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Cyber security remains the biggest threat to business in Africa

12 September 2019 | BELT AND ROAD

WATCH: South Africans are withholding their tax payments due to lack of trust in Sars, study reveals.

African leaders ready to implement the intercontinental trade agreement – WEF told

Kganyago: People should not resist 4IR but should embrace and engage with it

Tito Mboweni has called for the free movement of Africans within the continent

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WATCH: African women have called on business and state leaders at the World Economic Forum to head solutions for gender based violence

“It will take a click of a finger for a tech company to say we are going to deploy a software that can assist us with an ...

5 September 2019 | Belt and Road

WACH: Private sectors is prepared to resolve South Africa's unemployment crisis, WEF hears

South Africa’s private sector has called on all other sectors to come to the party and resolve the unemployment crisis in the country.

4 September 2019 | Belt and Road

WATCH: More than 50 head of states set to attend WEF in Cape Town

The 28th World Economic Forum (WEF) theme for 2019 will be: "Shaping Inclusive Growth and Shared Futures in the Fourth Industrial Revolution".

3 September 2019 | Belt and Road

WATCH: Giuseppe Conte comes to Italy's rescue a week after his resignation

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has rescued his government from an imminent collapse, making a return to mend its leadership crisis.

29 August 2019 | Belt and Road

WATCH: Chinese giant Alibaba to acquire over 10% stake in Singapore Post

Chinese multinational conglomerate holding company, Alibaba which specializes in e-commerce has announced that it will purchase ...

28 August 2019 | Belt and Road

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US and Australia at war with Beijing over South China Sea

Cambodia and China have struck an agreement for the increase of purchases within the arms trade. China has agreed to invest $290 million to expand its military presence in Cambodia.

14 August 2019 | Belt and Road

CRISPR technology set to cure HIV, smallpox, and cholera

Despite the ethical issues of CRISPR technology, there has been a multitude of patents issued around medical gene editing and projects undertaken by America and China to use the technology for cancer treatments, demonstrating a shift in the attitude towards the practice.

13 August 2019 | Belt and Road

WATCH: China's new cryptocurrency to be launched this month

The intention behind the issuing a large scale cryptocurrency is to replace cash in circulation, in a bid to clamp down on fraud and criminal activities. The digital currency is said to support the yuan (the currency unit of renminbi), which will continue to circulate as the cryptocurrency is implemented.