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World Wide Worx, Mastercard Report Predicts R130 Million Surge in SA’s E-Commerce Sector
South Africa’s online retail sector is entering a new era, with e-commerce turnover expected to exceed R130 billion by the end of 2025 and capture nearly 10% of the country’s total retail market. This is the central finding of the…
New Research Into South Africa’s SME Tech Landscape
Nearly two-thirds (63%) of South African small and medium enterprises (SMEs) effectively utilize technology, but a notable technology effectiveness gap exists between male and female business owners. This insight is derived from The South African SME Tech Index 2023, which…
TikTok Set for Explosive Growth in South Africa, says Expert
South Africa’s largest annual study of social media trends has revealed that Facebook remains the social platform of choice for marketing – but TikTok is rising fast among both brands and consumers. According to the 2020 edition of the SA…
What South African IT professionals thinks about security
On Wednesday, 24 July 2019 Trend Micro and VMware in partnership with World Wide Worx released results of local independent security research. The State of Enterprise Security in South Africa 2019 reveals that businesses approach to IT security in a…
Load shedding slowing down tech adoption for South Africa’s SMEs
New research reveals South African small businesses aren’t able to adopt cloud technology because of their connectivity problems. The third annual State of Small Business report from accounting software firm Xero, conducted in partnership with World Wide Worx (WWW) shows…
How communications service providers can maximise revenue with cloud
While cloud adoption among communications service providers (CSPs) in Africa is still at an early stage – with many regional operators only now beginning to implement concrete projects – Hassen Hamza, Pre-Sales & Business Development Manager, Middle East & Africa,…
How cloud-based tools can save accountants time
A new study conducted by Xero in partnership with World Wide Worx, shows that 57 percent of accountants using cloud spend less than an hour a day on manual processes, such as entering data or sharing calendars. In contrast, 79%…
Local companies are increasingly using more advanced mobile software
It’s no wonder more and more companies are investing in mobility – the benefits of empowering a mobile workforce are substantial for both the business and its employees. And as mobility continues to take the professional world by storm, so…
Social media usage intensifies in South Africa
A study conducted by Brand Intelligence organisation Ornico, as well as high-tech market research consultancy World Wide Worx, has revealed that Social Media use has intensified among South Africans during the past year, with Facebook now being used by 29%…
Internet The Key To Unlocking Economic Access- Report
The recently released Internet Access in South Africa 2017 study, produced by World Wide Worx, a market research firm, with the support of Dark Fibre Africa (DFA), providers of wholesale fibre connectivity, highlighted the ever increasing importance of the Internet and…
SA online retail to pass 1% of total retail in 2016
For the first time since the dawn of e-commerce in South Africa, online retail in this country will reach 1% of overall retail during 2016. This is the most significant finding of the Online Retail in South Africa 2016 report,…
Social apps take over South African smartphones
For the second consecutive year, social media apps have dominated free downloads on all three major app stores in South Africa, namely Google Play for Android, the Apple App Store for iOS, and the Windows Store. This is one of…
Right to cheap data needs addressing
Latest statistics from World Wide Worx reveal that 90% of the 6.4 million South Africans who access the internet in South Africa rely solely on an internet connection on their mobile phones. As such, the theme of this year’s World…
Entrepreneur bets on Mobile Enterprise Tools in Uganda
In a report entitled How Africa’s mobile revolution is disrupting the continent, published on CNN, author Nmachi Jidenma refers to statistics by Informa Telecoms which suggest that the continent is well on its way to achieve 1 billion mobile subscriptions…
WhatsApp takes SA by storm
More than half of South African adult cellphone users living in cities and towns are using WhatsApp on their phones.  This is the key finding of research conducted by World Wide Worx and Fuseware into the use of social media…
Facebook gaining not waning in Africa
This week marks the tenth anniversary of the inception of Mark Zuckerberg’s global social network giant Facebook. In October 2013 the Company reported financial results for the third quarter, which ended September 30, confirming its attraction of 728 million daily…
