UCT’s urine bio-brick pioneer wins global award

University of Cape Town (UCT) academic Dr Dyllon Randall has become the first African recipient of the prestigious global Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Warner Prize. The prize is awarded biennially to people who show “exceptional promise” in...

European monitor sales increase

Unit sales of business-targeted monitors in January 2019 by Western Europe’s IT distributors grew by +19% year-on-year as increased specifications and lower average selling prices (ASP) boosted demand, according to the latest data published by Context....

Altron migrates to new SA-based Microsoft cloud

Altron has migrated its human resource information systems and payroll to Microsoft Azure delivered from Microsoft’s new cloud regions in South Africa, with the aim of saving costs, improving efficiencies, better data security and increased response time. Mteto Nyati,...
The impact of mobile phones, social media on developing economies

The impact of mobile phones, social media on developing economies

The majority of people in emerging economies believe that mobile phones and social media have been good for them personally. However, fewer believe such connectivity is good for their societies. They are especially worried about new challenges digital life can pose...

Impulsive people at higher cybercrime risk

Recent research from Michigan State University in the US reveals that impulse online shopping, downloading music and compulsive e-mail use are all signs of a certain personality trait that make people a potential target for cybercrimes such as Trojans, viruses and...

PC sales outperform expectations in MEA

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, declined 5% year on year in Q4 2018, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). The global...