Jhb SME’s lead the pack

Decision-makers at small and medium enterprises based in the Johannesburg area regard their companies as being far more competitive than do those in the country’s three other major centres.This is one of the fascinating findings to emerge from SME Survey 2004,...

Smart Card market explodes

The smart card industry is poised for an unprecedented explosion in South Africa, with three large-scale rollouts set to begin in 2005 and several more waiting in the wings.More than 50-million smart cards are expected to be issued in 2004 and 2005 combined. And, by...

The Need for Speed in online retail

Despite the slow-down in growth of online retail in South Africa, the number of retail web sites has exploded: from 215 at the end of 2001 to at least 719 at the end of 2003.However, the market is dominated by the top eight online retailers, who between them account...