SA consumers switch to digital payments

As the world went into pandemic lockdown in 2020, consumers shifted their spending habits to embrace contactless tap-and-go payments and online shopping. As stores closed and social distancing took hold, retailers worldwide moved their businesses online, embraced...
Alviva gets green light for Tarsus acquisition

Alviva gets green light for Tarsus acquisition

By Mark Davison – The final hurdle facing one of the most significant moves yet in the South African distribution channel – the acquisition of Tarsus Technologies by the Alviva group – has been crossed with the news that the Namibian Competition...

Data, analytics drive digital transformation initiatives

A significant 72% of data and analytics (D&A) leaders with digital initiatives are either leading or heavily involved in their organisation’s digital transformation initiatives, according to Gartner’s sixth annual Chief Data Officer (CDO) survey....

Young scientist revolutionises blood glucose test

A young scientist who developed a way to test blood glucose levels without using the traditional way of pricking the finger, will compete against more than a thousand scientists in the world’s largest science fair, the 2021 Virtual Regeneron International...

Global offshore wind goals stymied by poor infrastructure

Rapid advances in offshore wind technology, making turbines bigger and more powerful, are currently outpacing the infrastructure capacity needed to install them. This is one of the findings in a new report from the Clean Energy Technology service at IHS Markit....

Covid-19 vaccine scams intensify

Scammers are constantly searching for new ways to steal users’ data. Last year, a completely new category of opportunity became one of the most profitable scams for fraudsters – they extensively used Covid-19 related spam letters and phishing pages to...