Nov 27, 2019
Kathy Gibson is at Sibos to Africa 2019 in Midrand – When it comes to innovation in banking and payments, Africa can actually teach the western tech giants a thing or two. Arthur Goldstuck, CEO of World Wide Worx, points out that tech leaders like Microsoft CEO...
Nov 26, 2019
Financial services (FS) and technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) industries are using fintech to improve customer experience and heighten the appeal of their products and services as well as to sharpen operational efficiency and lower costs. They’re...
Nov 25, 2019
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, together with leaders from government, business, civic groups and citizens from across the world, has launched the a global action plan to halt the increasing misuse of the web and ensure it is protected as a force for good. The inventor of the...
Nov 22, 2019
HP Inc has rejected an offer from Xerox to buy the company for $335-billion, but the saga isn’t over yet – Xerox is now threatening a hostile takeover attempt. Xerox has given HP Inc until Monday (25 November) to consider the offer, or it will take it...
Nov 21, 2019
South Africans are optimistic about their individual futures, with 64% viewing themselves as optimists – a full 8% above the global average. Commissioned by Expo 2020 Dubai, and conducted by YouGov, the Global Optimism Outlook Survey tracked people’s...
Nov 20, 2019
Forty years ago, a Voyager spacecraft snapped the first closeup images of Europa, one of Jupiter’s 79 moons. These revealed brownish cracks slicing the moon’s icy surface, which give Europa the look of a veiny eyeball. Missions to the outer solar system in...