Coal supply to strengthen to support growing domestic demand South Africa is endowed with abundant natural resources, including gold, silver, diamond, coal, iron ore, and platinum. The country had 9.9 billion tonnes (Bnt) of proven coal reserves at the end of 2016...

Construction output growth will accelerate marginally to 3.7% in 2019, before easing back in the latter part of the forecast period, reflecting trends in some of the largest markets, notably China and the US...

Artificial Intelligence (AI), along with cloud, big data, and IoT, will be the key driver of the fourth industrial revolution enabling a multitude of use cases in several consumer and corporate areas, ranging from personalized services to improving business performance and agility. AI is enabled by key technologies of which conversational platforms and context-aware computing – all powered by machine learning (ML) and/or deep learning (DL) algorithms...

Gene therapy combines a reduced treatment duration with a higher chance of cure unlike conventional oncology treatments such as chemotherapy. However this novel therapeutic approach requires the delivery of genetic material to the patient, an uncharted territory in oncology which will necessitate the implementation of new regulatory guidelines and the restructuring of existing treatment algorithms in various oncology indications...

The global healthcare industry –especially the US healthcare industry – has been slow to modernize due to the fact that the industry is complex, risk averse, and highly regulated. The global IoT devices market in the healthcare sector is expected to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 47.3% from 2016 to 2020, to over $500M. Big Healthcare is being gradually undermined by swelling networks of connected biosensors, ubiquitous mobile devices, and cloudbased healthcare apps...

Our Packaging Industry Business Outlook and Procurement Survey report examines executives’ opinions on the business outlook and procurement activities over June-November 2018. Organizations can know about key business priorities, supplier price variations, changes in capital expenditure, and organizations’ digital transformation strategies. Additionally, it provides information categorized by region and company types. ..

Accepting Low-Cost Airlines and Expanding into Asia will Restore Power Balance Dynamics A series of airlines have announced large financial losses or outright bankruptcy in recent years. In the latter category were included companies such as Alitalia, Monarch Airlines and Air Berlin which all defaulted in 2017. Mergers and acquisitions have also intensified with Lufthansa acquiring majority shares in Brussels Airlines in 2016. The falling number of airlines especially in the European and North American industries is tilting the power balance b..

Service portfolio transformation has become strategically vital to the global wholesale business outlook In this report, we explore a number of product portfolio expansion & monetization strategies wholesale providers have been harnessing to transition value proposition to that of the digital wholesaler of the future. The report also gives a snapshot of how the future wholesale portfolio could look like. Additionally, it offers five case studies of new network/digital services and service monetization initiatives global wholesalers have d..

The profile of German HNW investors is changing. The above-average age of HNW investors means that intergenerational wealth transfer, succession, and inheritance planning are all front of mind. While wealth preservation rather than accumulation may be the predominant strategy among this age group, German HNW investors are actually showing a greater openness to new investment options and an increasing appetite for robo-advice services...

A concise analysis of the administrative, economic and political context for infrastructure in Australia After years of under-investment, there are now huge infrastructure upgrades in roads, rail, and other infrastructure underway, and more in the pipeline over the coming years for Australia. Market expansion over the forecast period will be driven by recovery in investment in infrastructure construction activity and improvements in the regional economy. The government’s plan to develop the country’s transport network is expected to provid..