Eskom presents its case for higher tariffs

As the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) concluded public hearings into Eskom’s third multi-year price determination Regulatory Clearing Account year 5 (2017/18) and fourth multi-year price determination applications, the power utility says it...

Mobile biometric authentication goes mainstream

By 2022, Gartner predicts that 70% of organisations using biometric authentication for workforce access will implement it via smartphone apps, regardless of the endpoint device being used. In 2018, this figure was fewer than 5%. Lower costs and improved user...

Facebook opens African content review centre

Facebook is opening a new content review centre in Nairobi, in partnership with Samasource, one of the largest digital employers in East Africa. The Kenyan site will be Facebook’s first content review centre in sub-Saharan Africa and will employ approximately...

CoGTA warns of recruitment scam

The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) has warned job hunters of a recruitment scam doing the rounds. MEC Fikile Xasa that there is an audio clip being circulated in the social media platforms about job opportunities offered by the...

Millions up for grabs in social technology challenge

The Diageo Empowerment Trust South Africa (DETSA) has kicked off a new round of funding in 2019 with a challenge focusing on the use of technology to solve major social challenges in the country. Sinethemba Mafanya, manager of DETSA, explains: “We will be...