Mobile reading takes off in Africa

African mobile users spent more than 4-millions hours reading books on their mobile phones in 2018 – an increase of 32% from the same time period last year. This figure is from Opera and Worldreader, which started partnering to bring free e-books to mobile users...

Server market sees massive revenue growth

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, vendor revenue in the worldwide server market increased 43,7%, year over year to $22,5-billion during the second quarter of 2018 (2Q18). Worldwide server shipments increased...

SA Reserve Bank wins DLT award

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has received the inaugural “Best Distributed Ledger Initiative” award from Central Banking Publications. The award recognised Project Khokha for its promise shown in the central banking, regulatory and supervisory...

SA writers sign on for Comic Con

Novelist Lauren Beukes and illustrator and comics writer Dale Halvorsen are two of the guests who will put in an appearance at the first Comic Con Africa. Lauren Beukes is the internationally best-selling author of Zoo City and The Shining Girls. Dale Halvorsen is an...

EU automakers’ websites disappoint

Audi Germany’s site earns the top spot in Forrester’s review of European auto brands’ websites for best functionality and usability. Nevertheless, none of the auto brands Forrester reviewed achieved Leader status because they failed to “meet...

Africa connected to South America

The South Atlantic Inter Link (SAIL) consortium has completed the close to 6 000km marine installation of its 25-year life-span transatlantic fibre optic subsea cable. This marks a significant milestone: for the first time, Africa and South America are fully connected...