African economies are on the move

2014 saw the highest level of activity in African equity capital markets (ECM) over the previous five years, and a significant increase in both transaction volume and capital raised during 2014 compared to the prior year, according to a report issued by PwC. PwC’s...

Display area demand drives flat panel growth

Once focused on unit growth, the entire global flat-panel display (FPD) industry is now shifting to focus on area-demand growth. According to IHS, display panel shipments for all FPD applications grew 9%, year over year, to reach 168,9-million square meters in 2014....

CIOs must digitally remaster organisations

Many industries have already been disrupted and redefined by digitalisation. As the digital revolution progresses, it will create an even greater need for new information management roles as business units rush to harness the digital opportunities of big data. Gartner...

R1m up for grabs in BBM recruitment drive

BlackBerry is actively looking to sign up South African BBM users, and will give away up to R1-million worth of prizes in its people-centric engagement programme called The Great South African BBM Recruitment Contest. This initiative, the first of its kind for the...

EMV card fraud is on the increase

Following some high-profile data breaches in 2014, US payment card network participants began heavily endorsing Europay, MasterCard and Visa (EMV) chip cards as an important way to prevent damage from payment card breaches. However, criminals have taken advantage of...

SMMEs win as broadband costs plummet

The price of broadband Internet access for small- to medium-sized businesses is plummeting. According to Turrito Networks commercial director Louis Jardim, this is opening the way to more widespread investment in cloud applications and services. “The price of...