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Breaking News Today – Monday 7 April 2025
Business & Tech News Global Markets Hit Biggest Sell-Off Since Covid: The SHANGHAI decreased to a 27-week low of 3096.00 Index Points in trade this morning, continuing a steady decline. Over the past 4 weeks, Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index has dropped by -7.97%, while gaining a slim 1.67% in the last 12 months. Japan’s
Likelihood of Recession in South Africa in 2025 More Than 50%
It is astounding that despite only a 0,6% growth in gross domestic product (GDP), in South African (SA), in 2024, the government believes the local economy can attain a 1,8% growth in GDP in the 2025/26 fiscal. In place of looking to reduce government spending, the government intends to increase the spend despite economic headwinds.
Capitec Bank Service Crash After System Update – Breaking News
According to the online service reporting website Downdetector, Capitec clients have been experiencing major issues with the Capitec Banking App from around 12H00 this afternoon. Capitec bank has issued a statement saying that they are aware of the issue and have apologized to customers for the service interruptions. The Bank has stated that the interuptions
Empowering South Africa's Youth: Free Coding Programme Bridges Digital Skills Gap
In a country where unemployment is rampant with many young people struggling to find jobs, a new initiative is offering hope and creating opportunities to develop skills that can help them find employment or start their own business.. Registrations have opened for a new 2025 free coding programme, that goes beyond just teaching coding skills.
Is the Trump Tariff Strategy Protectionism or a US Debt Restructure Strategy?
Over the last week, it feels like every conversation, media piece or industry debate has been converted into a Trump Trumpet. The whole world appears to be debating the merits and shortfalls and potential fallout of the new administration’s targeted tarriff program. The debate ranges from the serious to the delusional but the consensus so
Local young scientists shine at Beijing Youth Science Creation Competition
Thursday, 3 April 2025: Team South Africa made an incredible impact at the Beijing Youth Science Creation Competition (BYSCC), held in China, earning prestigious awards for their outstanding scientific projects after competing against some of the brightest young scientists from around the world. First Prize Awarded To Young South African Christopher Collier-Reed and Adam Gibbon,
Advanced AI Adoption in Manufacturing Showcased
Lenovo has unveiled new research highlighting a major shift in the manufacturing industry across EMEA, with companies set to increase their spending on AI developments by 106% over the next 12 months. The findings, part of Lenovo’s CIO Playbook 2025, reveal that 79% of manufacturing AI projects implemented in the past year met or exceeded
Breaking News Today – Friday 4 April 2025
Business & Tech News Amazon Bid to Buy TikTok : In an interesting development in the US TikTok ban saga, Amazon has reportedly put in a bid to purchase TikTok, in a last minute pitch with the US ban on the platform set to go into effect on Saturday. The Amazon offer was apparently made
Changing World has PGM’s Industry Re-Working Itself.
Johannesburg, 3 April 2025. The annual PGM mining industry gathered today with a stream of interesting perspectives on the future of the industry being discussed in-depth. Tariffs and Talking Points As can be expected, a hot topic on the lips of delegates and speakers was the prospect of the impact of yesterday’s tariff announcement by
How to Use Big Data to Drive Business Growth
What many businesses need to focus on in the digital economy we find ourself, is to generate, compile and structure deep sets of data across their business. This is a crucial step to understanding your company, understanding your market, your customers and ensuring that you have the best opportunity to succeed and grow. In today’s
Counterfeit Goods Crisis: How Pop-Up Shops Can Undermine Consumer Trust
An incident at the Mall of Africa captured widespread attention, sparking outrage on social media after a pop-up store, believed to be selling high-end products, was discovered to be selling counterfeit goods. The discovery led to a swift reaction, with the store being emptied and packed up, leaving many frustrated and concerned shoppers in its
New Global Courier Service from Emirates
Emirates has launched Emirates Courier Express, an end-to-end delivery solution that they believe will redefine the global express delivery experience. Emirates worked with various global customers to pilot and finesse the service, with the goal to make it as fast, reliable and flexible as possible, before launching to market. Over the last year, Emirates Courier
Breaking News Today – Thursday 3 April 2025
Business & Tech News AI Agents that Teach Agents: Emergence AI, a startup founded by former IBM Research veterans have launched a new AI agent creation platform that lets the human user specify what work they are trying to accomplish via text prompts, and then turns it over to AI models to create the agents they believe
Innovative Market-driven Solution to the Demand for Tech Talent
South African businesses are battling with hire issues that includes a broken graduate placement system. Current hiring methods are placing unprepared IT graduates into roles they are not prepared for and so exposing critical skills gaps. This is impacting business operations significantly. Only half of IT graduates in South Africa are considered fully prepared for immediate
National Health Insurance – Choices and funds are Limited
South African leadership seems fixated on creating advances in many sectors that are often at odds with the real issues or the reality of the lived experiences and situation on the ground. There is talk about Smart Cities, when existing cities such as Johannesburg, a key business centre in the country and others are in
10 Ways to Improve Customer Service and Retain More Clients
If you’re running a small business, you already know that keeping your customers happy is the key to long-term success. This is true even for small clients, who over time can often grow into medium or large customers, and their experience with your company will determine if they stick with you or not in future.
Breaking News Today – Tuesday 2 April 2025
Business & Tech News Trump Tariff Day Today – What will the Global Impact be In the Whitehouse Rose Garden, later today, in what the White House is calling its "Liberation Day", US President Donald Trump will be announcing his global tariff rates and how this is to be implemented. The impact of the announcements
The Role of Credit Bureaus in Strengthening Cross-Border Payments
With around 5,2% of the total GDP of Africa In 2023, flowing from remittance inflows of an estimated total of $90.2 billion according to RemitScope Africa, cross border payments are a crucial link in the African Economy. While a large number of advances in this area have coming from technological advancements in the fintech sector,
How to Create a Killer Digital Marketing Strategy
In today’s competitive business landscape, a well-structured digital marketing strategy is crucial for small businesses aiming to thrive online. Many start-up businesses will focus on building products or services and capacity, while neglecting that they need to reach as wide an audience for their business as possible. There are a multitude of ways to get
Challenges for SME's Over VAT Change
To VAT or not to VAT That is the Question? As the Government of National Unity (GNU) currently is grappling with its new coalition structures and budget decision making processes this week, we will soon know if the proposed VAT increases proposed in the budget are to take effect or not. Tomorrow will see the