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Commercial Cold Holdings (CCH), one of the largest cold storage and logistics providers, today announced the acquisition of iDube Cold Storage based in KwaZulu Natal (KZN), South Africa, for an undisclosed amount. The transaction represents CCH’s third deal of after acquiring CCS Logistics and Sequence Logistics in 2023. CCH was established in 2023 with funds […]

CFAO South Africa is pleased to announce a new joint venture between one of its subsidiaries, Toyota Tsusho Africa, and Ogihara Thailand, to be known as Ogihara South Africa and the construction of a new component manufacturing plant located at the Dube Tradeport in Durban to supply product to Toyota South Africa. The Minister of […]

The future of IT thermal management is here… and it’s a hybrid of air and liquid cooling technologies. Enterprises across the globe are adopting high-performance computing (HPC) for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) model training and inference, causing a swift rise in chip, server, and rack power consumption, thus increasing heat dissipation levels. […]

Sales is a pressure game. You’re juggling leads, chasing targets, and dealing with the endless cycle of follow-ups. But high-performers don’t just work harder—they work smarter by leveraging tech that delivers results. Jacqueline van Rooijen, Owner and Business Growth Consultant at Ycagel, examines five common sales pain points that can be solved through easily accessible […]

You probably know this, but bees apparently do a little dance to communicate to other bees where they will find a sugar source. They have been doing this for many years: even before anyone thought of Waze.  The dance, called the waggle, is a particular figure-eight dance of the honeybee. By performing this dance, successful foragers […]

African policy leaders must support robust growth in the cold chain for the success of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and to boost prosperity, food supply chain resilience, and trade across the continent, says the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) today as the GCCA Africa conference opens at the Westin Hotel in Cape […]

The findings of PwC’s inaugural Voice of the Consumer Survey paint a clear picture of consumers’ changing attitudes towards goods that are responsibly sourced and do no harm to the environment. The findings, released by the professional services multinational in May, are based on insights amassed over 15 years of consumer research by collecting the […]

South Africa’s need for digital infrastructure is growing. Digital transformation and digitisation trends are reliant on the rollout of infrastructure, including, most notably, data centres. Substantial investments in new facilities by operators such as Microsoft illustrate the growth of the local market, while the global market is projected to be more than $256 billion (R4.6 […]

Despite the mining industry’s Operational Technology (OT) systems being vulnerable to cyberattacks, many decision-makers still see these threats as purely an IT issue, even though a breach could potentially disrupt mining operations. By compromising OT systems, cyberattacks can halt mineral extraction processes with severe consequences, including an impact on profitability and damaging reputations, leading to […]

Qlik®, a global leader in data integration, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI), today announced the appointment of Tejas Mehta as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Middle East and Africa. This strategic move underscores Qlik’s commitment to accelerating growth and innovation in MEA, a region poised to lead in the adoption of AI. “We are […]