Soon after it began in 2011, South Africa’s renewable power programme became the world’s fastest-growing. Almost US$15bn poured into clean energy in seven years, financing everything from wind farms to solar towers. New
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It’s been about a year since Rishi Gorantala deleted the Facebook app from his phone, and the company has only become more aggressive in its e-mails to win him back. The social network started out by
It is easy to confuse the current geopolitical situation with that of the 1980s. The US and Russia each accuse the other of interfering in domestic affairs. Russia has annexed territory over US objections, raising concerns
As cloud storage becomes more common, data security is an increasing concern. Companies and schools have been increasing their use of services like Google Drive for some time, and lots of individual users also store
As bitcoin continues its roller-coaster ride, taxpayers need to brace themselves for heightened scrutiny of their declarations in relation to cryptocurrency gains. The South African Revenue Service has confirmed that it will clarify
In the social and political saga surrounding the question of network neutrality, what is often overlooked is the data war going on behind the scenes. The real fuel behind the debate is the enormous volume of data we generate
Critics of bitcoin often argue that it’s useless as a means of payment, one of the key elements of any successful currency. That’s not quite right, and likely to become less so. First, a reminder on how bitcoin works. If I want to send someone
Richemont’s decision to plough €2.7bn into e-commerce by buying out Yoox Net-a-Porter is a wake-up call to sceptics who thought consumers would never buy US$5 000 Cartier necklaces and $50 000 Vacheron
There’s a compelling reason to consider what’s going on with cryptocurrencies a purely speculative boom-and-bust roller-coaster: over a three-month period, the prices of all the top coins and tokens are rather strongly correlated
The threat of large-scale cyberattacks and a “deteriorating geopolitical landscape” since the election of US President Donald Trump have jumped to the top of the global elite’s list of concerns, the World Economic