Jul 17, 2019
By Kathy Gibson – Just 10 years ago, Internet connectivity in South Africa – and much of Africa – was very different to what it is today. Access was expensive and often slow, and the continent was largely isolated from the rest of the world. But...
Jul 17, 2019
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has set aside the City of Tshwane’s (CoT’s) Municipal Broadband Network Project contract which was awarded to Thobela Telecoms, a special purpose vehicle in which Altron Nexus, a subsidiary of JSE-listed Altron, was a...
Jul 17, 2019
Sub-Saharan Africa will remain the world’s fastest-growing mobile region over the coming years as millions of young African consumers become mobile users for the first time, according to a new GSMA study. It reveals that more than 160-million new unique mobile...
Jul 17, 2019
With the momentum that has lifted the banking sector’s performance over the first half of the decade slowing in all major markets, banks must leverage digital technology to battle disruption and stem the threat of disintermediation brought on by fast-moving,...
Jul 17, 2019
Even though it dropped slightly in rankings in Dell Technologies’ Women Entrepreneur Cities Index, Johannesburg is still among the top 50 cities that support women entrepreneurs. The city’s position at 36 is more indicative of the increasing competition to...
Jul 17, 2019
Participants in Aon’s 2019 Global Risk Management Survey ranked cyberattacks and data breaches as No.6 in the top 10 risks facing organisations today. The risk entered the Top 10 list for the first time (at No.9) in 2015 and is projected to go from No.6 to No.3...
