Blockchain for Moscow e-voting

Blockchain for Moscow e-voting

Moscow authorities will be implementing blockchain in the Active Citizen e-voting system. Active Citizen is a platform that allows citizens to influence city management decisions and its urban transformation. Since its launch in 2014, 1,9-million users have voted in 2...

Bitcoin for CT equity deal

A Cape Town-based technology business has conducted an equity deal entirely in bitcoin. Nona Creative, a digital consultancy and product development firm, recently bought out a significant shareholder in what may be the first ever bitcoin equity transaction in the...
Microsoft, SAP in joint cloud deal

Microsoft, SAP in joint cloud deal

Microsoft and SAP have announced they will be deploying each other’s cloud solutions internally. They will also co-engineer, go to market together and provide joint support services. SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud — SAP’s private managed cloud service...
SA improves in credit defaults

SA improves in credit defaults

The rate of first-time defaulting debt balances declined from 3,78% in August 2016 to 3,44% in August this year, amounting to a total default amount of R13,13-billion during the period June to August 2017. The short-term monthly trend on Experian’s latest...
Tiny satellites to gather info

Tiny satellites to gather info

NASA ground controllers have begun checking out and commissioning a shoebox-sized spacecraft that the agency purposely built to show that CubeSat platforms could be cost-effective, reliable, and capable of gathering highly robust science. The Dellingr spacecraft will...
SA’s ongoing skills crisis

SA’s ongoing skills crisis

More co-operation, an understanding of the role ICT plays in business, and a constant focus on STEM in education is required if South Africa is to address its ongoing skills shortages. “We have this ongoing critical need in investment and training,” says...