Africa security token framework launched

Raise, a Bahamian and Kenyan technology company, has announced a partnership with Kenyan corporate law firm ALN Kenya Anjarwalla & Khanna (A&K) to create what it believes to be the continent’s first security token framework. Security tokens, sometimes...

Huawei executive appears for bail hearing

Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei and daughter of the company’s founder, appeared for a bail hearing in Vancouver on Friday, where the reasons for her arrest were finally made public. Wanzhou was arrested in Canada on the request of the US on...

Uber set for IPO in 2019

Uber is believed to be ready to go public. Reports over the weekend indicate that confidential preliminary paperwork towards an initial public offering (IPO) have been filed. The IPO could happen as soon as the first quarter of 2019. Another ride-sharing company,...

GeneOS walks off with $500 000 EOS prize

GeneOS was the $500 000.00 winner in the Block.one EOS Global Hackathon series, which concluded in Cape Town on Friday (7 December). GeneOS is a blockchain-enabled data ownership, marketplace, and secure computing platform for genomic big data. “Almost all of...
Connectivity vital for SA diversity

Connectivity vital for SA diversity

With millions of South Africans still unable to connect to the Internet, costs across the board – from data fees to devices – need to come down. This is the word from Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, minister of communications, telecommunications and postal services, speaking...

Special feature: the data centre’s role in transformation

The data centre has gone from top of the CIO’s priorities, to the back-burner – but it’s back in the spotlight as data and the data centre has become central to business survival.   Digital transformation spending to hit $2trn by 2022 Worldwide spending on the...