HR, legal lag in digital transformation

Departmental silos within organisations continue to create major barriers to enterprise-wide digital transformation. This is one of the finding from a global survey, Leading Transformation: Shaping the C-Suite for Business 4.0 Innovation, by the Association of...

Infrastructure needs to go beyond the edge

Digital business initiatives are forcing infrastructure service providers to expand their offerings beyond edge computing technologies in order to deliver digital touchpoint services, according to Gartner. A digital touchpoint can be any kind of interaction with a...

Africa’s mobile phone shipments flatline

Africa’s mobile phone market declined 2,1% quarter on quarter (QoQ) in Q3 2018 according to the latest figures announced today by International Data Corporation (IDC). The newly-released Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows overall shipments for the quarter...

Value of Black Friday transactions up 1 000%

The rand value from Black Friday sales this year grew by more than 1 000% over 2016 figures, according to data from EFT payment provider i-Pay. “At face value, e-tailers have experienced the highest volume of sales on record for Black Friday in South...

Telkom first with data transfer, rollover

Telkom has become South Africa’s first mobile operator to enable data transfer and the rollover of unused data in compliance with the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) End-User Subscriber Service Charter (EUSSC). Telkom customers, on...

SA’s Bravado takes gaming world by storm

It was a long and brutal day of professional gaming, but at the end, South Africa’s Bravado reigned supreme at the Dreamhack North American Qualifiers. After besting numerous high-ranked professional teams, Bravado’s CS:GO squad are headed to Sweden for...