Gaming is good for your mental health

Contrary to popular belief, there is evidence to suggest that gaming has a positive effect on our mental health. This is the overall finding from a new study published by WePC, that aims to keep mental health at the top of people’s minds post Mental Health...

Are SA investors motivated by money or morals?

Investing is a personal choice and a number of influences will hold sway over where people put their money. A personal value system is one such influence and, for most South Africans, this appears to be non-negotiable. This is according to the recently released...

NAPAfrica offers direct access to Azure Peering Service

NAPAfrica members can now have direct access to the Microsoft Azure Peering Service and benefit from an SLA-backed, direct connection to Microsoft. NAPAfrica is Africa’s largest Internet Exchange Point and is one of the first southern African partners for the...

Mercantile Bank cheques discontinued

As South African banks prepare to do away with cheques from the end of the year, Mercantile Bank has already stopped issuing cheques. Companies and individuals are warned not to accept Mercantile Bank cheques with immediate effect, as they will no longer be honoured....

SA learners win international coding medals

In July, the South African team of four learners should have been in Singapore for the world’s top coding contest for schools. However, as Covid-19 spread across the world, the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) was postponed to September and run...

The top 10 African netpreneurs are …

The 2020 Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) prize, a flagship philanthropic program created by the Jack Ma Foundation’s Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI), has selected the top 10 finalists, who will pitch at the competition’s grand finale in...