PC market enters volatile year with positive growth

Global PC shipments grew 2,5% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2026, reaching 65,6-million units, according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. Despite deteriorating...

Global trade is growing, but fragility rises

Global trade grew by $2,5-trillion in 2025, increasing by about 7,5% to a record of $35-trillion, according to the latest edition of the Global Trade Update from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Trade in goods drove most of the...

Applications open for Samsung EEIP campaign

Samsung, in collaboration with the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC), is running an Equity Equivalent Investment Programme (EEIP) Service Centre campaign – an extension of last year’s initiative and a call encouraging more suitable,...

Resilient leadership in uncertain markets

Uncertainty has become a defining feature of modern leadership, writes Brian Andrew, MD of  RS South Africa. From global supply chain disruption to economic volatility and rapid technological change, leaders are increasingly required to make decisions without perfect...
How to ensure universal, meaningful connectivity

How to ensure universal, meaningful connectivity

Kathy Gibson reports – Digital investment is not an end in itself: it is the foundation for a more inclusive, more resilient South Africa. This is the word from Boitumelo Mosako, CEO of Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA), introducing a Digital Infrastructure...

Cloud cost optimisation becomes a strategic priority

Cloud computing has fundamentally reshaped how organisations deploy, manage and scale IT infrastructure, replacing rigid, capital-intensive systems with flexible, on-demand services that can expand or contract as business needs evolve. Yet this flexibility has also...