Black Friday: don’t be a victim

The Black Friday sale tradition is gaining momentum in South Africa, with leading retailers promising significant discounts. For many consumers, the discounts will prove too tempting for caution as they happily part with their personal information and hand over their...

UCT makes IT appealing to female students

IT is traditionally a male-dominated sector, but the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) School of IT is working hard to make the sector more attractive to women. The stereotype that majoring in the field of IT involves little except coding all day has been one of...

Fintech partnerships will help big banks disrupt

Partnerships between established big banks and fintech innovators will help the established financial sector achieve digital transformation faster, stakeholders heard at a Fintech Thought Leadership forum hosted by Absa, Enterprise Ireland and Business Ireland in...

Wesbank customers get DebiCheck

On Saturday (17 November 2018), WesBank become one of the first vehicle and asset finance house to implement DebiCheck. DebiCheck is a specific type of debit order where consumers accept, electronically and on a once-off basis at the start of their contracts, the...

Diepsloot learners use AI, robotics for community solutions

STE(A)M educational specialist I-Innovate has brought a 21st century learning programme to South Africa to open up opportunities in our under-served school communities for learners to develop the talents and skills that are critical in the digital age. This term,...

22seven adds cryptocurrency tracking

Users of money management app 22seven are now able to link and track more than 1 800 cryptocurrencies in rands, via the app, a first for South Africa. In line with its aim of showing all their money in one place, 22seven now enables users to link their cryptocurrency...