Huge campus switch growth as supply chain eases

Campus switch sales were up 40% in the first quarter of 2023, the highest growth level recorded in this market in over two decades, according to a recent report by Dell’Oro Group. This remarkable level of growth was fueled by enormous backlog releases and higher...

Pick n Pay taps into the metaverse with Roblox

Pick n Pay is giving away 100-million Robux, the digital currency for the gaming platform Roblox, to registered Smart Shopper customers. It will also soon sell Roblox vouchers in rands, arguably the first South African retailer to do so. With a reported 50-million or...

Financial, digital skills hold small tourism businesses back

A tourism sector report by Xero has revealed that South African small business owners desperately need to invest in digital skills to unlock business success, as more than a third (34%) are still managing finances on spreadsheets and 32% are struggling with tax...

Apple Vision Pro headset sparks mixed reactions

Apple’s Vision Pro, the mixed-reality headset unveiled at the June 2023 Worldwide Developers Conference, has created a substantial buzz in the tech industry, translating into a notable increase in Reddit discussions during the second week of June. Among...
Africa must tackle cybersecurity or suffer dire consequences

Africa must tackle cybersecurity or suffer dire consequences

Kathy Gibson reports – Africa needs a comprehensive agenda to deal with its critically low level of cyber resilience and secure its leap into the digital economy. This is the main message from a Kearney white paper, “Cybersecurity in Africa: A Call to...

IoT spending to surpass $1trn by 2026

Worldwide spending on the Internet of Things (IoT) is forecast to be $805,7-billion in 2023, an increase of 10,6% over 2022, according to a new International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Internet of Things Spending Guide. Investments in the IoT ecosystem are...