The e-commerce sector in South Africa is expanding rapidly, with local revenue predicted to reach the $7.9 billion mark by 2027. In such a fast-paced world of business, it is essential for companies to build a strong digital presence and tap into the growing online marketplace. To thrive in the evolving South African consumer landscape, […]
A major technological transformation is underway, and South Africa is well-positioned to capture its value. The barriers to access are low, and the opportunity is profound.Despite the allure and glimmer of the proverbial gold, businesses are struggling to navigate the complex landscape of AI adoption. Quickly understanding, integrating, and exploiting the opportunities AI presents in […]
Facing an election this weekend and the fallout from Aleksei Navalny’s death and the war in Ukraine, Russia has intensified online censorship using techniques pioneered by China.
Numbers living with or dying from disorders such as stroke rises dramatically to 3.4bn people – 43% of global population
Neurological conditions ranging from migraine to stroke, Parkinson’s disease and dementia, are now the leading cause of ill-health worldwide, causing 11.1 million deaths in 2021, research has revealed.
The number of people living with or dying from disorders of the nervous...
The island democracy urgently needs an internet backup. Mr. Musk’s total control over his Starlink service, which dominates the market, left Taiwan wary.
SpaceX has launched the third test flight of its Starship spacecraft, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, which aims to carry astronauts to the moon and eventually, to Mars. It took off from SpaceX’s spaceport, named Starbase, on the Gulf of Mexico in Boca Chica, Texas, entering space several minutes later. Two previous attempts ended in the explosion of both the spacecraft’s...
Rocket system enters space several minutes after launch from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas
SpaceX has launched the third test flight of it Starship spacecraft, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, which aims to carry astronauts to the moon and, eventually, to Mars.
The 120-metre system, which weights about 5,000 metic tonnes when fully fuelled, took off from SpaceX’s spaceport,...
MultiChoice confirms that the last-minute applications by Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magadumana to stop Showmax from airing the four-part documentary, “Tracking Thabo Bester” will be heard in the Johannesburg High Court on Friday 15 March 2024. That is the same day that the documentary is due to start airing on Showmax. Bester and Dr Magudumana […]
Tyme Global, which is owned by Patrice Motsepe,today announced that GoTyme Bank was pursuing the acquisition of a Philippines-based payroll lender so that it can access salaried employees and utilise its low-cost deposit base to drive efficiencies. In October 2022, Motsepe’s Tyme launched GoTyme Bank in the Philippines. In August, GoTyme reached the 1-million customer […]
Dozens of popular figures on the app have traveled to Washington to urge lawmakers to oppose a bill that could result in the platform being blocked in the United States.
An increasing number of South Africans are embracing PayShap, South Africa’s first interbank, interoperable, real-time payments service, which experienced strong growth in its first year, in line with the service’s fast-expanding community of participating banks and new users. Promoting instant, convenient, easy and safe payments within the transaction limit of R3 000, BankservAfrica’s...
Location, extent and strength of recent freshwater events suggest an unusually warm and dry summer over southern Europe this year
Long-range weather predictions are notoriously difficult, but a new paper in the journal Weather and Climate Dynamics suggests that the melt rate of the Greenland ice sheet can predict the next summer’s weather in Europe.
Sam Ngumeni has been named the CEO of Woolworths Food, effective from July 1, 2024, succeeding Zyda Rylands, who is set to retire at the end of August 2024. Rylands’ retirement was initially announced on August 3, 2021. Woolworths expressed gratitude to Zyda for her nearly three decades of dedication to the Woolworths Group and […]
Ian Sample and science correspondent Hannah Devlin discuss some of the science stories that have made headlines this week, from a new theory challenging the existence of dark matter to an alarming study about the possible impact of microplastics on our health and a glimpse of a ‘waterworld with a boiling ocean’ deep in space