Growing business support for carbon tax
A majority of companies support the implementation of a carbon tax. National Treasury held a carbon tax stakeholder consultation last Friday 1 November at the Energy Research Council, University of Cape Town. The event was attended by members of government, business,...Silver surfers a vital technology market
Silver surfers represent a more important technology market than Generation X and Generation Y, according to new “maverick” research from Gartner. VP and Gartner fellow David Furlonger says that with an aging population in many mature and emerging markets,...Chief digital officers could be out of work
Burberry, Nike, Rolls-Royce. These are firms that understand true digital business, having embraced digital technologies to fundamentally alter the way they bring value to customers. But this list of leaders is short, and for most firms, the scope of digital...SAP, UCT to develop content for Africa
SAP University Alliances Africa has, together with the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg (OvGU) in Germany, launched a three-year project to develop an enterprise systems (ES) education platform, curriculum and community for...Poynting to buy up Aucom
Poynting is to buy 100% of African Union Communications (Aucom) for R49,5-million. This is the result of an agreement with The MAS Trust, Rudolph Rashama, Tebogo Rashama and Aucom. As part of the agreement, within six months, Aucom will appoint additional employees...