No messing around with Unite:ED e-learning

An innovative e-learning solution that addresses many of the challenges which have negatively affected the successful adoption of e-learning in South African schools – including preventing learners from being distracted during class – has been launched by...

Biometrics standards for SA payments tabled

The Payments Association of South Africa (PASA) has announced a new standardised specification to facilitate biometric authentication on payment cards. Working in partnership with Mastercard and Visa, this technology framework is designed to ensure open interoperable...

Ultra HD 4K – a medical use case

The brilliance and sheer detail that come with Ultra HD 4K go beyond perceived traditional usage and today benefit users such as surgical practices and radiologists. In South Africa, a radiology practice based in the North West Province recently started using a...

Technology helps to deliver water, sanitation

Collaborative skills training and advanced technology help Diepsloot plumbers build and maintain communal toilet and washing facilities. The up-skilling of artisans and plumbers is high on the national agenda in South Africa. Townships, such as Diepsloot, with poor...

African opportunity for pioneering Fintechs

While traditional banking institutions across the globe grapple with implementing technological innovation matching that of the fintech sector, Tim Nuy, executive director of Frankfurt-listed Fintech company MyBucks, believes that Africa presents Fintechs with...

Absa launches Masterpass app

Absa has launched the Absa Masterpass App, a digital wallet powered by Mastercard, enabling South Africans to make safe and easy payments wherever Masterpass is accepted. Payments via the Absa Masterpass App currently gives people the power to make online purchases...