ambitious e-passport strategy. The Algerian governmental agency, Hôtel des Monnaies de la Banque d’Algérie, has selected Gemalto’s Sealys eCover for e-passports and embedded e-travel software to support its...Mobile payment app from Standard Bank
Standard Bank has launched it mobile payment app, SnapScan – the bank’s first mobile payment offering that allows merchants to receive payments from their customers through a combination of a QR code and a secure PIN number. According to Standard Bank’s head of...New prize commemorates Big Bang discovery
Yesterday (20 May) marked the 50th anniversary of the discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation – one of the strongest pieces of evidence supporting the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe. This discovery in 1964 by Bell Labs scientists Arno...ATI spends R35m on infrastructure, equipment
Black-owned artisan training company, Artisan Training Institute (ATI), has invested R35-million in satellite offices, refurbishing buildings and upgrading – and buying – equipment. This is according to co-founder and CEO, Sean Jones, who says: “This R35-million has...