Investors cash in to cope with Covid fallout

South Africans under pressure as a result of Covid-19 and the subsequent nationwide lockdown are making hasty financial decisions that could have worrying long-term effects. According to the latest Momentum Household Wellness Insights Report, dipping into precious...

Pandemic may catalyse 5G boom

Telecoms regulators and network operators in Africa should see the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic as a catalyst to speed up the rollout of 5G networks and services to, in turn, support the continent’s transition towards a digital economy. This will...

The massive scope of malware infections

Stalkerware affected one out of every 100 mobile users in Kenya and Nigeria in 2020, and malware every four out of 100 in South Africa, according to Kaspersky research. “Even though these numbers might seem low, especially when it comes to stalkerware, it bears...

Global cloud services market hits $42bn

Cloud infrastructure services spending grew 35% to $41,8-billion in the first quarter of 2021. The trend of using cloud services for data analytics and machine learning, data center consolidation, application migration, cloud native development and service delivery...

Tablet, Chromebook shipments continue to surge

While much of the world is still dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, sales of tablets and Chromebooks remain on fire. Tablets had an outstanding first quarter of 2021 (1Q21) with 55,2% year-over-year growth and shipments totaling 39,9-million units, according to...

Skills a major cybersecurity challenge

The cybersecurity skills shortage is worsening. This is the definitive view of the ESG report “The Life and Times of Cybersecurity Professionals 2020”, and that of multiple other surveys, reports and industry analyses. Organisations are facing an...