With GDP growth on the continent reaching its highest rate since 2012 and long-term prospects equally favorable, Africa holds great promise for investors. But alongside opportunities, foreign enterprises face vast gaps in their knowledge of the business landscape.

An Internet Society report finds that most organizations do not comply with existing global privacy regulations and are not ready for additional regulations going into effect in 2020.

Eight-five percent of US CEOs and business leaders are Artificial Intelligence (AI) optimists, according to a report by EY. 

Two-thirds of the country views technological advancement as having made their overall lives better compared to the lives of their parents, according to an Ipsos survey done on behalf of GET Creative, a division of USA TODAY NETWORK and the Charles Koch Institute. 

A Janrain survey shows that U.S. consumers still generally trust brands but welcome consent-based relationships following the recent spate of breaches and controversies affecting data privacy.

Many global business decision makers are unaware of the implications of the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as well as other compliance regulations like PCI-DSS and ISO27001/2, with one in five admitting they do not know which regulations their organization is subject to.

A fifth annual report on the workplace finds widespread concern with new overtime rules and other major regulatory matters, and increased movement of social issues. 

The expanding scope and cost of government regulation are placing new burdens on America’s small businesses, hindering their ability to create jobs and drive economic growth.

The proposed regulations would create clear, yet voluntary, cyber security guidelines for critical infrastructure such as water and power. 

While traveling abroad, a doctor had an unencrypted laptop containing information on roughly 3,500 patients stolen and this incident lead to a million dollar plus fine.