Mar 4, 2019 | Automotive, Business Tech, ICT In Industry, KZN Industrial & Business News
MANUFACTURING in the automotive industry is very complex with many production variables and processes. And like many other manufacturing industries it faces serious challenges with increasing global competition, inherent inefficiencies and variance in quality. In a...
Feb 13, 2019 | Business Tech, Commerce & Trade, Electrical & Electronics, ICT In Industry, KZN Industrial & Business News, Property – Commercial & Industrial
JUST three months after quietly slipping into South Africa, smartphone brand Honor has almost doubled its brand awareness and is poised for a mainstream launch with the backing of major cellular networks in April. That’s according to Honor’s South African CEO Raymond...
Jan 30, 2019 | Automation & Robotics, Business Tech, ICT In Industry, KZN Industrial & Business News, Transport & Logistics
THE growing maturity of intelligent automation technologies offers financial services companies an opportunity to drive more value for their customers and employees – and without the widescale destruction of jobs many people fear will accompany the rise of the...
Jan 30, 2019 | Business Tech, Government & Municipal, ICT In Industry, KZN Industrial & Business News
MERCHANTS, retailers and the government are missing out on their share of the multi-billion-rand local online retail market, partly because they’re not cashing in on alternative digital payment technologies, says Adesh Kisten, head of sales at instant EFT payment...
Jan 23, 2019 | Automation & Robotics, Automotive, Business Tech, EC Industrial & Business News, ICT In Industry, Transport & Logistics
GETTING to and from work is expensive and time-consuming and gridlock is problem in most of South Africa’s big cities. This is the problem Gugulethu Mhlanga and Simphiwe Kuse set out to solve with a clever app that they hope will transform the lives of thousands of...
Dec 12, 2018 | Business Tech, Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, KZN Industrial & Business News
Despite there being more than 19 million online shoppers in South Africa, the recent Black Friday and Cyber Monday stampedes at retail outlets have once again shown the importance of providing people with alternative digital payment options. The chaos at...
Dec 5, 2018 | Automation & Robotics, Business Tech, EC Industrial & Business News, ICT In Industry
THERE has been a lot of buzz about the ‘future of work’ recently. There is major concern over who will become redundant and how this will happen – and rightly so. Wits University recently conducted a review of research on the topic and found that most authors studying...
Nov 21, 2018 | Automation & Robotics, Automotive, Business Tech, EC Industrial & Business News, Manufacturing
SEVERAL organisations leading South Africa into the Fourth Industrial Revolution were recognized at the inaugural African Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Awards at the Tramways in Port Elizabeth recently. Awards were made to 25 organisations in six categories,...
Oct 31, 2018 | Business Tech, Commerce & Trade, Events, KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
AS South African consumers place an increasing premium on the goods they buy, it’s more important than ever that retailers give them the best possible experience. In order to do so, they shouldn’t shy away from the digital disruption impacting the industry but embrace...