SA sees surge in contactless payments

South African consumers and businesses are increasingly using smart devices to make contactless tap-to-pay payments. According to FNB, its retail and commercial clients processed in excess of R4,2-billion in contactless payments via smart devices in 2021, compared to...

Russians turn to VPNs as restrictions mount

The demand for VPNs by Russian users continues to snowball due to new restrictions imposed by the government, according to AtlasVPN findings. The new wave of VPN installs originating from Russia began on 11 March 12022, when the Russian government’s...

Why genomics and biodiversity are important for Africa

The African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP) has published a position paper in the journal Nature highlighting the goals, priorities, and roadmap of the impressive Africa-led effort to sequence the genomes of plants, animals, fungi, and protists that are endemic to the...

Record sales for campus switching market

The worldwide Campus Switch market revenue reached a record level in the fourth quarter and the full year 2021. According to a recent report by Dell’Oro Group, digital transformation initiatives, combined with government stimulus, propelled most of the growth in...

Datatec expects higher earnings

Datatec has issued a trading update for the year ended 28 February 2022. According to the update, the group achieved a very strong operational performance during FY22 as it continued to benefit from technology demand for networking, security and cloud infrastructure...

Banks deliver strong financial performance

As the books closed for 2021, the operating environment that contextualised the period for South Africa’s major banks was in some ways more familiar. While 2020 began with a brief period of normality, the Covid-19 pandemic dominated the entirety of 2021,...