SA World Digital Competitiveness Rankings

MEDIA RELEASE 06 NOVEMBER 2025 TO ALL JOURNALISTS AND NEWS EDITORS South Africa World Digital Competitiveness Rankings South Africa ‘s ranking in the World Digital Competitiveness Rankings has remained static for 2025. This week, the Institute for Management Development (IMD) released the IMD World Digital Competitiveness Rankings

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South Africa Improves World Digital Competitiveness Rankings 2025

Juliet Mashabela The Institute for Management Development (IMD) has released the IMD World Digital Competitiveness Rankings (WDCR) for 2025, which evaluates the digital competitiveness of 69 global economies across three key factors: (i) Knowledge, (ii) Technology and (iii) Future Readiness.  This year, South Africa remained unchanged, ranking

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AFRICA KAIZEN ANNUAL CONFERENCE (AKAC 2025) COMMUNIQUE

28 October 2025, Birchwood Hotel, SOUTH AFRICA Theme; “Africa Industrialization through Fostering Competitiveness and Value Chains on the Continent” 1. Preamble a) The 10th edition of Africa Kaizen Annual Conference (AKAC) 2025 was held from 27 to 28 October 2025 at the Birchwood Hotel, Boksburg, Republic of

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Innovation must uplift everyone not just the privileged few. Technology must be driven by values, not just algorithms- Deputy Minister Nemadzinga Tshabalala.

Employment and Labour Deputy Minister, Honourable Judith Nemadzinga-Tshabalala, Today 04 August 2025, delivered a keynote address at Glenburn Lodge in Muldersdrift, hosted by University of South Africa (UNISA), under the theme: “A Government Perspective on Industry 4.0, Industry 5.0, and the Future of Sustainable Operations.”

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SA ‘s competitiveness drops

MEDIA RELEASE 24 JUNE 2025 TO ALL JOURNALISTS AND NEWS EDITORS RE: SA ‘s competitiveness drops South Africa’s international competitiveness ranking has dropped further in 2025 to 64, out of 69 countries rated according to the 2025 World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) produced by the Swiss based Institute

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ACTING CEO MESSAGE FOR WORLD PRODUCTIVITY DAY 20 JUNE

Today, 20 June , we join the global community in marking World Productivity Day under the theme: ‘Accelerating Productivity for Sustainable Development.’ As South Africa rebuilds in the wake of the pandemic, productivity has never been more critical.It’s the engine behind job creation, service delivery, and our

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