South African finance minister Tito Mboweni, during the 2019 Budget Speech, says budget spending has to focus on getting the country ready for technology...
20 hours ago
It is hard to believe that billions of connected devices and sensors - the Internet of Things - are forecast to be worth a staggering $US94bn by 2025 in the retail sector...
2 days ago
Startupbootcamp AfriTech's global FastTrack Tour for 2019 has been confirmed and the search for top-performing disruptive startups seeking solutions for positive change in Africa is now on...
8 Feb 2019
LG Electronics (LG) has appointed James Lee as its news president of the Middle East and Africa Region (MEA)...
5 Feb 2019
Seven of the top ten fastest growing internet populations in the world are in Africa, and there is an 81% mobile penetration rate on the continent...
Mike Higley 31 Jan 2019
Mobile is currently the second-largest ad medium and will overtake TV this year if current growth rates are maintained...
24 Jan 2019
With two key retail periods - Black Friday and festive season - now behind us, retailers are looking for new ways to increase revenue, grow market share, and boost profits...
Mark Schech 22 Jan 2019
A lot happens in a year, and as our population and their access to the world and each other grows, our collective innovation and productivity will continue to grow exponentially, making each passing year increasingly dense with 'trends' and 'disruptions'...
Yatish Narsi 22 Jan 2019
Italian supercar manufacturer, Ferrari, has reclaimed the title of the world's strongest brand, having last held it in 2014, according to the latest report by Brand Finance...
22 Jan 2019
Airbus and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit have announced the top 10 African tech startups that will take part in the latest Airbus Bizlab #Africa4Future accelerator programme...
21 Jan 2019
"This is not the year of the mobile phone". The African consumer is tired of hearing this...
Lynette Hundermark 17 Jan 2019
Kalliebree Keynerd, head of social media at Joe Public Connect, predicts we'll see more of the following six trends over the coming months...
Kalliebree Keynerd 16 Jan 2019
The global biometrics market is growing rapidly. In fact, research indicates that the global market is growing a compounded growth rate of 22.9%...
Pine Pienaar 15 Jan 2019
Retail buzzwords like 'personalisation' and 'omnichannel' are no longer just concepts and strategies that companies are working toward. Today, more retailers are actively deploying new technologies...
Nathan Clevenger 14 Jan 2019
The world is in the middle of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. 4IR is happening all around us, but what are some of the drawbacks South Africa and Africa are facing?
Alan Knott-Craig 14 Jan 2019
Technology is revolutionising travel. To keep growing its tourism industry, South Africa must continuously invest in new technologies to deliver the right experiences to discerning travellers...
Sherry Zameer 10 Jan 2019
Marian Salzman, one of the world's top trendspotters, shares 12 of the top trends to expect as we delve into 2019...
Marian Salzman 8 Jan 2019
According to American developmental biologist, Dr. Bruce Harold Lipton, the brain of a child under the age of seven is in a lower vibrational frequency, a state called theta, imagination...
Neo Rantele Kuaho 7 Jan 2019
Data science needs to embrace African context and work for greater good...
17 Dec 2018
Ecobank, the Pan African Bank, appoints MFS Africa as digital payment partner...
14 Dec 2018
Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom has reached an agreement with CDC Group Plc, the UK's development finance institution, to invest $180m with the company...
12 Dec 2018
Is it too obvious to say that website security is vitally important to small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)?
Gary Stevens 11 Dec 2018
Wikimedia has pledged to close the gap in African content as part of their global movement strategy towards a more racially, culturally and geographically inclusive Wikipedia...
11 Dec 2018
Facebook heads to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 2018 in Lagos to celebrate African innovation...
3 Dec 2018
A new age is dawning. For big companies, the oncoming era will require new skill sets, technologies, alignments and business models...
Jim Holland 3 Dec 2018
A new report from Ericsson reveals that 5G will be deployed by global operators in Africa by next year...
27 Nov 2018
There is opportunity, but it's distinctly African say delegates from the 2018 Africa Early Stage Investor Summit...
22 Nov 2018
Pan-African payments company, Celulant, has built the first augmented reality powered try-on experiences in Facebook Messenger...
20 Nov 2018
Momentum was a word used frequently at AfricArena, a conference that showcased Africa's best startups and innovators...
19 Nov 2018
The final two sessions of the 2020 track of AfricaCom - focused on how the 'smart feature phone' will revolutionise the digital landscape in Africa and what will happen when 1bn Africans are connected to the internet...
Leigh Andrews 19 Nov 2018
