Annual compliance training will be cut in half by 2025

By 2025, corporate compliance departments will reduce annual compliance training by 50%, displacing costs in favor of embedded workflow-based controls to guide employees, according to Gartner. “Many compliance leaders are dissatisfied with the effectiveness of...

WASPIES Awards recognise innovation, excellence

The Wireless Application Service Providers’ Association (WASPA) held its inaugural WASPIES Awards, celebrating members that have made stellar contributions to the industry over the last year. WASPA was formed in 2004 to serve as a self-regulatory body with a...

Password reset notification scams are still with us

Most online services have a built-in security system that alerts an employee when it detects “unusual” activity on their account. For example, services send notifications about attempts to reset the phone number and e-mail address linked to the account, or...

Global supply shortages drive Africa’s smartphone shipments down

Newly released data from IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows that Africa’s overall mobile phone market suffered a year-on-year (YoY) decline of 11,3% in Q4 2021 to total 48,6-million units. The feature phone market was down 14,3% to...

What the Ukraine war means for emerging markets

Emerging markets will be impacted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but the scope and scale differs by market. By Tom Wilson, head of emerging market equities at Schroders Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, the pace of escalation has been...