It’s time to strap on innovation and digital, and stride into the opportunities that lurk within a stagnant market, says Jon Tullet at IDC. FULL STORY >

What is the mobile payment potential like in South Africa, and where should we look for innovation in that space? The CEO of the US-based Ark Invest, Catherine Wood offered her insight at the recent SingularityU Exponential... FULL STORY >

Discovery Channel has loads in store for viewers for the rest of the year. This was the crux of an informal media event recently with the Discovery team, who were out from Dubai. FULL STORY >

Samsung has announced its R280 million Equity Equivalent Investment Programme (EEIP), projected to have a measurable impact on job creation and a contribution of nearly R1 billion to the South African economy at large. FULL STORY >

SAS is putting a serious amount of money behind artificial intelligence, announcing their latest billion dollar investment into the emerging technology. FULL STORY >

CDC Group Plc, the UK’s development finance institution, has reached an agreement with pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom to invest $180m (about R2.5 billion) with the company, continuing the spate of investments this... FULL STORY >

Smartcall, a market leaders in prepaid cellular services and products, which has announced a R10 million investment into Mettlestate, a premium local e-sports authority. FULL STORY >

Huawei has offered a few more details ahead of the formal launch of its impending cloud services in South Africa. FULL STORY >

Amazon Web Services has confirmed plans to open a new AWS Infrastructure Region in the first half of 2020 in South Africa. FULL STORY >

Can technology, and renewed interest in emerging trends like cryptocurrency, counter an investment culture? Mpho Ledwaba, head of marketing at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) believes so. FULL STORY >

Wynand Smit, the CEO of INOVO, a leading contact centre business services provider, explains how to maximise return on investment. FULL STORY >

Africa is in dire need of a solution that will jumpstart electrification on the continent, according to Abraham Ortega, Senior Executive Consultant at Hexing. FULL STORY >

The newly announced fund is aimed at backing innovative AI projects, with a reported $150 million being made available by the South Korean company. FULL STORY >

Dustin Homer, director of Client Solutions at Fraym, looks at where innovative approaches to consumer data can do a great deal to accelerate the growth of healthcare companies. FULL STORY >

Prashant Prakash, Blockchain lead for Financial Services practice at Accenture in South Africa talks about the impact of blockchain on the banking industry and how organisations have expressed interest and are exploring... FULL STORY >