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The insurance industry needs to get ready for ‘Insurance 3.0’ – the next stage of evolution for the industry to…

by Jean-Louis Nel Earlier this month, the Pretoria High Court granted a small business owner an urgent basis for relief…

By Dalene Deale South Africa’s rapidly-growing FinTech sector could play a key role in helping the country’s SMMEs recover from…

Young people are disillusioned with the corporate rat race. The fast growth of technology and globalisation are dramatically changing the…

If you are fortunate enough to have an offshore bank account, and have received a questionnaire from that bank asking…

There’s nothing like the smell of a new car and the thrill of driving your wheels off the showroom floor.…

by Alysson R. Muotri Gravity can be a real downer when you are trying to grow organs. That’s why experiments…

At a time when the whole world has been forced to make drastic changes to the way in which it…

by Shabir Madhi There isn’t enough clinical research being done in Africa. Less than 2.5% of all clinical trials in…

by Hessy Elliott China announced in 2017 its ambition to become the world leader in artificial intelligence (AI) by 2030.…

by Velenkosini Matsebula and Derek Yu An analysis of financial inclusion in South Africa shows that affordability limits poor households’…

by Alex Mohubetswane Mashilo (PhD) Technology is a product of human labour. The working class and society can, therefore, shape…

Money is no longer the commodity it was a decade ago. And yes having money does give one a sense…

As the controversy continues raging around South Africa’s blanket tobacco ban, with British American Tobacco SA’s  (BATSA) court challenge postponed…

Digital upskilling cannot be a gradual process. It requires a fundamental, economy-wide programme to equip our country for the future,…

by David Francis and Imraan Valodia The COVID-19 pandemic has not only generated a far-reaching social and economic crisis in…

by Suraya Hamdulay One of the most encouraging outcomes of the Coronavirus pandemic is the opportunity to literally stop, reflect…

by Tendani Mantshimuli and Vimal Chagan  On Wednesday, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni tabled a national emergency budget outlining reprioritisation of…

By Kashira Naidoo and Zach George According to UNICEF’s Generation 2030/Africa Report, over the next three decades, almost two billion…

There’s no doubt that the lessons COVID-19 has taught the world have been plentiful, often painful, but very valuable. The…

Fibre-based, ultra-high-speed access networks are revolutionising the way we connect with each other and the rest of the world. Changing…

The new world order revolves around technology. We would be doing ourselves an injustice, as professionals, if we assumed we…

by Harun Šiljak In the middle of the night, invisible to anyone but special telescopes in two Chinese observatories, satellite…

by Channing Arndt and Sherman Robinson In trying to limit the spread of COVID-19, policymakers globally have the difficult task…

It is more urgent now than ever before that businesses invest in digital transformation. Since the global lockdown, millions of…