Enabling digital disruption in Africa

Enabling digital disruption in Africa

Innovation is key to growing the African economy, and digital startups are starting to make an impact. But the environment is not always conducive to facilitating the success of small, innovative enterprises. Lindiwe Zulu, minister of small business development,...
CEOs positive despite Africa’s challenges

CEOs positive despite Africa’s challenges

Despite a raft of challenges, CEOs in Africa are positive about the continent’s prospects for the future. This is the word from Hein Boegman, CEO of PwC Africa, who launched research showing that 91% of African CEOs are confident about their own companies’ growth...
Economic outlook for Africa

Economic outlook for Africa

The African outlook seems to change just about every year. One minute, the continent is the darling of investors and growth looks promising; next minute something happens to make economies plummet and investors run for the hills. Seems that it’s always feast or famine...

Formidable, season-long slugfest forecast

Pre-season, Lewis Hamilton said he was “dying for” wheel-to-wheel battles with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel in 2017. It looks like his wish has been granted. After three Grands Prix (at the time of writing) the Hamilton-Vettel fight has been enthralling. It’s also...
Toshiba debuts thin, light laptops

Toshiba debuts thin, light laptops

Toshiba has launched what it believes are the thinnest and lightest B2B laptops into the South African market, the Portégé X20W-D, Portégé X30 and Tecra X40 range. Recent IDC research highlighted that Africa’s PC market during Q4 of 2016 increased despite a worldwide...